Example sentences of "[prep] [art] past [adj] [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the past 13 years Polisario , operating in jeeps across the semi-desert , has mounted surprise attacks on the huge sand wall which runs across the country . |
| 2 | For the past five years Egham Swan Sanctuary has collected the swans and taken them away for a kind of annual holiday … |
| 3 | For the past five years members of the Durham Concert Secretaries Federation have held fund-raising events on behalf of the Wareham Wood Memorial Fund for cancer relief and the latest cheque was handed over at a special ceremony at Osborne Social Club , Chester-le-Street . |
| 4 | For the past fourteen years Lij Yasu had been held by Ras Kassa in comfortable detention at Fiche . |
| 5 | For the past eight years Jean has been employed as an office cleaner , having previously worked for fifteen years as a spinner in the ‘ mid-flat ’ . |
| 6 | For the past eleven years Joan has worked as a Clerkess in the dyed yarn store office , recording piece work production figures . |
| 7 | For the past two years Brand has seen the same sports psychologist , John Allsop , who helped Peter Baker earn a cup debut this month . |
| 8 | Also , for the past six years computers have been essential , if initially unwelcome , tools in my job , and the idea of spending leisure time absorbing even more radiation from a cathode ray tube does n't appeal . |
| 9 | For the past six months Jardines has been arguing that Hong Kong 's largest companies should be granted ‘ exempt listing status ’ . |
| 10 | For the past 18 months Norman has had intense physiotherapy and speech therapy to maximise the use of muscles he can move . |
| 11 | After keeping and breeding Malawi Cichlids for the past fifteen years NANCY SHUTTLE felt it was time for winds of change to blow into the fish house . |
| 12 | For the past four years Clare Radcliff has lived in RAF married quarters . |
| 13 | For the past few months Police have been mounting a major operation to crackdown on joy riders … its the type of accident they 'd always feared . |
| 14 | For the past few weeks President Najibullah has been meeting militia commanders from around the country offering them more weapons and money to maintain their loyalty and keep the roads open . |
| 15 | For the past twenty years Lily Goodenough has been fighting a brain tumour . |
| 16 | For the past 30 years Aegina has been producing about the best pistachios in the world . |
| 17 | Every Wednesday afternoon for the past 15 weeks Tony has ‘ tutored ’ 1st year pupils at nearby ( and almost equally fashionable ) Holland Park Comprehensive . |
| 18 | Bottomore writing in 1965 noted , ‘ For the past eighty years Marx 's theory has been the object of unrelenting criticism and tenacious defence ’ . |
| 19 | For the past three years Brenda has been learning German at the Open Learning Centre on site and she puts it to good use on frequent trips abroad . |
| 20 | For the past 20 years George ( the real star of this western-made film ) has been a cherished member of the Struutz family . |
| 21 | For the past 23 years Unionists have been saying exactly the same thing with regard to both security policy and political policy . |
| 22 | During the past two years work on seven nuclear power stations has been halted , two existing ones have been closed , and the planned construction of four more has been cancelled . |
| 23 | Mr Beltrami would tell the jury that on several occasions during the past four years McGuinness had spoken to him in detail about his part in the Ayr murder ; and as he has a commanding presence and deep , authoritative voice , his evidence would have gone far to confirm in the minds of the jury what they had already heard from Mrs McGuinness . |
| 24 | During the past few days anxiety had shadowed his eyes like bruises ; they were brighter now and eager in their attention to the door through which his wife must soon enter . |
| 25 | During the past 15 years patients have come to depend on the day hospital service . |
| 26 | In each of the past two seasons Scotland ‘ A ’ have played just one match , beating Spain twice . |
| 27 | SEVEN of the past 12 Masters Tournaments have been won by European players and this stopped being a big surprise three Ryder Cups ago . |
| 28 | Throughout the past Five Nations series it was said that Ireland had reached rock-bottom , particularly against Wales and Scotland , and the only way they could go was up . |
| 29 | Throughout the past 300 years racism has distorted Western thinking about other people and their cultures . |
| 30 | In the past two years Mars bars were the official snack at the World Cup in Italy , the World Athletics Championship in Tokyo as well as the Barcelona Olympics . |