Example sentences of "[noun sg] for the past two " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andrew Jean , her lieutenant for the past two years , was a few yards away , skin in shreds , orange beehive hairdo picked to pieces . |
| 2 | Sixty-two MPs , equally divided between Christians and Muslims , have been in this Saudi resort for the past two weeks examining a ‘ National Reconciliation Charter ’ drafted by Arab League mediators as the basis for a permanent peace . |
| 3 | Mr Diplexcito , his wife and three daughters have fought a rearguard action for the past two years to stop their cottage at Spittalburn , where they have lived for the past 17 years , being buried by earthworks . |
| 4 | USL has been discreetly nurturing the unprecedented deal for the past two years , out-manoeuvering IBM 's attempt to get OS/2 adopted . |
| 5 | LEICESTER went into the match against Charlton hoping to equal the best winning run in the club 's history … but they were up against their bogey club for the past two years . |
| 6 | Sharon has been taking evening classes at college for the past two years . |
| 7 | Marian has been the Cork Area Ladies ' Representative on the Executive Committee for the past two years . |
| 8 | At its meeting in January the Scottish Sports Council took the opportunity of paying tribute to their contribution as members of the Council for the past two years . |
| 9 | Dr John Vickerman , who leads the atom bombardment team , has offered the technique on a part-time basis for the past two years . |
| 10 | Amanda Wright ( Tipton ) , winner of the women 's race for the past two years who set a new course record last year , will not be defending her title and so Cardiff veteran Liz Hughes looks like starting as favourite . |
| 11 | The East , who have won the title for the past two years , are the defending champions and they select their squad this weekend , as do the South . |
| 12 | The East , who have won the title for the past two years , are the defending champions and they select their squad this weekend , as do the South . |
| 13 | Is the Minister aware that car sales have fallen every month for the past two years and that , as a consequence , domestic production fell by 27 per cent . |
| 14 | He replaces Alan Mills , who has been in charge at Drumaness for the past two years . |
| 15 | THE thousands of Welsh supporters who have been pouring into the Edinburgh area for the past two days are well catered for if they want to sample club rugby before tomorrow 's Royal Bank international , writes Harry Pincott . |
| 16 | So we have established a measure which we call OTIF — on time , in full — and we 've been measuring our performance in this area for the past two years . |
| 17 | She was accustomed to exercise for , each morning for the past two weeks , Sharpe had saddled her at three o'clock , then ridden her south to watch the dawn break over the Sambre valley , but this morning , hearing the crackle of musketry to the east , he had ridden the mare much further than usual . |
| 18 | The Hercules transport aircraft , which has been on standby for the past two days will fly to the Croatian capital Zagreb . |
| 19 | Marion , who has worked at the Tour for the past two years and recently took over as Membership Secretary , says : ‘ We are pleased that so many girls want to join our Tour , but we are also anxious to ensure that they have thought through all the consequences and they are sure that they want to be a professional . |
| 20 | George McCartney , a butcher from Northern Ireland , has won the Meat Trades Journal Champion of Champions competition for the past two years . |
| 21 | John Gorman , his right hand man for the past two seasons has taken over to lead Swindon into the Premier League next season … |
| 22 | Working at Richard France-Lynch 's yard for the past two years , she showed much of the old France-Lynch magic , and must be regarded as high goal potential . ’ |
| 23 | Lancia still ended the first day in the lead , but Alessandro Fiorio 's Integrale was one of the old-style standard versions that have dominated the world championship for the past two years . |
| 24 | Branco Babic has been trying to find a manufacturer who 's interested in the possibilities of strawcrete for the past two years . |
| 25 | But this year the jackets — a classic item for the past two winters — are affordable . |
| 26 | Having successfully struck out on his own in 1962 , he has since been involved with the South East London Society , and has been its treasurer for the past two years . |
| 27 | The visit of the Morris Men was arranged with the help of BNFL safety auditor David Pratt , of Risley , who has been a member for the past two years . |
| 28 | Seven of the 32 ILP branches in Lancashire joined the new party which also attracted Middleton Murry , the critic , who had been unsuccessfully urging his own form of democratic Marxism on the ILP for the past two years . |
| 29 | Even though he was still only sixteen , Wayne had been driving the yard 's vehicles around the quiet back roads in the off-season for the past two years . |