Example sentences of "have lived [adv] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a remarkable education for all of us , including me , who has lived there for many years . |
| 2 | It 's such a lovely idea , think of all those people whose battle for life is so depressing , and then just one moment of beauty may come and illuminate the dark corners of their existence , so that they feel they may have lived just for that one thing . |
| 3 | I came with my thirteen-year-old son to join my husband who had lived here for many , many years . |
| 4 | In Kufra one policeman ( the senior customs officer ) was a stranger , though he had lived there for some decades ; in Tazarbu nearly all policemen were from one lineage ( Bilal ) , or had married into it ; the senior officer 's son was also in the force , a trainee under his father 's authority . |
| 5 | Mr Fallon said a family renting a house valued at £25,000 , and entitled to the maximum price discount of 40pc because they had lived there for some years , could have a mortgage of £10,000 . |
| 6 | She had lived there for some time although it is not known where she lived before coming to Darlington . |
| 7 | In any case , Charles Henstock cared little for creature comforts , and had lived there for several years , alone , in appalling conditions of cold and discomfort , until his marriage to Dimity Dean , a few years before , had brought companionship and a slight mitigation of the hardship of his surroundings . |
| 8 | ‘ They blame us for their problems , I mean even though we have lived here for many , many generations . |
| 9 | You have lived here for half of your life . |
| 10 | Most of the families in Rimswell , especially those concerned in agriculture , have lived there for some generations . |
| 11 | When two humans have lived together for many years it usually happens that each has tones of voice and expressions of face which are almost unendurably irritating to the other . |