Example sentences of "had for some [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Foreign Secretary he had appointed only six months previously , had for some weeks been as exhausted in health as he had become weak on Italian sanctions . |
| 2 | It emerged that Hayman had for some years been connected with the Paedophile Information Exchange ( PIE ) , and had received their contact magazine — carrying advertisements from men seeking sex with children — through the post . |
| 3 | Similar assumptions were made by those authorities , like the London County Council , which had for some years been committed to the development of comprehension . |
| 4 | Stravinsky had for some years been his favourite composer , and he had worked with Hanns on ideas for the setting and costumes . |
| 5 | He had dropped me a note the day he left advising me to sell , so sell I did , but despite many hours spent traipsing round the East End I could only find one interested party : Mr Cohen , who had for some years conducted his tailor 's business from above my father 's shop and wanted to expand . |