Sentence examples for had lasted before from inspiring English sources

Five months the marriage had lasted, before she packed her belongings and went, giving up a full-time position in a Woolworth's, because she'd thought it better to move into another district.

But Mr. Gianelli said Officer Murphy had a consensual sexual relationship with the woman that had lasted three years before it ended in 1999.

For the first time Liverpool lost when Ian Rush scored, a run that had lasted 144 matches before Arsenal's victory (Norwich would repeat the feat a week later).

The political protest had lasted seven weeks before the army was sent in and it was the largest such demonstration in Communist China's history.

Shortly after the Bridgeport raid, Occupy Chicago activists began piecing together a CPD spying operation that had lasted for months before the NATO summit.

Most problems (62.9%) had lasted <24 h before people contacted NHS 24.

I had lasted about a week before I sent e-mails tinged with panic to everyone on my list.

The investigation had lasted for fourteen months before the RCMP brought charges.

In many cities, billboards promoting AIDS awareness or prevention through condoms have lasted only days before they were declared "indecent" and destroyed.

Having lasted less than an hour before Khālid's forces surrendered, it is considered the shortest war in recorded history.

She gives it everything she has, lasting only a few minutes before losing her balance.