Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [adv] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only a few months ago , Action newsletter ( issue Nov/Dec 1991 ) reported that Radio RIN , which has successfully broadcast for eight years , had recently boosted its signal , reaching more children in different Mexican states . |
| 2 | And it is to pay him £11,188 the maximum that could have been awarded if the tribunal , which has already sat for ten days in March , found in his favour . |
| 3 | Which has now run for five years and could continue for another twelve to fifteen years , until he 's supplied the remaining six albums . |
| 4 | In short , both of them combine motley membership with rigid structure — which does not make for relaxed , efficient teamwork . |
| 5 | Assuming a budget which does not allow for year-round spending , the next major consideration is how to divide it up . |
| 6 | Prof Wilkie , who trained with Scottish Widows and who has also worked for Standard Life , is a partner of R Watson & Partners , the firm of consulting actuaries , and is an honorary visiting professor at Heriot-Watt University . |
| 7 | Centre Andy Luke also returns , while Paul Rodgers is preferred at hooker to Mike Fenwick , who has n't played for several weeks . |
| 8 | Letting someone who is hungry and overweight , and who has n't eaten for six hours , loose in a supermarket should be a criminal offence ! |
| 9 | Holden 's story contains no suspense , while Lucy 's grips the reader totally ; for example she ‘ forgets ’ to inform the reader for six chapters that ‘ Dr. John ’ is in fact her cousin whom she has not seen for ten years ! |
| 10 | She has not worked for nine and a half years , since she gave up a clerical post in accounts with a large company to have her first child . |
| 11 | Rose sends greetings to all those Medau friends she has n't seen for some time . |
| 12 | ‘ She has n't worked for seven years , ’ I said |
| 13 | Or : ‘ Jane Ryle says she has n't slept for three nights . ’ |
| 14 | But she has also campaigned for better facilities . |
| 15 | When you consider the life of Hannah Hauxwell and the privations she has quietly suffered for most of her life , it is reasonable to describe her as a true daughter of Balder . |
| 16 | Is this independent , single parent who does n't stand for any of Barry Brant 's messin' anything like the real Hilary ? |
| 17 | A young childless widow who does not qualify for either of these benefits will no longer be entitled to the weekly national insurance benefit even for the first 26 weeks . |
| 18 | Despite this wide canon , she remains best known for one thing — vampires . |
| 19 | Camilla 's sister , Annabelle Elliott , admitted that she does not know for sure whether there is any truth in rumours of a relationship with Prince Charles . |
| 20 | each has a separate thumbnail file , and if one does not exist for any given image , PhotoFinish creates one . |
| 21 | Sometimes there is not opportunity to do that work immediately , even though one knows where to look for more information . |
| 22 | ‘ He has n't exercised for five years and has no muscle tone left but now he is able to exercise in the gym . |
| 23 | Canterbury ) ‘ which he has already held for three years without ordination and without papal dispensation ’ . |
| 24 | He has also written for various Catholic journals and produced a pamphlet ‘ Prayer in a Busy Life ’ . |
| 25 | He will , however , not make up his mind whether to fly out Sam Torrance 's father , who he has not seen for six months , until after today 's final round in New Orleans , where he is also the defending champion . |
| 26 | GORDON Turner has launched a search for the pal he has not seen for forty years . |
| 27 | John remembers he has not eaten for twenty-four hours . |
| 28 | ‘ He has not asked for any help from us . |
| 29 | He has never asked for any favours and , on the field , he 's never given any either . |
| 30 | Cash 's liberalism only extends so far — he has always stood for old-fashioned values like God , country and being handy in a knife fight . |