Example sentences of "has [adv] [verb] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How can we just throw in a lad who has not played for so long ? |
| 2 | What about Democratic hopeful Paul Tsongas 's lymphoma cancer which has not recurred for over five years ? |
| 3 | A MYSTERY man who has not spoken for almost a week broke his silence yesterday to Darlington police . |
| 4 | The view that certain types of fiction occupy a mediatory position between the ‘ reality ’ of a cultural heritage and contemporary ‘ true ’ accounts of it elevates these texts to a status which the novel has not held for quite some time . |
| 5 | Chrissie is not protected to the same extent because she has not worked for long enough , and there may be grounds for dismissal . |
| 6 | Heat the frankfurters by leaving them to stand in a pan of water that has just boiled for about 5 minutes . |
| 7 | Now , suddenly , in the affluent West , that world has possibly gone for ever . |
| 8 | Among the largest and most fully-studied lake systems , Lake Bonney in the Dry Valleys of South Victoria Land has probably existed for over 100 000 years ( Hendy et al . , |
| 9 | Dear Catriona I could guess you probably worked this out a long time ago but I might as well get it over with once and for all and I finally managed to summon up the courage to do so , A S A , a secret admirer , no longer exists , he no longer admires secret or otherwise and has n't existed for almost a year now and again you probably know who he is but I might as well tell you it 's me Johnny the eleven year old , now fourteen , you met at Christmas ninety and boy do I feel stupid . |
| 10 | His wife Jennifer said : ‘ He is finding he can do things he has n't done for so long . |
| 11 | I 've never seen him like this though , I 've never se he has n't shaved for about four days . |
| 12 | One can expand the boundaries , and because it is the sentiment of the people that one should expand the boundaries , it has manifestly worked for nearly two centuries in the United Kingdom . |
| 13 | The secret which Carol has faithfully kept for more than four months was finally out yesterday as Commander Tim Laurence and his bride-to-be allowed her to claim the credit she deserves . |