Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] for [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Clerk was to send a letter of apology to Mrs thanking her for twenty years of service and ask if she 'd reconsider the job . |
| 2 | The latest flare-up between the two countries — following last summer 's ball-tampering claims and counter-claims — is a direct result of Graveney 's remarks following the infamous Mike Gatting-Shakoor Rana row in 1987 , when he said : ‘ They have been cheating us for 37 years and it is just getting worse and worse . ’ |
| 3 | After the infamous Mike Gatting-Shakoor Rana row in 1987 , Graveney , 65 , said of Pakistan : ‘ They 've been cheating us for 37 years and it is just getting worse and worse . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm glad to hear that , ’ Claudia said , not believing it for one moment . |
| 5 | They 've been hiring us for ten years but we , we ai n't gon na hire no more if they 're changing the bloody engines . |
| 6 | They 're paying me for forty hours . |
| 7 | I have been growing them for ten years , and for the past two years I have been hybridising . |
| 8 | Me auntie got it up there and when she got up there they were selling them for nineteen pounds . |
| 9 | After coaxing him for 20 minutes , one officer grabbed the man — only to discover he had been bleeding heavily from deep cuts to his wrist and arms . |
| 10 | And I 'd been paying it for two years then |
| 11 | People who use land and invest their labour in it are benefiting society more than those real owners who neglect it to the extent of ignoring it for twelve years or more . |
| 12 | I 've been doin' it for thirty years , since old Doyle died . |
| 13 | He 's been doin' it for forty years . |
| 14 | Later on in my undergraduate career I was lucky enough to be given some teaching by Dr Douglas Ross , consultant in Glasgow , and had personal experience of the efficacy of homoeopathy when he cured the gingivitis ( inflammation of the gums ) which had been plaguing me for three weeks with a homoeopathic preparation of mercury . |
| 15 | After eight weeks and a few x-rays , for which he staggered across his box ( we had borrowed an extension lead by this time ) , I was finally able to get the farrier to take Copper 's shoes off , as he had been wearing them for ten weeks . |
| 16 | So instead , a confident horseperson was engaged to do battle with Honey , but after riding her for two weeks Honey 's behaviour was worse . |
| 17 | Remember , each of the above exercises is immediately preceded by taking a deep breath , creating tension , and holding it for five seconds , then exhaling while letting go the tension and saying the word ‘ relax ’ to yourself . |
| 18 | On average , says the study , buying a share at its initial offering and holding it for three years yielded a total return ( dividends plus capital growth ) of just 8% . |
| 19 | The Frenchman on pole made a poor getaway and Senna took the early lead , holding it for 23 laps before Prost , after several previous attacks had been rebuffed , forced his way by . |
| 20 | Prost on pole made a poor start and Senna took the early lead , holding it for 23 laps before Prost , after several previous attacks had been rebuffed , forced his way by . |
| 21 | The descant accompanying it for fifty years had been one of complaint . |
| 22 | We 're giving it for six months . |
| 23 | They have surrounded a garrison at Bati , to the east , and on 19 September they attacked Mile on the Assab road , closing it for 36 hours . |
| 24 | four week course , but he 's running it for two hours for two weeks . |
| 25 | ‘ Course he will , ’ Joe snapped , ‘ bin doin it for twenty year . |
| 26 | I 'd been doing it for five years . |
| 27 | Tom 's been doing it for 18 years . |
| 28 | She has been doing it for three years and expects to be working on it for at least another three . |
| 29 | He 's been doing it for three years now . |
| 30 | And I 'll tell you right now that unless you listen to the people that have been doing it for twenty years , in other words you do n't make appointments to go and see people to talk about |