Example sentences of "[adv] have [verb] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should not have to apologize for a vow of celibacy . |
| 2 | At Darlington , so that they would not have to wait for a connection , they had hired a special train to Richmond , where they were met . |
| 3 | He could not have asked for a clearer-case of his anti-Christian enemy ‘ trampling on the moral law ’ than in Hungary . |
| 4 | It was the last place in the world she would ever have chosen for a tryst , as she would tell him when he turned up . |
| 5 | She had remained her strong English self , and in truth she did put up with a good deal for in her terms a scholar 's life must always have stood for a life of privation , which would explain the furious resolve that clenched the lines in her face . |
| 6 | After a lousy annual meeting and a lousy result against Crystal Palace , Alex Ferguson might reasonably have hoped for a change of fortune . |
| 7 | On top of this you 'll rarely have to queue for a route ( even on The Napes ) . |
| 8 | However , working women generally were by no means in favour of the double burden of work at home and in the factory and Mary MacArthur may well have spoken for a majority when she said : ‘ We are all familiar with the old ideal that women 's place is in the home , and I am sufficiently old fashioned to agree that there is something to be said for it ’ . |
| 9 | You do n't have to play for a fortnight , do you ? |
| 10 | But again , flexibility is built in to the system : you do n't have to register for a degree in just one subject area , but a free to mix and match your courses to build a degree that is tailor-made to your own requirements . |
| 11 | If she 'd been at home and beset by devils like this , she would most likely have gone for a walk . |