Example sentences of "have [verb] for many [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is well qualified to do the job he has done for many years and we will continue to employ him at races . ’ |
| 2 | He is well qualified to do the job he has done for many years and we will continue to employ him at races . ’ |
| 3 | While in Donna di Porto Pim , the writer , having sailed for many days and nights , has understood that ‘ the West has no end but continues to move as we move , and that we can follow it as far as we like and never reach it ’ ( Tabucchi 1983 : 13 ; the notion is echoed in the title of Tabucchi 's later novel , Il filo dell'orizzonte ( The horizon 's edge , ( 1986 ) , the Indian journey proceeds , not always straightforwardly , towards an end of a sort . |
| 4 | To speak today of the defence of democracy as if we were defending something which we knew and had possessed for many decades or many centuries is self-deception and sham … |
| 5 | My main aim was for some relief to the back pain that I had had for many years but , having tried many other so-called ‘ back pain relief techniques ’ , without much success ( some worked for a short while , others not at all or even made the pain worse ) , I was not too optimistic . |
| 6 | The ‘ permissive era ’ had begun for many parents and children . |
| 7 | I am sure that my hon. and gallant Friend , whom I have known for many years and for whom I have a great affection , would agree that about half the best people are women . |
| 8 | If this House were to apply such a principle it would involve going beyond what any of the authorities have decided , departing from such decisions as Slater v. Burnley Corporation ; William Whiteley Ltd. v. The King and Twyford v. Manchester Corporation which have stood for many years and would involve making new law . |