Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [adv] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | College lecturers have voted overwhelmingly for a one-day strike and a total ban on flexible working over pay , the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education announced yesterday . |
2 | This ranks as one of the few occasions in the past 20 years when I have forked out for a little bottle . |
3 | Was this something recent or something you have known about for a long time ? ’ |
4 | Plans have gone ahead for a regulatory body for the direct sales channel . |
5 | Both have gone on for a long time . |
6 | that the parties have lived apart for a continuous period of at least two years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition , and the respondent consents to a decree being granted ; or |
7 | that the parties have lived apart for a continuous period of at least five years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition . |
8 | That the parties have lived apart for a continuous period of at least two years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition and that the respondent agrees to a decree being granted . |
9 | I mean there , there are a lot of people , of people in who have lived here for a long time , and lived here ever since they were born . |
10 | The ambassador reported that " The Emperor is monitoring the serious political illness which has gripped all countries , and believes his empire very far from being immune from infection " ; Nicholas was now of the opinion that " Highly reprehensible principles have been disseminated among young people who completed their university courses around three years ago , among people who have lived abroad for a long time , and also among teachers , professors , writers and journalists . |
11 | they made the area around the reactor a non living area , the problem is of course people that have lived there for a long time do n't want to move and so over |