Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [pers pn] for [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you are going to be sorry to see that one go because you 've looked after her for so long . |
| 2 | Oh yes , he ditched Graham who 's looked after him for over ten years through thick and thin , and mainly thin , in favour of Mike Martinez . ’ |
| 3 | That bastard Harley dumped me after I 'd looked after him for nearly ten years . |
| 4 | WHEN people digest the high living styles of star England cricketers like David Gower and Ian Botham , the inference is that I must be well off too , having played alongside them for so many years . |
| 5 | The hours of London tailors were fixed by statute , but the journeymen could still complain that the masters called upon them for only half a day , leaving them in their public houses all morning . |
| 6 | Mrs Burke leaves a remarkable house which deserves to be looked after with the same care that she has lavished on it for almost 20 years . |
| 7 | When applying a varnish , the brush should be dipped into it for about one-third of the length of the bristles and then , holding the brush in a similar way to a pencil , with the fingers holding the metal ferrule and the handle resting between the thumb and first finger , spread the varnish quickly and evenly over a small area . |
| 8 | I have n't spoken to them for nearly two weeks . ’ |
| 9 | He thought that the inhabitants of Chios , who according to tradition had introduced slavery into Greece , deserved the punishment of being themselves enslaved , which Mithridates had inflicted on them for quite different reasons ( fr. 38 Jacoby ) . |
| 10 | I 've worked with him for nearly two years . |
| 11 | Houghton has worked with them for nearly three years but at times still feels like a stranger . |
| 12 | It is clear the event has Wilson in its grip , despite his being associated with it for only two years . |
| 13 | When pressure was put on them for more radical appointments , invitations were mostly too late to make any significant impact . |
| 14 | Maureen was torn between her longing to hug Terry and gaze her fill on the young brother who had been lost to them for so long and pity for Frank who had no family to welcome him home . |
| 15 | After all , people have contributed to these pensions during their working lives and in order to qualify for a full pension , you need to have paid into it for over forty years . |