Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [adv] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was a good journalist and one I 'd known professionally for many years . |
| 2 | I 'd tried hard for many years to get him to stop , in the face of informed professional opinion , but he had always shrugged it off . |
| 3 | It was Germany which had pressed hardest for more powers to be granted to the European Parliament at the expense of the national parliaments as the price for monetary union on German terms . |
| 4 | We had pressed hard for these and the Inspector eventually agreed to a series at four different venues . |
| 5 | Although it had become easier for some middle-class men ( or their sons ) to earn membership of the national ruling culture by Edwardian times , their status as true " gentlemen " remained equivocal in an atmosphere of continued mistrust of the business community , albeit tempered by outbreaks of anxiety over the volatility of the lower orders which it was felt the task of their middle-class superiors to defuse . |
| 6 | Things had gone well for both families over the past few seasons and each farm was thriving . |
| 7 | The lawyer and his clerk had worked together for many years , and knew and understood each other . |
| 8 | They had worked together for several years and the elder of them readily agreed to help supply the other 's son if he went into hiding in the woods above Eastertyre . |
| 9 | Kersey and Wycliffe had worked together for several years and their temperaments complemented each other . |
| 10 | I came with my thirteen-year-old son to join my husband who had lived here for many , many years . |
| 11 | In Kufra one policeman ( the senior customs officer ) was a stranger , though he had lived there for some decades ; in Tazarbu nearly all policemen were from one lineage ( Bilal ) , or had married into it ; the senior officer 's son was also in the force , a trainee under his father 's authority . |
| 12 | Mr Fallon said a family renting a house valued at £25,000 , and entitled to the maximum price discount of 40pc because they had lived there for some years , could have a mortgage of £10,000 . |
| 13 | She had lived there for some time although it is not known where she lived before coming to Darlington . |
| 14 | In any case , Charles Henstock cared little for creature comforts , and had lived there for several years , alone , in appalling conditions of cold and discomfort , until his marriage to Dimity Dean , a few years before , had brought companionship and a slight mitigation of the hardship of his surroundings . |
| 15 | There were signs that Sir Charles had stood there for some time . |
| 16 | He could not say when , but the horse dung and the faint indentations in the dry earth showed riders had stood there for some time . |
| 17 | Near the Salt Tower he found the gravel-strewn slush had been disturbed , indicating someone had stood there for some time . |