Example sentences of "have [verb] [noun] for many [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor does unemployment benefit : recession has meant problems for many parents . |
| 2 | Detecting and quantifying the innate personal attributes of the effective nurse has puzzled recruiters for many years . |
| 3 | Janet Bush said : ‘ I 'd known Paula for many years . |
| 4 | She told the court : ‘ I 'd known Paula for many years . |
| 5 | Janet Bush said : ‘ I 'd known Paula for many years . |
| 6 | She told the court : ‘ I 'd known Paula for many years . |
| 7 | He points a finger at my unspeakable carpet , which had escaped mention for many chapters and would continue to do so for those remaining . |
| 8 | Erm I 've known John for many years . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've known Billy for many years . |
| 10 | I had known Katharine for many years , and , in common with other members of the Kingman Committee , I had been impressed by her presentation when she appeared before us to answer questions . |
| 11 | Investment in canals had brought prosperity for many shareholders and there was similar enthusiasm to invest in the railways . |
| 12 | This was too good an opportunity to miss because Alan had fished Hope for many years and knew every inch , intimately . |
| 13 | But by then the Soviet Union no longer had any faith in the sincerity of a government which it believed had encouraged Fascism for many years . |
| 14 | Experts believed that the death toll could have been much higher but for the recently installed early warning system which had allowed time for many people to move to safety or to use the 300 concrete cyclone shelters built under the Cyclone Preparedness Programme , run mainly by the Bangladesh Red Crescent . |
| 15 | Rechargeable battery driven cars have attracted publicity for many years , particularly since they are in regular use in businesses where a great deal of starting and stopping is necessary . |
| 16 | I have known Trevor for many years and he is a mass of seething hate before breakfast most days , so I could smell the revenge in him even above ‘ Jock ’ McDougall 's armpits before we left the changing room this afternoon . |
| 17 | ‘ I have known Hankin for many years . |
| 18 | The Malvern Hills have provided inspiration for many artists and musicians over the decades . |
| 19 | What it 's revealed , totally unexpectedly is the vast extent to which inappropriate placements have taken place for many years . |
| 20 | Well , I have practised yoga for many years , but then I met a Jesuit priest who had been sent to the Far East by the Catholic Church to experience the Buddhist way and see how it might relate to Catholic worship . |