Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] [pron] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And we 've done nothing for two years . ’ |
| 2 | And I 'm not working next year anyway cos I 've done it for two years on the run and I 'm not doing it next year . |
| 3 | I 've done it for seven years . |
| 4 | They 've had them for two months . |
| 5 | He says yes , I 've had her for thirteen years , but I 'm building another one , also with a steam engine . |
| 6 | We 've had her for eight years . ’ |
| 7 | We 've enjoyed this one , we 've had it for two weeks . |
| 8 | Because I 've had it for four years now and I 'm you know a woman touched it the other day and she got really paranoid . |
| 9 | The passcode system 's a welcome addition and the joystick on the control panel which mimics your movement 's also a nice touch , but once you 've played it for five minutes you 'll have seen everything the game 's got to offer ! |
| 10 | I 've known her for twenty odd years ! |
| 11 | But erm , that 's Linda , and er , as I say I 've known her for seven years , you can have a bit of fun , she can take a joke , she 's got a good sense of humour , and nice to work with , and she 's nice to work with . |
| 12 | ‘ This is a young side and I 've known them for four years and watched them mature and get stronger . |
| 13 | I 've known him for thirty years , nothing surprises me with him . |
| 14 | I 've known him for seven years . |
| 15 | Well it 's insured , I 've insured it for twelve |
| 16 | So , they 've hired you for thirty pence a mile to do their roadwork for them . |
| 17 | ‘ They 've asked me for ten days , ’ Blanche said . |
| 18 | They 've asked us for two hundred and fifty pounds proposal . |
| 19 | They 've asked us for five . |
| 20 | She 's , she 's got , she 's got well , they 've asked us for seven . |
| 21 | We 've paid them for fifty percent of the F O B costs , er because they said , Unless you pay us , we wo n't load . |
| 22 | He says I have done it for twenty eight years and it has n't had any effect . |
| 23 | Well yes since leaving college yes it 's been predominantly figurative and I always take my subject matter from things that I 've seen which have interested me for one reason or another . |
| 24 | Some towns and cities have had it for 20 years or more . |
| 25 | ‘ We have watched him for three and a half years and see nothing . |
| 26 | Jon is a ‘ New Age Traveller ’ and I have known him for two years . |
| 27 | I have eaten nothing for five days . |
| 28 | Only women who have never taken the pill and those who have taken it for eight or more years are followed up beyond the age of 45 . |
| 29 | But we have budgeted it for eighty five K at thirty six per cent and we achieved a hundred and three at thirty eight . |
| 30 | I have kept them for two years and found them naturally inquisitive and great characters . |