Example sentences of "have live [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has lived here for eight months and knows more about the town than the Neftis , who are infuriatingly vague when it comes to giving directions . |
| 2 | Today I met someone — an Englishman — who has lived here for ages ( apart from the War years , of course ) and he may be able to help me . |
| 3 | Your family has lived there for … goodness knows how long . ’ |
| 4 | It was a remarkable education for all of us , including me , who has lived there for many years . |
| 5 | West Kensington itself was made up of rows of five-storey peeling stucco houses broken up into bed-sits that were mostly occupied by foreign students , itinerants and poor people who 'd lived there for years . |
| 6 | Oh no , I 'd , I 'd , I probably would n't either but er er , the thing is , it 's the he e , having to live here for well say , at least three |
| 7 | It 's such a lovely idea , think of all those people whose battle for life is so depressing , and then just one moment of beauty may come and illuminate the dark corners of their existence , so that they feel they may have lived just for that one thing . |
| 8 | In Idaho , for example , the couple must have lived apart for 180 days . |
| 9 | APPLICATION FOR DIVORCE ( WITH CONSENT OF OTHER PARTY TO THE MARRIAGE ) HUSBAND AND WIFE HAVING LIVED APART FOR AT LEAST 2 YEARS |
| 10 | Other British artists currently on in New York include James Nares ( who probably qualifies as a New Yorker by now , having lived here for the past fifteen years ) at Kasmin ; Tony Bevan , a figurative painter who often does self-portraits at Louver ( both shows until 20 March ) ; and Eric Snell , a Londoner , at Esman ( until 27 March ) . |
| 11 | Londesborough is a truly country village with many families having lived there for generations . |
| 12 | Marie 's parents had strong religious views that made her feel very guilty about having sex in their home when she and her husband had to live there for a while : " We did it on the bedroom floor on the wedding night because I would n't use the bed , in case it made a noise . |
| 13 | Born and brought up in the area , unlike other members of the group who had lived locally for Periods of one to seven years . |
| 14 | The petitioner still had to prove breakdown by demonstrating one ( or more ) of the following ‘ facts ’ : that the respondent had committed adultery ; that the respondent had behaved in such a way that the petitioner could not reasonably be expected to live with the respondent ; that the respondent had deserted the petitioner for a continuous period of at least two years ; that the parties had lived apart for a continuous period of at least two years and that the respondent consented to a decree being granted ; or that the parties had lived apart for a continuous period of at least five years . |
| 15 | The petitioner still had to prove breakdown by demonstrating one ( or more ) of the following ‘ facts ’ : that the respondent had committed adultery ; that the respondent had behaved in such a way that the petitioner could not reasonably be expected to live with the respondent ; that the respondent had deserted the petitioner for a continuous period of at least two years ; that the parties had lived apart for a continuous period of at least two years and that the respondent consented to a decree being granted ; or that the parties had lived apart for a continuous period of at least five years . |
| 16 | I came with my thirteen-year-old son to join my husband who had lived here for many , many years . |
| 17 | These people had lived here for years ; the places showed all the signs of long habitation . |
| 18 | Elizabeth Beesley had lived here for 37 years before Robert Maxwell made her an offer she could n't refuse . |
| 19 | Spring had really arrived now and it seemed very exciting to Colin , who had lived indoors for so long . |
| 20 | These neighbours had lived there for a number of years ; they knew Mrs Browning well , and what they told my husband made us feel rather small , and very inexperienced . |
| 21 | In Kufra one policeman ( the senior customs officer ) was a stranger , though he had lived there for some decades ; in Tazarbu nearly all policemen were from one lineage ( Bilal ) , or had married into it ; the senior officer 's son was also in the force , a trainee under his father 's authority . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The first was occupied by Miss Trimby , the last of a family that had lived there for a long time whilst her neighbours were Mr. & Mrs. Collins with their middle-aged bachelor son . |
| 24 | As far as I was concerned , when I had been at Bourn a month I felt I had lived there for years . |
| 25 | I had wanted to return to Scapa for some time , to refresh my memories of that extraordinary and beautiful place and of the strange life I had lived there for nearly three years . |
| 26 | I stopped to take a photograph of one estancia that I knew belonged to a Scottish family who had lived there for five generations : even from two miles away I could hear the rhythmic clattering of the tin roof as it was lifted and dropped by the gales . |
| 27 | However , there were two big differences : Whites had more in privately rented accommodation and had lived there for a shorter time ; these areas contained only 6 per cent . |
| 28 | Most had made their lives in Alexandria ; many families had lived there for generations . |
| 29 | After we had lived there for a few years , we wanted to buy it and do it up , so we asked my College for a mortgage . |
| 30 | Many of them had lived there for decades . |