Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [adv] for [det] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lawyer and his clerk had worked together for many years , and knew and understood each other . |
| 2 | They had worked together for several years and the elder of them readily agreed to help supply the other 's son if he went into hiding in the woods above Eastertyre . |
| 3 | Kersey and Wycliffe had worked together for several years and their temperaments complemented each other . |
| 4 | Mr Fallon said a family renting a house valued at £25,000 , and entitled to the maximum price discount of 40pc because they had lived there for some years , could have a mortgage of £10,000 . |
| 5 | In any case , Charles Henstock cared little for creature comforts , and had lived there for several years , alone , in appalling conditions of cold and discomfort , until his marriage to Dimity Dean , a few years before , had brought companionship and a slight mitigation of the hardship of his surroundings . |