Example sentences of "have [verb] [adv] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Radio 4 's excellent Margaret Howard , who presents Pick of The Week ( and has done so for 17 years ) is in the same boat . |
| 2 | Brian Tustian , who has farmed organically for five years is looking forward to the opportunity of dealing with his customers personally : it gives him a chance to put the case for organic produce himself , and he can cope better with the variable quantity of his supplies at a market . |
| 3 | ‘ The whole business has dragged on for two weeks already and it looks like going on even longer . |
| 4 | Statistics also show that while the crime rate has increased regularly for all groups , the rise in female crime has been far steeper than the rise in male crime . |
| 5 | The WRU and its leading 18 clubs are deadlocked over the issue of leagues , with no sign of a thaw in the cold war between the two bodies which has gone on for two years . |
| 6 | ‘ It has gone on for 15 months and so far most firms have managed to survive , but they ca n't go on like this for ever . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It has gone on for 15 months and so far most firms have managed to survive , but they ca n't go on like this for ever . ’ |
| 8 | Madam Speaker in view of the fact that the real value of pensions has gone down for many years now following the break . |
| 9 | This strategy has worked well for two years , reducing delays suffered by our passengers . |
| 10 | So , although the Third World gets less for its rubber , tin or copper , it still has to pay more for manufactured goods from the rich world . |
| 11 | He has lived here for eight months and knows more about the town than the Neftis , who are infuriatingly vague when it comes to giving directions . |
| 12 | It was a remarkable education for all of us , including me , who has lived there for many years . |
| 13 | Many in the farming industry say the current system has survived well for seventy years and they see little reason for changing it . |
| 14 | Against bands of ‘ experts ’ and administrators , he has stood up for sensible methods of teaching and testing . |
| 15 | THERE is more than one fire that has burned constantly for 200 years . |
| 16 | Amanda Hornby has gardened here for 20 years and her husband ; he looks after the lawns . |
| 17 | The Dean gazed affectionately at her : a tall , handsome woman whose company he 'd enjoyed immensely for thirty-five years . |
| 18 | She 'd saved up for many months . |
| 19 | He was a good journalist and one I 'd known professionally for many years . |
| 20 | I 'd tried hard for many years to get him to stop , in the face of informed professional opinion , but he had always shrugged it off . |
| 21 | Gooch , having exceeded the mighty Hammond 's Test aggregate , edged into his stumps ; Hick messed up an attempted pull against Waqar ; Smith was held brilliantly by the substitute fielder at third slip ( Latif also happens to be the deputy wicketkeeper ) ; and on the stroke of tea Stewart , having batted imperiously for four hours , fell disappointingly to a catch at cover off slow left-armer Mujtaba . |
| 22 | The United States would probably have reverted to isolationism as happened after the First World War ; Congress would have cut back Defence spending , starving the US defence/industrial base ; and American big business would have looked elsewhere for profitable enterprises . |
| 23 | Cos they were playing Newtons Thursday night and she said they 'll have to write home for nine men so Newtons int gon na stand a chance . |
| 24 | Not everyone unfortunately has children so you may have to cast around for other members of the family . |
| 25 | ‘ It is only recently that Robert Gordon 's University has opened up the field for people to do courses like this without having to leave home for long periods . ’ |
| 26 | The company was less a victim of the recession than of the peace dividend , having geared up for military orders which failed to materialise . |
| 27 | In the US , buyers will have to hold back for 90 days after the issue because of Securities Exchange Commission restrictions on overseas dealings . |
| 28 | In the US , buyers will have to hold back for 90 days after the issue because of Securities Exchange Commission restrictions on overseas dealings . |
| 29 | Shout , they 'd shout something but er well since we 've been living up here , my mother used to give , the man used to come for the order for the grocery , the baker used to come round , the milk used to come round , they all used to come round at she 'd ha she did n't have go out for heavy loads of stuff to bring in it was all delivered , but when they started some new technique of er of ordering by computer , it 's going to come back to square one again you know , they 'll be delivering stuff in the same jolly old way hey . |
| 30 | So you would n't necessarily have to pay out for these treatments , you see . |