Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] for [art] past " in BNC.
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| 1 | Barbara was bored with the bob she 'd had for the past four years and was ready for a complete change . |
| 2 | 20–6 Mrs McIver , wife of the Moderator , asked to be relieved of the duty of leader of praise which she had undertaken for the past two years . |
| 3 | According to the police , Fernandez told the investigating magistrates today he had trained for the past six months for the assault . |
| 4 | By 1922 the team of brilliant men who had governed for the past six years could not but see themselves as irreplaceable . |
| 5 | The Belgian Prime Minister Wilfried Martens announced on June 16 that the government had officially tied the franc to the D-Mark , formalizing the practice it had followed for the past four years . |
| 6 | Moreover she had changed trains three times , because it is an awkward , cross-country journey from Chetwynd Magna to St Petrock's-on-Sea , where the O'Briens had lived for the past six years . |
| 7 | It turns out that the Heston Club team has lost a title that it had held for the past few years . |
| 8 | The post of Vice-President , which Cotti had held for the past year , was taken by René Felber ( Social Democratic Party — SPS ) , Minister for Political ( Foreign ) Affairs . |
| 9 | William was employed in the Maintenance Department on General Service Duties , a position he had held for the past two years . |