Example sentences of "[coord] for the past [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The words ’ public service ’ are , and for the past 13 years have been , anathema to Conservative Members . |
| 2 | I have been growing them for ten years , and for the past two years I have been hybridising . |
| 3 | And for the past two years he has been holed up in London . |
| 4 | Her paternal family is opposed to the sect and some years before these events Miss T. had been reunited with her paternal grandmother and her father and for the past two years she had been living in circumstances which would not be approved by the sect . |
| 5 | He had been trained in England , at Sandhurst , and for the past fifteen years he had been an officer in the Imperial Guard . |
| 6 | The welfare of these hens has been a controversial issue for many years , and for the past five years we in the Department of Animal Husbandry have been conducting research into ways of improving their welfare . |
| 7 | Another interest is the light railways of France and for the past six years his holidays have been spent exploring them . |
| 8 | I 'm 63 and for the past six years I have been taking two tablets each day for myxoedema of the thyroid . |
| 9 | He is also a keen footballer and for the past 18 years has run the Johnstone United Boys Club , where Robert Hassan once played as a teenager . |
| 10 | I 'm a widow of 70 and for the past eight years there 's been a very persistent man in my life . |
| 11 | Bartram 's Observations on the Inhabitants , Climate , Soil , River , Production : from Pennsylvania to Onodaga , Oswego and the Lake Ontario had been published in London ( 1751 ) , and for the past twenty years he had dispatched his boxes of seeds and plants to be disseminated amongst owners of noteworthy gardens who acknowledged his industry . |
| 12 | A new one is made every year and for the past 25 years it 's been engraved at the same Birmingham workshop . |
| 13 | I am 23 and for the past three years I have been piling on the pounds without realising it until I finally took a good look at myself weighing in at 12st 3lbs ( 77.5kg ) at 5ft 4ins ( 1.6m ) . |
| 14 | In 1987 , I moved to Sheffield and formed Red Grape Cabaret , and for the past three years I have toured the country with fellow comedians Roger Monkhouse and Adam Cavaleri , telling jokes in a bewildering variety of circumstances . |
| 15 | She had a family of four , and for the past ten years or so she has worked voluntarily at the Citizen 's Advice Bureau . |
| 16 | Cubby has been associated with the Dundee Club for over 30 years , and for the past 15 years or so has been football representative on the Regional Committee of the Sports Association/Staff Club . |
| 17 | And for the past few months , I 've been reading Viz. |
| 18 | Cinestra offers a regular training programme , and for the past few years has operated a highly successful bursary scheme for new video makers which also offers practical production experience for the women they train . |
| 19 | This is slightly up on the previous year but for the past five years there has been no substantial rise in the number of asylum-seekers . |
| 20 | But for the past few days there had been continuous rain , and the forecast was for more bad weather to come . |