Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] for the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Guido 's won it for the past two years and he 's absolutely desperate to get a hat trick — though some of his rivals are equally desperate to see that he does n't . ’ |
| 2 | Nothing had prepared me for the overwhelming architectural beauty of Salamanca , and in particular for the grandeur of the university , the oldest in Spain and one of the oldest in Europe , with its noble façade in plateresque style . |
| 3 | You look at the skill you did n't know you had , put a label on it and think : ‘ Yes I do do that ’ , whereas when you first walk in you think you 've done nothing for the last 18 years . |
| 4 | The first was that , with the passage in 1832 of the Reform Bill came the full realisation that parliamentary reform had done nothing for the emergent working class , except to isolate it . |
| 5 | Well Mr never been before at least I 've done it for the first few years that I was there . |
| 6 | But we have n't done it for the past eighteen months . |
| 7 | His reasons were all based on his search for Rectitudo in mind and will , as he had sought it for the past thirty years . |
| 8 | ‘ Women say to me they have n't done anything for the last ten years and it turns out they have had four children , run the PTA , served as parent governor , done charity work , organised a community activity and cared for aged parents . ’ |
| 9 | Neither , we are told , had had it for the past 40 years . |
| 10 | Years ago I used to think this was a fun sport but the reason for thinking this has escaped me for the last 2 weeks . |
| 11 | In retrospect , it seemed that the Lord protected her for the first few days , and then … |
| 12 | Subconsciously he must have been expecting something like this : his first reaction was not surprise but an intensification of the dull misery which had enveloped him for the last 24 hours . |
| 13 | I am certainly going to miss him , I have only really known him for the past seven days , but it seems like years . |
| 14 | ‘ I should n't have asked you for the extra two-fifty mils . ’ |
| 15 | Erm then you know that would be something whereas if they say well the recession 's so bad we have n't taken anybody for the last five years and your researches ca n't unearth anybody who seems to be prepared to er give you even half a chance then I mean |
| 16 | When they ignore the whole idea of pandering to a European market , they can be quite good , as in Tarkovsky 's Italian-funded productions , where he just carried on making the same film that had obsessed him for the past 30 years , only a bit more slowly . |
| 17 | If , however , he believes in the right to a free and independent trade union , let him grant that right to the employees at the Government communications headquarters , who have been denied it for the past eight years . |
| 18 | The same sight would confront him that had confronted him for the past fifteen years . |
| 19 | With surprise , Juliet realised he was referring to his hospital episode , when she had nursed him for the last two weeks of his stay . |
| 20 | I 've managed it for the last four years , have n't I ? ’ |