Example sentences of "[vb past] for the past [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blue eyeshadow , much reviled for the past five years , is back at Chanel , Lancôme and Rubinstein and has never been out at Lauder — Mrs Lauder is a firm believer in the power of blue . |
| 2 | Well I worked for the past two year really |
| 3 | Yesterday 's newspaper columns on the election were devoted to Mr Dinkins ' promises to defend Jewish interests in the same way that Mayor Ed Koch did for the past 12 years . |
| 4 | IBM Corp reveals in the proxy statement for the annual meeting that total pay and benefits for chairman and chief executive John Akers fell 17% in 1992 to $1.3m — Akers ' variable incentive payout , which is based on operating results , was $375,000 , a decline of 42% on 1991 , reflecting both IBM 's performance against targets and relative performance from year to year ; IBM said for the past two years , Akers ' annual pay declined over $1.3m , a fall of 50% ; it proposes to elect John Akers to the board after quits the top job . |
| 5 | The plants had for the past three years been emitting toxic fumes which had caused skin diseases among the villagers , killed fish in local fishponds and contaminated farmlands . |