Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] for [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he asked for an artificial leg for his newly amputated right leg he was told not only that he could n't have one , but he 'd also have to give up his existing left false leg , which he 'd had for six years . |
| 2 | Among the flowers , a tribute from the hospital , to a nurse they 'd known for 5 years who 'll be deeply missed . |
| 3 | The car was traced to dealers in Nottingham where he 'd worked for nine years . |
| 4 | The I O C's choice of Atlanta , Georgia to host the centennial Olympic Games has not only shocked and disappointed the Athens delegation here in Tokyo , it has brought disappointment to the team from Manchester who 'd worked for several years to fulfil the dream of bringing the Games to the U K for the first time since 1948 . |
| 5 | The two gods at whose shrines she 'd sacrificed for many years . |
| 6 | The seaman — Gustave continued as if this were the best story he had heard for many years — apparently claimed that he had no notion of how the section of mast had reached the position in which it was found . |
| 7 | Norton et al found that 25%-35% of women had delayed for five years or more before seeking medical advice . |
| 8 | Further , his duties were substantially a continuation of those which he had undertaken for several years in connection with Tutorial Classes and the annual summer school arrangements . |
| 9 | Cellulose flake manager was 46 when he obtained his NEBOSH qualification — the first exam he had sat for 26 years . |
| 10 | ( a ) How could you test if the factor which causes SAD was lack of light or the cold weather ? ( b ) Would you get more information by considering patients who had suffered for several years rather than only once ? ( 2 ) Bright light is often found to bring relief . |
| 11 | Another told me she had suffered for three years with a terrible pain in her back but since following the diet the pain had completely disappeared . |
| 12 | As a result , the controversy which had raged for many years about the date of the introduction of the denarius was resolved . |
| 13 | Undeniably , they offered possibilities for assured if modest financial support for the WEA , a position which it had sought for several years . |
| 14 | Long-standing staff say February was the busiest they had seen for 20 years . ’ |
| 15 | From time to time she suffered from bouts of depression as she had done for many years . |
| 16 | And that 's what causes tragic failures like Matthew Smith and Augustus John — they 've done the Paris rat and they live ever after in the shadow of Gauguin and Matisse or whoever it may be — just as G.P. says he once lived under the shadow of Braque and suddenly woke up one morning to realize that all he had done for five years was a lie , because it was based on Braque 's eyes and sensibilities and not his own . |
| 17 | She would just have to cling to her professional integrity as she had done for fifty years , and she would , as she had always tried to , make that sufficient . |
| 18 | The hot water pipes gurgled as they had done for ten years . |
| 19 | He was , as her mother had said for twenty years , the laziest codder God ever put breath into , but Claire loved him , and he loved her as if she were his own . |
| 20 | She shot down stairs faster than she had moved for thirty years , her head full of horrific accidents . |
| 21 | My main aim was for some relief to the back pain that I had had for many years but , having tried many other so-called ‘ back pain relief techniques ’ , without much success ( some worked for a short while , others not at all or even made the pain worse ) , I was not too optimistic . |
| 22 | A 45 year old woman with a strong family history of ischaemic heart disease was referred with left sided chest pain , which she had had for six years . |
| 23 | When she had finished hanging out the washing , before she went for the weekly shop at SavaCentre , Sara applied her lipstick , and around her throat she squirted the toilet water which she had had for three years and never before used . |
| 24 | That the project may now be delayed by Chinese inquisitiveness should be seen in the context of the fact that the current administration had dithered for 15 years on the project . |
| 25 | When he attacked C. P. Snow in Two Cultures ? ( 1962 ) , it was the last act of a drama in which he had played for thirty years . |
| 26 | Patients with adenocarcinoma had smoked for more years in total ( median 38.5 , range 4–54 years ) than patients with CLO ( median 29.5 , range 6–55 years ) ( p<0.01 ) . |
| 27 | Patients with adenocarcinoma had smoked for more years in total ( median 38.5 , range 4–54 years ) than CLO patients ( median 29.5 , range 6–55 years ) ( p<0.01 ) . |
| 28 | Crosby in 1981 was a classic example : the voters lost a man they had known for thirty years and they did n't know who to vote for instead . |
| 29 | Wenger 's data show that 43 per cent of elderly people named as a confidant someone they had known for at least 50 years , and 75 per cent named someone they had known for 30 years . |
| 30 | A few minutes later we were seated at a corner table in the small bistro which I had known for several years . |