Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [noun] for [det] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Detecting and quantifying the innate personal attributes of the effective nurse has puzzled recruiters for many years . |
| 2 | He suggests that the new forests are the " missing carbon sink " which has puzzled scientists for some 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 | Compared with the 165 males , the 143 female patients had a significantly higher mean random haemoglobin A 1 value despite having had diabetes for fewer years ( females : mean 9.5 years ; males : mean 10.3 years ; p=0.36 ) . |
| 8 | But the horn was blown and the lady of the manor 's bailiff shouted ‘ out on ye ’ three times before they all changed their muddy boots and went home , happy to have maintained tradition for another year . |
| 9 | Erm I 've known John for many years . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've known Billy for many years . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I had known Bruce for some years as he often ministered to friends , and on two or three occasions when he had laid his hands on my back , the heat emanating from them was like a blowtorch . |
| 13 | This was too good an opportunity to miss because Alan had fished Hope for many years and knew every inch , intimately . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It was not until Nick Davies , a researcher from Cambridge University , had studied dunnocks for several years that the awesome complexity of their love lives became apparent . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I have played rugby for several years at various levels . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ I have known Hankin for many years . |
| 20 | What it 's revealed , totally unexpectedly is the vast extent to which inappropriate placements have taken place for many years . |
| 21 | 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 . |