Example sentences of "he [verb] [vb pp] [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 . |
| 7 | alright he 's met you for five minutes but he 's come here I said this gang of children , I said the poor bugger 's not going to know what hit him I said alright if it 's just for Sally 's three I said he 's gon na be , he 's not gon na be relaxed I said I know that for a fact I said I know what it was like when I used to go and visit your people when I was |