Example sentences of "i [verb] [verb] [adj] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dear Boy , It must be very difficult for you sometimes I expect not having anyone and having to do all the shopping and cooking for yourself I know that when I was working I certainly could not have managed on my own , coming home tired and then making dinner your own dinner and then going upstairs to do some more work , what sort of life is that , though I know all about that because of course I did do that for three years almost , and I know how much happier I was when I knew there was someone waiting for me and having the dinner ready and keeping the house clean and all those things , or perhaps you people do n't think those things are important . |
| 2 | I 've argued that for twenty years , now suddenly overnight it 's become unfashionable and let's make it clear why it 's become unfashionable . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've had that for fifteen years . |
| 4 | I shall need a new one by the winter because I 've had that for four |
| 5 | ‘ Please — I 've had enough for one day . ’ |
| 6 | I 've had this for five years . |
| 7 | I 've got enough for one car for mesen . |