Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [pron] [prep] a year " in BNC.

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1 Progress was painfully slow ; I had owned her for a year before she wagged her tail at me .
2 They missed out on Shearer , who joined Kenny Dalglish at Ewood Park after Ferguson had tracked him for a year .
3 However , for a number of these symptoms , more people in residential homes had had them for a year or more : the proportions were 31 per cent against 20 per cent for drowsiness , 22 per cent against 14 per cent for dizziness , 19 per cent against 11 per cent for loss of appetite and 4 per cent against one per cent for bedsores .
4 the same a as what Ann had for theirs I mean we 've had it for a year and paid all that rent .
5 Prince Philip had stipulated a maximum of ten years for his period in office , and had extended it by a year to enable Prince Charles , who was serving in the Royal Navy , to take over at an appropriate moment .
6 That he 's owed me for a year !
7 ‘ The course started in 1991 and those students who have completed two years will be awarded diplomas and those who have followed it for a year will get certificates . ’
8 It 's taken me about a year to realize that the things I put down do n't actually disappear of their own accord .
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