Example sentences of "have [verb] for [art] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The roof has leaked for a year , ’ John said , ‘ and I had to cover over the electrics to protect them from the rain . |
| 2 | The Objectivity/DB database from Objectivity Inc , Menlo Park , California , which DEC has offered for a year , will be marketed as DEC Object/DB from September , also under Open VMS and RISC/Ultrix . |
| 3 | He seeks more time and he has asked for a year or more . |
| 4 | But the intricacies , I know more about Europe , eventually , and other countries , due to not being having a a briefing by a Headmaster for half an hour of something The group of us , he had eight to ten of us in the room trying to prime us on what we 'd missed for a year . |
| 5 | But they may have to wait for a year , and maybe even two , before the brief , dramatic cycle can begin all over again . |
| 6 | The new edict is that we will have to wait for the year 2000 to land anywhere in space other than on the Moon . |
| 7 | We shall have to wait for the year 2017 to see what the culture-ideology of consumerism makes of the Bolshevik revolution ! |
| 8 | The guys at ADM Computing suggested at the first meeting that I save a few quid by opting for a Phillips Brilliance monitor instead of the NEC I 've coveted for a year . |
| 9 | Many had to work for a year under the threat of the axe and even those who survived continue to live in a climate of insecurity , not knowing when the next rationalisation programme is likely to be introduced . |
| 10 | ‘ That was the hardest training I 've done for a year , ’ he said . |
| 11 | Sir Anthony famously discovered in Cardiff this month what the rest of the country had known for a year : that many children saw the grisly film and were delighted by his Oscar-winning portrayal of the cannibalistic anti-hero . |
| 12 | Their action comes three days after BR had to postpone for a year its bill to build a high-speed Channel tunnel rail link to central London . |
| 13 | John Mumford had been a curate in the Church of England with a significant ministry and had gone for a year 's sabbatical to California . |
| 14 | He had worked for a year in the Ukraine and said he liked the people there more than those he had met in the West - they were more open and friendly . |
| 15 | But your difficulty , surely , is that even if sanctions had worked for a year or even two years , you would still be left with that formidable monster of a regime … |
| 16 | Why it is , it 's very , very , very wrong , say we pay all year round for that , I 've paid for a year for my ticket |
| 17 | I 've missed the one in January now and I think , oh , I 've paid for a year but |
| 18 | I 'll prepare a ship at Bristol , take you and Hawkins with me , and have that treasure if I have to search for a year ! ’ |