Example sentences of "i [verb] [vb pp] [prep] the past " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I looked at him sitting opposite me on the floor of the trench , I was fascinated by his resemblance to the other Commandos I had met over the past five days . |
| 2 | One of the most positive aspects of Switchboard that I 've seen over the past seven years , apart from the callers , has been the way that many of its members have continuously struggled to put their politics and convictions about gay and other rights into practice ( though some of them might not care to put it that way ) and the strength that working on it has given some people to do so elsewhere . |
| 3 | Security guard Ed Collett , 32 , from Highbury , north London , said : ‘ It 's the best film I 've seen in the past few years . |
| 4 | Well I 've worked for the past two year really |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll cope , I expect , I 've coped for the past year … ’ |
| 6 | God , the best time I 've had in the past five years was one night with Lachy Watt , angry at Ferg , and more surprised than anything else . |
| 7 | Many farms I have visited over the past 10 years have needed little more than a re-organisation of their existing system and some basic drainage alterations . |
| 8 | I must take this opportunity to say a personal thank you to each and everyone of you for your kind support and all the good wishes that I have received during the past six months . |
| 9 | People can see what I have done in the past 16 months and can form their own opinions about whether I have made the right judgments for the future of this country . ’ |
| 10 | If at any stage in the discussions on Monday , or in all the other discussions that I have attended in the past two years , it had been a question of majority vote , there would have been much less agreement , and to the extent that decisions had been imposed by a majority , they would have been much less effective . |
| 11 | I ca n't believe how far I have come in the past couple of years . |
| 12 | I have been very pleased with my performance , with my success and the achievements which I have enjoyed over the past 20 years . |
| 13 | All I know is what I have known for the past two years : there is no reason at all for the blindness . |