Example sentences of "[pron] have [vb pp] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Everyone has left for the weekend . |
2 | I 'd gone for a walk . |
3 | ‘ Until the blunders it was one of the best games I 'd seen for a while . ’ |
4 | The last time I 'd made for the bog he 'd broken my back when he caught me straight between the shoulder blades with a loaf of bread . |
5 | We all sat fairly comfortably and ate the things I 'd bought for the occasion . |
6 | He asked me low long I 'd worked for the firm and what my duties were and what Doreen did . |
7 | Money was a problem because I 'd spent all the dosh I 'd got for the car , and I needed my grant to pay off the overdraft I 'd built up . |
8 | I lost a sodden pair of boots and socks , and William 's day bag , which I 'd borrowed for a rucksack . |
9 | Fingering the lump , I began to scrape the theoretical barrel-bottom ; I had prayed for the whiff of putrefaction had n't I ? |
10 | I cried to come down more insistently than I had pleaded for a ride . |
11 | When the pass came and I had arranged for a fortnight 's holiday I travelled to the Pacific coast in a day coach : overnight to Calgary , and on for another 24 hours through the glorious panorama of the Rockies to Burrard Inlet , English Bay and Stanley Park , Vancouver . |
12 | I had hoped for a conference with the Turkish and Greek Governments and representatives of the two communities . |
13 | ‘ He 'd schooled very well and although I had hoped for a lead for a bit longer , we had to go on where we did . |
14 | I had applied for an Adjournment debate on this subject , but I realised that the hon. Member for Rotherham ( Mr. Crowther ) had a prior right , representing as he does the NLVA . |
15 | Paul and I had gone for a walk along the sand , northwards on a calm , bright autumn day after a ferocious storm the night before that had ripped slates off the roof of the house , torn up one of the trees by the old sheep-pen and even snapped one of the cables on the suspension foot-bridge . |
16 | He was ‘ astonished ’ by the ‘ excessive enthusiasm ’ I had shown for the Education ! |
17 | ‘ I 've sent for a breakdown lorry-from a garage , so we may be able to salvage the car before it goes right under . ’ |
18 | I 've sent for the captain . |
19 | I 've sent for the priest . |
20 | I 've sent for the lad from the Upton manor , as I told Radulfus I would , and before Compline he 'll be here , and the truth will surely be out . |
21 | ‘ I 've volunteered for the Services . ’ |
22 | I 've volunteered for the Air Force . |
23 | In the meantime , I 've cabled for an X-ray report on the fellow 's chest . |
24 | I 've fallen for a boy who goes to the same school as me , but is two years younger than I am . |
25 | I 've advertised for a replacement , but I have n't filled the job yet . |
26 | ‘ Some people work hard all their lives and still have nothing , ’ I reminded him , thinking of the fifty pounds I 've saved for the gas bill . |
27 | The guys at ADM Computing suggested at the first meeting that I save a few quid by opting for a Phillips Brilliance monitor instead of the NEC I 've coveted for a year . |
28 | ‘ It was a real old-fashioned adventure and one of the best films I 've seen for a while . ’ |
29 | Then he would qualify these certainties at the end , once the client had agreed to buy with something like : " of course , you 'll appreciate that , as with any shares , I can make no absolute guarantees , but this is the best opportunity I 've seen for a while . " |
30 | ‘ That was the hardest training I 've done for a year , ’ he said . |