Example sentences of "have [verb] for the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Tebbit , the ex-party chairman and MP for Chingford , asked Mr Hurd ‘ whether the pledge that we have given for the last four general elections , that there would be no further large-scale immigration , still stands or not ? ’ |
| 2 | Average property yields have fallen for the second consecutive quarter to 9.2pc , according to property agent Hillier Parker . |
| 3 | COT deaths in England and Wales have fallen for the third consecutive year , Government figures revealed yesterday . |
| 4 | But when the money runs out and they ca n't afford to pay for any more care patients have to wait for the next financial year . |
| 5 | In Birmingham , the dealers have gathered for the 11th British Antiques Fair ( Thursday to the following Wednesday ) , while over the Border , there is still time to catch Pen Panting 's second one-man show , at the Glasgow Print Studio . |
| 6 | Paul and Sarah Davison retained the junior doubles title they have won for the last two years . |
| 7 | I am afraid that while this ban is in force my wife and I will not be trading in Darlington as we have done for the last 20 years . |
| 8 | Such a myth is integral to the salient cultural paradigm of our times and which we have possessed for the last three centuries . |
| 9 | In 1816 , the year Davy 's lamp was introduced , J. H. H. Holmes , a mining inspector , published a book containing ‘ accounts of the explosions from fire damp which have occurred for the last 20 years ; their causes and the means proposed for their remedy and for general improvements of the mining systems by new methods of ventilation . ’ |
| 10 | In the village I have known for the last 10 years , they openly regret that things were better under Marcos . |
| 11 | In spite of the occupations I have followed for the last thirty years , shreds of science remain . |
| 12 | Barn owl have bred for the last three years , and skylarks and meadow pipits have recolonised the wet meadows ; ten species of African migrant use the hedgerows and patches of gorse , bramble and nettles ; a colony of 20 pied flycatcher use the many nest boxes erected around the farm . |
| 13 | And you have resided for the last six months at the and at er ? |
| 14 | And you have resided for the last six months at the Railway Hotel and at er ? |
| 15 | SCOTLAND — SCOTLAND have qualified for the last five World Cup finals , but with only one point from two games they already face an uphill struggle to qualify for a sixth time . |