Example sentences of "have lived [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John and Ann Searancke have lived at Chequers for nearly twenty years and have continually improved the property — their care and love of the house shows . |
| 2 | Tony , Jill and their son , Martin , have lived at the Old Rectory for twenty years and it is very much their home — as your hosts they will bring early morning tea ( if requested ) , and arrange numerous activities . |
| 3 | His father , Miss Abbott , was a Sir Thomas Swinton , of an exceedingly ancient family who have lived at Swinton — the Somerset Swinton , you know , spelled as Swynetoun in the Domesday Book where the manor is described in detail — since before the Conquest . |
| 4 | Mick and Lisa Hayes have lived at Haydon Wick in Swindon for the past 9 years . |
| 5 | The couple have lived at Girsby House at Girsby , near Hurworth , since 1963 and Mr Tholen says with conviction : ‘ Nothing will move me from the North-East , ’ citing his reasons as the ‘ incredibly friendly and outspoken people and the proximity of the countryside . ’ |
| 6 | like you have lived on the scale |
| 7 | Inevitably there is a certain amount of routine in everyone 's life and the person who lives alone also needs to establish some routine , no matter how tempting it may be to lead an unfettered existence , particularly if it is the first time you have lived on your own . |
| 8 | You have lived on both sides of the Atlantic — you have lived in France and you have lived in the USA for many years — and now you are going back there . |
| 9 | Relational database companies will survive the onslaught of object-oriented technologies , just as hierarchical models have lived on side by side with the relational players , believes House . |
| 10 | Many have a serious addiction or illness and have lived on the streets for much of their lives . |
| 11 | During the past 60 years , I have lived on islands in the Hebrides where Gaelic was the normal means of communication in church services and in daily life . |
| 12 | The report states that those who have lived on state pensions , income support or low pay , are most likely to live in the most energy-inefficient homes which are incapable of being heated to a minimum comfort standard . |
| 13 | For too long we have lived with no expectation of renewal , or growth , or power . |
| 14 | Invariably the tension relieving behaviour of geriatric anxiety is howling and barking in the owner 's absence — completely out of character with the dog that they have lived with for 13 or so years . |
| 15 | ‘ He is not like a poet , ’ Wilson said , sniffing , ‘ and I have lived with two of them . ’ |
| 16 | It is almost unbelievable for those of us who have lived with and admired the divine right of the great cricket county for so long . |
| 17 | But the term has also been used to refer to the work done by anthropologists who have lived with tribes they have studied . |
| 18 | ‘ I have lived with my husband for twenty years and still I do not know him . ’ |
| 19 | Twenty years I have lived with the same man and still I do not know him . |
| 20 | Missionaries who have lived with a cultural expression of the gospel adapted to their own context have to divest the message of that cultural adaptation and seek to introduce the gospel in a form which is culturally appropriate to the community in which they are seeking to communicate . |
| 21 | In particular , there is a distinction between those adult children , often single , of old people , who have lived with them long before the dependency arose and those , often married , who offer a home to an old parent hitherto living independently . |
| 22 | To report on my own experience , I have found a surprising number of English people outside the academic world who have lived with the Sonnets , have taken them into their own experience , can quote with ease ‘ To me , fair friend , you never can be old ’ , or ‘ Shall I compare thee to a summer 's day ? ’ , or ‘ When , in disgrace with Fortune and men 's eyes ’ , or ‘ Let me not to the marriage of true minds/Admit impediment ’ . |
| 23 | Dear Virginia , — Before Christmas last ( 22 October ) , you were reported in Hansard , during a debate on The Health of the Nation , as saying : ‘ I have degrees from Essex University and the London School of Economics , I have worked for the Child Poverty Action Group , and have lived with the defeatist talk that we are hearing from the hon Gentleman [ Mr David Blunkett ] . ’ |
| 24 | I have lived with thieves in Manchester . |
| 25 | I am twenty-five , I am married , I was married in church and have lived with my husband four years , so I must be married , I have no children and never shall have , but I am waiting , waiting , for what I do n't know … |
| 26 | Julie writes from Milford Haven in South Wales : ‘ I am 24 years old and , although not married , I have lived with my boyfriend Jeff for six years . |
| 27 | Those who have lived with a large refrigerator on board their yacht in sunnier climes will remember what a bother it is to have to run the engine for an hour every day to keep the drinks cold and the food fresh . |
| 28 | He went to find work 3,000 miles from this country , with tragic consequences , and I have lived with that all my life . |
| 29 | This is how monarchs and their families have lived for generations , without ever questioning that it should be so . |
| 30 | People who have lived for very many years in any institution have considerable difficulties in coping with changes , even if the proposed changes are potentially to be welcomed . |