Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] for the past " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My dear , your real mother has been looking after you for the past twenty years , ’ said Miss Rose sharply . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been trying to get hold of you for the past half-hour ! ’ |
| 3 | I 've been trying to get hold of you for the past two hours ! ’ the man exclaimed harshly as he stared down at Laura , who was gazing back at him as though she 'd seen a ghost . |
| 4 | I have read it now from cover to cover — every word of it for the past seven years — since I first got hooked on running . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been waiting for you for the past three hours , pacing the corridors , wearing out the carpet . |
| 6 | I 've played along with you for the past hour . |
| 7 | Les left the party for what he calls ‘ the superior ideology of Moral Re-Armament , ’ and has worked with us for the past sixteen years . |
| 8 | It has been with us for the past 10 years . |
| 9 | ‘ And we have n't had a penny from them for the past two years or more . |
| 10 | We 've heard nothing from him for the past four months since that heart attack in Italy . |
| 11 | If you 've got some new material on him that you want to share with us , I 'm more than happy to arrange another lecture for you later in the term , but frankly , as you 've apparently given the same lecture on him for the past ten years , I can hardly be accused of interfering with academic freedom , can I ? ’ |
| 12 | I 've been staring at it for the past hour , waiting for it to start twitching around like a fat little worm on a fishing hook . |
| 13 | She 'd been at it for the past half-hour , ever since she 'd arrived to interrupt Rory 's precious sunbathing break . |