Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] for the past " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said , ‘ You have n't seen my work for the past year , have you ? ’ |
| 2 | Ed , — Thank you very much for sending the LINK magazine to my husband for the past few years . |
| 3 | The ME Polartek Sweater has hardly been off my back for the past month or so . |
| 4 | ‘ Not only have I been separated from my wife for the past five years — but in all that time I 've only once managed to make love to her . |
| 5 | Andrew Jean , her lieutenant for the past two years , was a few yards away , skin in shreds , orange beehive hairdo picked to pieces . |
| 6 | The Irish in Britain Representation Group led a march from Whittington Park calling for the release of the Birmingham 6 and the Guildford 4 , who have been protesting their innocence for the past 14 years . |
| 7 | It was all a total and welcome contrast to San Francisco , her home for the past nine years . |
| 8 | A tall ship which starred in the TV series the Onedin Line , has bid farewell to the docks which have been her home for the past ten years . |
| 9 | She 'd been neglecting her work for the past day and a half . |
| 10 | This was the obvious sequel to its policy for the past four years . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Despite living with her mother for the past eight years , she saw her foster parents every other weekend and went on holidays with them . |
| 13 | Although he is a newcomer to sailing and the America 's Cup , he has created a huge syndicate of 200 people and spent a staggering £1.4 million per month on his camapign for the past year-and-a-half . |
| 14 | Will the Prime Minister come out of his ivory tower across the road , put his photo calls on hold and face up to his responsibility for the past 13 years of Government mismanagement , which has culminated in the worst economic crisis since the 1930s ? |
| 15 | He works in the fashion business and has lived with his girlfriend for the past six years . |
| 16 | And it 's much loved by Mike Harding , entertainer and well-known walker , who has made the Dales his home for the past twenty years . |
| 17 | Judith Jones , his editor for the past 15 years , said Mr Hersey not only wrote , but fought for the rights of all authors and was active until the end . |
| 18 | He 's been running his shop for the past 30 years , selling everything from garters to saddles ! |
| 19 | The craft has been his hobby for the past years , and in that time he has seen it grow immensely in popularity . |
| 20 | Then Sven Hjerson took his revenge for the past tiresome two hours . |
| 21 | Nurturing this side of the business — with dramatic success — has occupied most of his time for the past 10 years . |
| 22 | It has been our policy for the past 12 years to limit investigation of such patients to upper gastrointestinal endoscopy , with endoscopic small bowel biopsy , and barium enema . |
| 23 | We urge the Venezuelan people to continue the strong , democratic tradition existing in your country for the past 34 years . |