Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] [prep] [pos pn] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they feel torn between their loathing for General Noriega 's drug-based regime , and their alarm at the cavalier flouting of the OAS principle of non-intervention . |
| 2 | Well I said to Mr , I said well this is the first time I 've sat in your lounge for nearly two years . |
| 3 | ‘ You know these people ; you 've dealt with their type for years . |
| 4 | " I 've dealt with your firm for several years . |
| 5 | I 've waited since my wedding for this moment . |
| 6 | I have looked after my husband for seven years , he had a brain tumour operation nearly eight years ago , and he 's in a wheelchair he ca n't walk , but his , after the first two years of caring for him , he 's become bright enough to do the Daily Telegraph crossword , and so he 's er erm brain 's alright . |
| 7 | I have looked after his books for forty years and that 's all I know , so he gave me the capital to start and here I am . ’ |
| 8 | I have acted for your great-uncle for more than twenty years now , and have often been left in charge of his affairs during his long absences abroad , on digs all over Europe and North Africa and the Middle East , everywhere that the Roman and Graeco-Roman power extended . |
| 9 | that it has reduced over the last year at Thornhill and I do know that we have agreed in our budget for this coming year to put in closed circuit television at all four Park and Ride car parks , which presumably will reduce it at the others as well . |
| 10 | The British Government have lagged in their support for events in Europe and have not been so enthusiastic as our European partners . |
| 11 | But it added : ‘ The United States have asked for our support for their proposal and to consider participation . |
| 12 | I have apologised to your master for the regrettable error . |
| 13 | Harriet Ryley and Mike Rowbottom have taken along their umbrellas for a look around . |
| 14 | Many of us here present today have worked for our employers for over two years so we have some protection under law . |
| 15 | ‘ I have lived with my husband for twenty years and still I do not know him . ’ |
| 16 | By an extraordinary coincidence all four have been in the recording studio recently , and have sent in their labours for critical appreciation . |
| 17 | Lady Helen Windsor and her husband Tim have traded in their Porsche for this £27,500 family-sized Range Rover . |
| 18 | THE housebuilder Bellway yesterday joined the lengthening queue of UK companies that have returned to their shareholders for fresh equity with a £33.6 million rights issue , writes Richard Shackleton . |
| 19 | ONE OF the painful prices human beings have paid for their predilection for starchy and sugary foods has been the premature decay and loss of teeth . |