Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] have [verb] it for " in BNC.
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| 1 | where I 've dropped it for , well then , it 's the toilet brush you see , I 've been going like this with the toilet |
| 2 | Then , obeying an impulse she barely understood , she took the silver medallion out of the inner pocket of her bag , where she 'd zipped it for safekeeping , and fastened the chain round her neck . |
| 3 | To the same guy that I 'd bought it for twe er for twenty off . |
| 4 | I felt that I had known it for a long time . |
| 5 | " But you said you wanted this letter to go off this morning , so I 've brought it for you to sign . " |
| 6 | The other girls , knowing quite well that she had done it for the benefit of one Geoffrey A. Machin , were shocked and admiring , but the convention restrained them from expressing either shock or admiration . |
| 7 | The offender had a dispute with the victim as a result of the sale by her of his car : the offender claimed that she had sold it for less than it was worth , and had not paid over to him his proper share in the proceeds of the sale . |
| 8 | Mingling with that of David was Anthony 's , sounding far happier and more relaxed than she had heard it for weeks . |
| 9 | You are now able to see the problem from a higher perspective , knowing that you have created it for a reason . |
| 10 | The passcode system 's a welcome addition and the joystick on the control panel which mimics your movement 's also a nice touch , but once you 've played it for five minutes you 'll have seen everything the game 's got to offer ! |
| 11 | I was so pleased with this neat and simple control that we have employed it for several other of the key steps in the cascade — finding , for instance , that the increase in dendritic spines occurs only in a remembering and not in an amnesic group . |
| 12 | The Quix supermarket had refused the box because they 'd ha although they 'd had it for a cert for quite a long time during the miner 's strike I think . |
| 13 | I would be very surprised if a property on at nine fifty would be dropped much below nine hundred because , obviously they have a , they have a certain that they need to get and I I 'd be surprised if they 'd go sort of much below fifty pounds less a month than they 've advertised it for . |
| 14 | In those early months he had wanted her to know the magnitude of what he had done and that he had done it for her . |
| 15 | Not for the first time she wondered how on earth her father had persuaded the children to call him ‘ Gamps ’ and decided that he had done it for the sole purpose of driving her mad . |
| 16 | Maurin interjected that he had done it for the best , that he suspected she would spread silly gossip and it was sensible to keep her away from the English journalist . |
| 17 | Before beginning to investigate a complaint , the Commissioner will tell the complainant and the member that he has accepted it for investigation . |
| 18 | Mr. Walker : As for that last phrase , the Hon. Gentleman obtained coverage in this morning 's papers , and I am surprised that he has repeated it for tomorrow 's . |
| 19 | You 've all heard that and I 've heard it for about thirty years now . |
| 20 | Which is a bit different and I 'd like to see it , that 's just one of my things , but again when you 're in , going into retirement I think you 've got to think about this , I mean I went , nobody twisted my arm , I went into that situation and I 've enjoyed it for a great many years , but now I 'm thinking I 'd , before I , it 's too late I want to have a , a l a fling in autumn as it were . |
| 21 | And they have happened as I have wanted , and I have taken it for granted that they have because I know where I 'm going . |
| 22 | I 'd have ended up a patient if I 'd done it for much longer . |
| 23 | Another part in the book that I did n't understand until I had read it for the second time was a bit right at the every end . |
| 24 | I am really sad that nobody wants to do it like I have done it for them . |
| 25 | And I 'm not working next year anyway cos I 've done it for two years on the run and I 'm not doing it next year . |
| 26 | My my er my the convincing I have to do in myself and and you have to do it for me is whether this is is the right platform for you . |
| 27 | If your car breaks down and you have to leave it for help , try to stick to well-lit areas and do not accept a lift from anyone . |
| 28 | I did n't know she had this cold and she 'd had it for ten |
| 29 | If she has had it for a few years , there will be another bonus in that it will mature before the end of your mortgage term , saving thousands in extra interest payments . |
| 30 | For example if you had the London Mozart players here as we frequently did and frequently played to full houses , then even with a hundred percent house there was a subsidy required of something like seven or eight pounds per seat , in order to meet the cost of presenting that particular concert and we 've done it for years but sadly when we had to make cuts that was one of things the board decided they had to cut up they had to save money somehow . |