Example sentences of "have [pron] for [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've had her for eight years . ’ |
| 2 | He says yes , I 've had her for thirteen years , but I 'm building another one , also with a steam engine . |
| 3 | Because I 've had it for four years now and I 'm you know a woman touched it the other day and she got really paranoid . |
| 4 | Some towns and cities have had it for 20 years or more . |
| 5 | Erm but I mean obviously it 's a different situation , and the Chancellor 's still got some manoeuvring to do , but we could end up in , in rapid inflation again , because we have n't had it for ten years . |
| 6 | I think it was a car that she 'd had for was well looked after her dad used to see to it for her but it was she 'd had it for some years and she was always poodling about in you see . |
| 7 | She 'd had it for seven years , and it had been a few years old when she and Tony had bought it . |
| 8 | Did n't know you had it for four years . |
| 9 | The battledress was very good , I mean the army seemed to wore it all that time so er we had it for several years and we had to press that every day , thick material , very heavy . |