Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [noun] for the past " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Howe , who has treated Tony for the past four years , said : ‘ It has been discussed endlessly in the newspapers and I think it is time to let it be . ’ |
| 2 | Mr Symington , who proudly describes himself as one of the last supply-siders , has cut taxes for the past two years . |
| 3 | Dr O'Connor , 75 , has studied autism for the past 40 years . |
| 4 | After observing the industrious building of castles in the air in the past few days , I thought it would be appropriate to look at an odd phenomenon that has puzzled meteorologists for the past ten years : the series of giant mushroom-shaped cloud formations round the periphery of the Siberian land-mass . |
| 5 | Reed has published Steinbeck for the past three years , having taken over his novels and short stories from Pan . |
| 6 | having found themselves for no good reason sitting together : Liz and Alix discovered that both came from Yorkshire , and that neither played lacrosse , nor had ever seen it being played , and Esther joined the discussion by volunteering that she had herself managed to avoid playing netball for the past three years on the grounds that she was too small . |
| 7 | Under cross-examination Timothy Harris has admitted using drugs for the past twelve years and that he desperately wanted sex with Miss Whitehead . |
| 8 | Carlos Manuel Castillo , 61 , an economist representing the social democratic National Liberation Party ( PLN ) which had held power for the past eight years , came second with 47.3 per cent . |