Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] have [vb pp] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The longer the problem goes on — and many of my patients have suffered for years — the worse it is likely to get . |
| 2 | Even where the entrances were very well hidden by ploughing and cultivation , the rabbits somehow found their way back to the selfsame underground burrows their predecessors had used for generations . |
| 3 | A tiny minority of landowners lived in enormous wealth and comfort , exacting feudal dues and enforced labour from farmers who had in effect become their tied peasants : these landowners still engaged in the grain trade as their families had done for generations , and as if they could think of nothing else to do . |
| 4 | This is how monarchs and their families have lived for generations , without ever questioning that it should be so . |
| 5 | Even today , a third of the population of the city is employed in industry , many of them in the one in which their families have worked for generations . |
| 6 | Among the mountains around the lake , Kurdish tribes , in their distinctive and spectacular garb , lived as their ancestors had lived for centuries . |
| 7 | Emily turned and walked up the wide staircase , looking painfully at the bare walls where paintings of her ancestors had hung for generations . |
| 8 | On the other hand , he said ID cards were ridiculous and confirmed what fans had known for years that they were ill- treated by uncaring clubs who were allowing grounds to fall into disrepair . |
| 9 | Indeed , the Conservative Party did begin to widen its potential appeal by issuing a plethora of pamphlets in the 1920s : Aims and Principles ( 1924 ) , What Unionists have done for Workers ( 1925 ) , What the Conservative Government has done for Education ( 1928 ) and What the Conservative Government has done for Health ( 1929 ) . |