Sentence examples for running things for from inspiring English sources
WHEN serious illness forced him to hand over power in 2006, Fidel Castro had been running things for almost half a century.
It's time to tell the big corporations and the lobbyists who have been running things for too long that their time is over.
'From our perspective, Tony Hayward [Browne's replacement] has been running things for some time anyway.' Browne forfeited an estimated £15m leaving package.
It will be replaced with a "management-run student services centre", where people will be dealt with as individuals rather than a collective, and "the concept of students running things for students will be pushed away.
Because, whether you like it or not, he's gonna be running things for another seven-plus years.
Adults have been running things for forever, and look at what a good job we've done with ending war, domestic violence, and world humorlessness.
"The notion that the market could run things for values that are not just about profit seems ludicrous.
The army has said that it wanted to run things for at least three more months, in the hope that the country would become more stable.
Anyone can tell you Chan was not exactly a firm advocate of the peoples' voice back when she helped run things for the Brits.
"The problem will be if he is not able to run things for several months," said Barry Rubin, an Israeli political scientist and co-author of an Arafat biography.
The politicians and judges and prosecutors tend to get big campaign contributions from the same wealthy guys who've run things for decades.
