Example sentences of "have lived for " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is how monarchs and their families have lived for generations , without ever questioning that it should be so . |
| 2 | People who have lived for very many years in any institution have considerable difficulties in coping with changes , even if the proposed changes are potentially to be welcomed . |
| 3 | What we have lived for is the dark |
| 4 | In the large Ethiopian and Eritrean refugee camp at Towawa , near Gadaref in eastern Sudan , where 20 000 refugees have lived for over two years , parents stop their children using latrines because of the risk of the ground caving in during the rainy season . |
| 5 | It is the close focus of snapshots like these that lend credence to the white heat of his outpourings : ‘ I have lived for fifty years as an unequal in this country , enveloped by hate ’ . |
| 6 | Houses where families have lived for generations are left as blackened , shattered skeletons . |
| 7 | And so we have lived for many an age . ’ |
| 8 | To investigate our rhythms , some individuals have lived for long periods in underground caves , cut off from sunlight . |
| 9 | Is my hon. Friend aware that I have lived for a number of years without any such advice , and I can not believe that it is really necessary ? |
| 10 | ( Even today , Australian aborigines who have lived for a generation in settlements have still to acquire the habit of taking regular meals . ) |
| 11 | Mr Diplexcito , his wife and three daughters have fought a rearguard action for the past two years to stop their cottage at Spittalburn , where they have lived for the past 17 years , being buried by earthworks . |