Example sentences of "they have [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing guarantees that the Americans and Russians will go on supplying it as they have done for the past couple of years . |
| 2 | People in late twentieth-century Britain do not necessarily do less for their relatives than they have done for the past two centuries , nor do they necessarily have a weaker sense of obligation , but they do have to work out the nature of their relationships and the patterns of support associated with them , in circumstances which are very different from the past . |
| 3 | They tend , as they have done for the past fifty years , to respond to the events of the day without projecting forward the effects of their policies for the necessary 18–24 months . |
| 4 | Mr Diplexcito , his wife and three daughters have fought a rearguard action for the past two years to stop their cottage at Spittalburn , where they have lived for the past 17 years , being buried by earthworks . |
| 5 | Teachers need to take children 's ideas seriously , and avoid making them feel that they have to search for the right answer , hidden somewhere in the teacher 's head . |
| 6 | Here they have to prepare for the unexpected . |
| 7 | Here they have to prepare for the unexpected . |
| 8 | At present , women only qualify for leave if they have worked for the same employer for two years ; five years for women who work less than 16 hours per week . |
| 9 | For the thirty or so recruits of Calais Platoon , part of the Adult Training Company , today is the day towards which they have worked for the past five months . |
| 10 | Paul and Sarah Davison retained the junior doubles title they have won for the last two years . |
| 11 | before hand there were the same designated police officer of the same specialized suites , things have changed and they have changed for the better . |
| 12 | It is suggested that they have changed for the better , while we have not . |
| 13 | Here 's Lawrence , bowls and that 's a full length again , but it 's down the leg side , glances it very delicately , it 's a good throw from Tufnell , well a quick throw from Tufnell , it lands in the middle of the pitch in actual fact , but they have to hurry for the two runs now , one hundred and eighteen for three wickets now and is six , DaSilva eighteen . |
| 14 | They have to pay for the four officials , the clubs 's own lawyers and witnesses for the hearing in Geneva . |