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 .
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