Sentence examples for continued for five years from inspiring English sources

Under Silva Costa's supervision, construction began in 1926 and continued for five years.

The overdoses had continued for five years because the hospital did not realize that its radiation therapy equipment had been set up incorrectly.

"They knew that even if they prevailed with Judge Sweeney that the matter would just be appealed and continued for five years".

Laing's anti-asylum at Kingsley Hall continued for five years until two people jumped off the roof and made the place notorious bringing the experiment to an end in 1970.

Critics have said that the original police inquiry, which continued for five years without any arrests other than those of Mr. Goodman and Mr. Mulcaire, was inhibited by concern at Scotland Yard and in the previous Labour Party government over the political influence wielded by the media empire controlled by Mr. Murdoch.

After outgrowing the hotel, where it continued for five years, the fair went on to outgrow the 69th Regiment Armory on Lexington Avenue at 26th Street (where it acquired its current name, which happens to refer as well to the famous Armory Show of 1913) and then its space at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, where last year it boasted a mere 90 galleries.

Fighting continued for four years.

The controversy continued for two years.

Franz Werfel's file continued for nine years after his death.

Those weekly tennis matches have continued for two years.

After it, the war continued for two years.