Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] have [vb pp] for the " in BNC.

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1 He asked me low long I 'd worked for the firm and what my duties were and what Doreen did .
2 How much you get depends on how long you have worked for the employer and the accrued rate at which the pension builds up .
3 And the amount of statutory maternity pay to which they 're entitled also depends on how long they 've worked for the same employer .
4 Airtours will not say how much it has paid for the leases , though it claims to have secured good terms because of the uncertain travel market .
5 Mr Edward Morris wanted several pairs of boots to be soled and heeled and what 's more he had paid for the work in advance .
6 Well I 've worked for the past two year really
7 According to the police , Fernandez told the investigating magistrates today he had trained for the past six months for the assault .
8 He remembered how she 'd sung for the passengers on the ship and how they 'd all liked her .
9 Consequently she 'd prepared for the worst while hoping for the best .
10 As one delegate to the discussion put it ‘ The women still do n't understand what the real world is like when it comes to their commercial value but at least they 've realised for the time being that they have bitten off more than they can chew . ’
11 After what Tolonen had said to him earlier he had hoped for the appointment himself .
12 In this revised and comforting version there had been a second of delay , no more , and then he had raced for the house shouting for help .
13 ‘ Please , ’ she murmured as she climbed the steps to the fifth-floor Brooklyn Heights flat she 'd subleased for the summer , ‘ please , let this be an acceptance ! ’
14 Strong political statements commenting on Ireland where she has lived for the past two years .
15 Consider again the differential equation for the three-element model : where we have substituted for the various constants in terms of the relaxation times complex constants .
16 Instead they have called for the diversion of subsidies paid to the nuclear power industry--one of the reasons why coal-based electricity is " uncompetitive " --to the development and improvement of technologies which burn coal more efficiently and more cleanly .
17 When that did n't work out he went to Mal at Monad where they 'd gone for the villanelle .
18 Mr Diplexcito , his wife and three daughters have fought a rearguard action for the past two years to stop their cottage at Spittalburn , where they have lived for the past 17 years , being buried by earthworks .
19 Ruth had felt it from the moment he had picked her up at the hotel and once again they had headed for the Cartuja site of the Expo .
20 He had told him of the English girl on that first day when he had asked for the loan of the flat and permission for Constance to telephone from his palazzo .
21 He raised the mug to his lips and sipped the hot sugary tea , remembering the day when he had sat for the first time in Mr Corcoran 's office .
22 Mainly for where it 's lived for the last three or four years I think .
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