Example sentences of "[be] [verb] to [pers pn] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now you suspected she 'd been lying to you for thirteen years . |
| 2 | ’ If you have been attending to it for twenty four years , I came here into this church as a choir boy . ’ |
| 3 | A few receive the justice that has been denied to them for five centuries , but most are still viewed by their governments as third-class citizens , subversive activists and threats to ‘ national security ’ . |
| 4 | It 's all a long time ago and I 've been married to him for thirty-nine years . |
| 5 | I said ‘ I have been married to him for 15 years . ’ |
| 6 | I said ‘ I have been married to him for 15 years . ’ |