Example sentences of "[verb] have [verb] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been dreading having to look for a place for lunch . |
| 2 | But , alas , she was destined to have to wait for an answer , as Nettie , the housekeeper , chose that very moment to come into the room carrying a tea-tray . |
| 3 | Taken together , these four factors were said to have made for an expansion of participants in pressure politics and for an expansion of demands on government . |
| 4 | ‘ How would you like to have to ask for a penny to buy a stamp if you wanted to write a letter ? ’ she would ask . |
| 5 | In the latest incident , on July 10 , six policemen , part of an allegedly drunken patrol , were arrested and charged with the murder of 17 passengers after shooting down a civilian aircraft , which they claimed to have mistaken for a drug smuggling plane , as it took off from Bellavista , 800 km to the north-west of the capital Lima . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm going to have to stop for a while , Donna , ’ she said finally . |
| 7 | I had to go over to them and say , I 'm sorry but we 're going to have to close for a bit . |
| 8 | But B of course if you did badly in those elections in May the government might have done badly in May , then morale would have been rock bottom of having to go into an election , he would have had to go for an election six weeks later or they 'd run out of time , yeah . |
| 9 | X.desktop had the edge over VUE because of its availability under VMS , aside from any uncomfortable feelings DEC might have had opting for a product from one of its biggest competitors . |
| 10 | He seems to have taught for a while , but already politics called him , and with his father 's support he took ship for France . |
| 11 | After this he seems to have retired for a time to his Scottish estates . |
| 12 | In logical terms , this is the reverse of the first , consecutive pattern , but like it , it seems to have emerged for a mixture of educational and other reasons . |
| 13 | Masoud Barzani of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan ( DPK ) , who led the Kurdish delegation during the talks in Baghdad , was believed to have pressed for an acceptance of the proposed settlement , despite uncertainty over the status of Kirkuk , claiming that the government was unwilling to make any further concessions . |
| 14 | Tropical Plant Rentals , acquired in October 1988 for $41.5m , is believed to have accounted for a decline in margins in Rentokil 's environmental services division from 25.8 per cent to 23.1 per cent in the first half of 1989 . |
| 15 | He acknowledged that the delay in his party 's response was due to internal disagreements ; the party executive was believed to have voted for a boycott of the referendum , but was reportedly overruled by a parliamentary caucus meeting . |
| 16 | it seems to me that often , especially with this committee er start at half ten we get to about half twelve and everyone starts shuffling and think of their lunch and often not so much recently , but in , in , in , over the last five years there have been issues I think it almost left you on because it was so close to lunch , er and people did n't then want to have to break for an hour , hour and a half and then come back , whereas if you start at two fifteen erm I think it 's easier to go on till half four , five seems to be to go to this psychological one o'clock barrier , seems to er upset people greatly agitation and er their argument is th th that er that in the afternoon |
| 17 | Of course in high season we do have to ask for a bit extra if there 's going to be empty space in your place , but for all departures before May 31st and after October 1st there are NO UNDER-OCCUPANCY SUPPLEMENTS in selected accommodation . |
| 18 | Or whether you 've had to wait for an hour in the rain for the bus to come along , whether you 're in a good mood or a bad mood . |
| 19 | ‘ There is a possibility that this chap will move to another university next year , but for the time being I 've had to look for a way to take the heat off . |