Example sentences of "he [vb past] [verb] [pron] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The race was the brainchild of Chay Blythe , he 'd planned it for 4 years and raised the money for 10 million pound yachts . |
| 2 | He 'd done it again , she realised in amazement — with just a few choice words he 'd knocked her for six . |
| 3 | Hagans said he 'd known her for two years and they 'd met by appointment . |
| 4 | The argument is familiar — Lord Gordon-Walker said he had heard it for forty years — but , even more , it is a political argument . |
| 5 | He was devoted to the Prince , but he had served him for ten years and his wife had scarcely seen him . |
| 6 | He had bought it for thirty pounds , enclosed it with a honey-coloured Cotswold stone wall , and planted a small but fine orchard , now at the height of its production . |