Example sentences of "[pron] 've [vb pp] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've sent for a breakdown lorry-from a garage , so we may be able to salvage the car before it goes right under . ’ |
| 2 | I 've sent for the captain . |
| 3 | I 've sent for the priest . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I 've volunteered for the Air Force . |
| 6 | In the meantime , I 've cabled for an X-ray report on the fellow 's chest . |
| 7 | I 've fallen for a boy who goes to the same school as me , but is two years younger than I am . |
| 8 | I 've advertised for a replacement , but I have n't filled the job yet . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ It was a real old-fashioned adventure and one of the best films I 've seen for a while . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . " |
| 13 | ‘ That was the hardest training I 've done for a year , ’ he said . |
| 14 | If I ca n't get promotion on the basis of all the hard work I 've done for the organisation over the last five years then I do n't know how I can get it . |
| 15 | If I manage to work out anything this lunchtime , I 'll enclose it herewith — in the meantime this is all I 've done for the Newsletter so far . |
| 16 | Now , generally speaking wi I I I 've act what I 've done for the re-sit paper is that I I pooled a load of questions , some of which went to the first paper and some of which went to the ne and some of which went to the re-sit paper so I do n't know which topics are coming up erm on the re-sit paper . |
| 17 | Then quite soon after tea I wash and undress them , so I 've finished for the day . |
| 18 | But he said , I would do it because I know , I 've worked for the Gas board ! |
| 19 | Why it is , it 's very , very , very wrong , say we pay all year round for that , I 've paid for a year for my ticket |
| 20 | I 've missed the one in January now and I think , oh , I 've paid for a year but |
| 21 | But when I 've paid for a newspaper I expect all the pieces that I 've paid for . |
| 22 | Well , you 'll just have to tell them that it 's missing but when I 've paid for a newspaper I expect to get all the pieces that I 've paid for and I 've already paid for mine , so this I 'll take . |
| 23 | And that 's called erm er a special word which I 've forgotten for the moment . |
| 24 | Now I 've dwelt for a moment on my own experience because I think it epitomizes that of the Labour Party as a whole from to John , the G M B has been a tower of strength always there to assist not only with money and resources , but also with advice and support and on behalf of my parliamentary colleagues , I want to thank the union for all it is , it has done for the Labour Party . |
| 25 | Er , it 's a wee problem I 've had for a say about a year now . |
| 26 | Well , there was a time when it was a bolt from the blue , yes , I mean I 've known for a week or two , but we were delighted to receive it , er we do n't er , it is something that we said months ago that we supported the N H S Lottery because we do feel that money can be raised in this way painlessly towards particularly research and the sorts of things that the N H S on the whole has never really supported fully . |
| 27 | I 'm afraid it 's a good deal classier than the tumble-down old Pullmans I 've found for the rest of you . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ But I 've come for a boy ! |
| 29 | When he was directly in front of Ymor he said : ‘ I 've come for the tourist . ’ |
| 30 | Do you know I 've just realized that your curtains are nearly like what I 've ordered for the bedroom . |