Example sentences of "[noun prp] have [verb] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Doxsie , head of Staley 's sweetener division , says that in the three years since its launch , Krystar has accounted for 100 million lb of the annual five billion lb market for all sweeteners . |
| 2 | Much depends on the respective cost of reinsurance which TI has secured for 1992 and NCM has just purchased in December 1991 . |
| 3 | Yet , running through them , the still more ancient river Indus had existed for millions of years before their rise . |
| 4 | Raymond Cusick had hoped for six Daleks from his budget but in the end the money only ran to affording four . |
| 5 | Hitachi , with its partners Maxwell and Matsushita , has come up with a disc the same size , while a third combine headed by Seagate has opted for 3¼ inch ( 7–8 cm ) in an attempt to head off the Japanese competition . |
| 6 | Six seconds of fame after hours of queueing for this fan of a fan THE Lamports had queued for four hours before they were interviewed for the Antiques . |
| 7 | Kim had booked for three days — the longest time available . |
| 8 | To add to the American demands , Canada has applied for six orbital slots . |
| 9 | Helen had waited for five minutes , not knowing at all why , then followed him into the bedroom . |
| 10 | After days of fighting between the army and the people in Togo , where President Gnassingbé Eyadéma has ruled for 24 years , a truce was agreed in mid-April . |
| 11 | Yes , Bruno has fought for two world titles . |
| 12 | Two new Ford car models , designed to meet the pollutant emission standards California has set for 1997 , are to be launched in the US . |
| 13 | The Funny Side of Wirral , published by husband and wife team Ian and Marilyn Boumphrey , is full of amusing sketches about day-to-day life on the peninsular where Bill has lived for 25 years . |
| 14 | Lineker has appeared 45 times for England and scored 29 goals ; Bull has played for 60 minutes and scored one , a smartly taken opportunity against Scotland in May . |
| 15 | Bagshot had served for twenty years in the Royal Marines . |
| 16 | Within a year his civil servants produced a document called " The Basic Principles for the Reform of the Courts " , which recommended all the steps Panin and Bludov had resisted for twenty years . |
| 17 | Birth rates in Eastern Europe have stagnated for 30 years . |
| 18 | Ethiopia has asked for 377,000 tonnes of food to fend off famine in Eritrea and Tigre . |
| 19 | Ethiopia has asked for 377,000 tonnes of food to fend off famine in Eritrea and Tigre . |
| 20 | How did Dr Mortimer know that Sir Charles had stood for five or ten minutes by the moor gate ? |
| 21 | The Russian General Staff(Stavka) had to prepare for two eventualities , dependent on whether Germany 's main opening blow was directed into France or into Russia . |
| 22 | Another victory in the incandescent heat of Austria , where Stewart had led for twenty-three laps , brought Emerson to Monza with the title within his grasp : he needed just three points to clinch the championship . |
| 23 | Mr Peres had tried for six weeks to persuade just one legislator to join his labour-led coalition ; in the end he failed , but said ‘ it was worth the struggle for peace ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ It gave her quite a shock , ’ said Bob Murray , managing director of the International Freight firm in Small Heath , Birmingham , where Carolyn has worked for three years . |
| 25 | Over the past five months , rainfall has been well below average : the month of January was the driest London has experienced for 154 years . |
| 26 | The UEFA control and disciplinary committee said Dinamo had arranged for 5,000 dollars to be paid to the referee , linesmen and fourth official before the home game on August 18 . |