Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [pers pn] for two [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But he will have to wait to get into the action — an ankle injury has sidelined him for two weeks .
2 Hagans said he 'd known her for two years and they 'd met by appointment .
3 Lucy knew she had to tell him something , so she said , ‘ She got mad with me when I admitted you 'd taken me for two bush walks .
4 For Small , getting out the magazine that had absorbed her for two years was the commitment , not this eccentric lurch into the unknown .
5 And I 'm not working next year anyway cos I 've done it for two years on the run and I 'm not doing it next year .
6 They 've had them for two months .
7 We 've enjoyed this one , we 've had it for two weeks .
8 Jon is a ‘ New Age Traveller ’ and I have known him for two years .
9 I have kept them for two years and found them naturally inquisitive and great characters .
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