Example sentences of "for the past four " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British still tend to treat him with a faintly hostile embarrassment : as well they might , since for the past four years , his principal message has been condemnation of their duplicity in , as he sees it , backing away from promises to introduce democratic government by 1997 . |
| 2 | He said last night : ‘ I 've had a spot of bother for the past four or five years with my knee so I had these X-rays done and they found a bone growth about the size of a pea . |
| 3 | ‘ Do n't you fucking well know that the enemy have been mortaring the village green for the past four or five minutes while you have been playing those fucking bagpipes ? ’ |
| 4 | The Brigade positions had been under attack for the past four days and Nos. 3 , 4 , 6 , and 45 Royal Marine Commando had been having their share of casualties . |
| 5 | Barbara was bored with the bob she 'd had for the past four years and was ready for a complete change . |
| 6 | The tournament has been well and truly annexed by the British for the past four years , and the form book still favours a non-American winner this time . |
| 7 | That brand of it is an offshoot of the United States v Europe confrontation which has been fuelled by the Ryder Cup and spilled over now into major championships , potentially the more so at the Masters where the winners for the past four years have been British . |
| 8 | American Ann Marden ( 80 ) , silver medallist in the Seoul Olympics and winner of the women 's division for the past four seasons , will be the first woman to start , the next highest woman being British international Alison Gill ( 363 ) . |
| 9 | Uhlenhorst , from Germany , have held the European Cup for the past four years and during their reign only one club , Atletico Terrassa , of Spain , have maintained a challenge to this supremacy . |
| 10 | Every year for the past four years , some of the veterans I was with in Normandy have taken part in the annual Paulton memorial service . |
| 11 | That was just what I had been doing for the past four months innocent of impending restrictions . |
| 12 | Nor is this untypical ; statistics prepared for the past four years present the same picture . |
| 13 | The fact that , for the past four weeks , Ireland has barely been mentioned is an indictment of them all . |
| 14 | The 24-year-old , leading scorer for the past four seasons , was unsettled by a £3.5 million offer from Manchester United . |
| 15 | Where else could you discover that Al Ittihad have won the Libyan League for the past four years ? |
| 16 | Despite being without the suspended Hirst , Wednesday 's leading scorer for the past four seasons , Francis fully expects to progress into the next round . |
| 17 | Dr Howe , who has treated Tony for the past four years , said : ‘ It has been discussed endlessly in the newspapers and I think it is time to let it be . ’ |
| 18 | Zoff detailed the drama behind the scenes as Gazza was kept on tenterhooks for the past four days , wondering whether he would make his Italian debut . |
| 19 | A 17,000-foot volcano called Nevada del Ruiz , which seems to have been slumbering off and on for the past four hundred years , erupted and melted the snow and ice which covered most of its upper reaches , giving rise to an estimated seventy-five million cubic yards ’ mudslide . |
| 20 | At the end of this campaign it looked at last as if the time of peace had come , when the Council for which Anselm had been pressing for the past four years could be held with royal support . |
| 21 | Working in the WTN news room for the past four years had opened my eyes to how the media worked . |
| 22 | Well look at the time you see I did promise at one o'clock to make five o'clock arrive earlier , quicker and we got there in style for the past four hours . |
| 23 | Mr McDermott has been the editor of this section of the Financial Times for the past four years , and has written two books on Egypt and peace keeping in the Middle East . |
| 24 | The village is fascinating ; the sort of place the press have been raving about for the past four years when they talk about ‘ unspoilt Turkey ’ . |
| 25 | At the same time John Hogan , managing director of LASMO North Sea for the past four years , steps up to become chief operating officer . |
| 26 | The restaurant has been awarded the Les Routiers ‘ Casserole ’ of excellence for the past four years . |
| 27 | Nothing else about me seems to have been very important for the past four years ! ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Why should n't I , when for the past four years I 've been allowed to say nothing at all ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I want to know what you 've been doing for the past four days . ’ |
| 30 | Where have you been for the past four hours ? ’ |