Example sentences of "[pron] had [be] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | My ‘ heavenly brother ’ was not a Sasse boy , but from the primary school in nearby Mutengene mission where I had been staying for a few days . |
| 2 | I had been asked for a full text of the sermon , to be printed in the society minutes and had gone to some trouble to prepare for the occasion . |
| 3 | When I was eighteen I came in contact with the Catholic Crusade which was a rather left wing Christian Socialist Organization and I found that their attitude to problems contained the answers for which I had been searching for a good many years tell me when you want me to raise something . |
| 4 | I had been trying for a year to obtain some black Amazon wood for my Discus tank , but my local dealers did not stock it . |
| 5 | If I had been looking for a lover — I admit my husband 's fortunes were not at their brightest , and my friendship with the Philosopher was a little turbulent at that time — then I should not have chosen Gustave . |
| 6 | I had been looking for a full-length piece to do anyway and I was also attracted to the idea of working with a ballet company . ’ |
| 7 | I even told them I had been recommended for a commission . |
| 8 | It was in that frame of mind that I moved into the Olympic year indoor season , saying , as I had been doing for a long time , ‘ In ‘ 88 , I 'll graduate ! ’ |
| 9 | It was not in any way grand : simply a solid nineteenth-century country residence with a small courtyard and a pleasant garden sloping down to the river ; the sort of place , Celia reckoned , which had been built for a man of some substance : a prosperous merchant or , more likely , a gentleman farmer , the land having been incorporated into the nearby estate . |
| 10 | I 'd have to buy an electric boiler to replace the gas one which had been leaking for a week now . |
| 11 | In addition aid money from the food programme , which by 1989 was worth $1,300 million per year to Iraq in loan guarantees , was channelled through the Atlanta branch of the Italian-owned Banca Nazionale del Lavoro , officials of which had been indicted for a separate multi-million dollar fraud involving arms for Iraq in 1989 [ see pp. 37425-26 ] . |
| 12 | Furthermore , the Russian right wing had recently been reinforced by a new army , the Ninth , which had been raised for a drive on Berlin but was instead deployed against Austria . |
| 13 | Before the Christmas break , we fitted in two more FIS downhills at Altenmarkt , on a course which had been used for a women 's world cup . |
| 14 | Behind such analyses lay Richard Hoggart 's extensive and sensitive work in The Uses of Literacy , published in 1957 and documenting the assumptions , attitudes , and morals of working-class people in Northern England , together with the influence upon them of the magazines , books , and films which had been produced for a mass market . |
| 15 | She had been intended for a respectable life . |
| 16 | She had been hoping for a ‘ jobs Budget ’ to fulfil a great need in East Anglia where there had been a big increase in unemployment . |
| 17 | Sophie 's voice dipped in disappointment , as if she had been hoping for a graphic account of overturned furniture and blood on the walls . |
| 18 | She had been packed for a day or so , but had realized as she took a last look round that her fridge was still switched on with a bottle of milk inside . |
| 19 | In a taped interview with Jill Jones , Head of Science in a comprehensive , which I shall quote from several times , I asked her , after she had been talking for a while about the frustrations , what made it all worthwhile . |
| 20 | She had never mentioned that she possessed musical ability , so the crew listened spellbound for a few minutes as she played the carol ‘ Silent Night , Holy Night ’ , as though she had been rehearsing for a month . |
| 21 | She had been yearning for a baby for 20 years after her only other child , another boy , was killed in a car crash as a teenager . |
| 22 | Obviously a tall , long-legged person will need a big horse ; I recently sold a 17.3hh gelding to a man of six foot eight who had been looking for a long time ! |
| 23 | The foundation of a national Board of Education signalled the acceptance within the official culture of a need for policies that would co-ordinate an efficient and fully national system of education , and also allowed the voices of dons who had been calling for a transformation of the traditional curriculum to carry more weight than ever before . |
| 24 | Fortunately , our embarrassment was eased by the presence among us of Rocky Marciano , who had been moonlighting for a rival tabloid . |
| 25 | Cripps , Laski and Strauss , who had been booked for a speaking tour in " Labour 's Crusade Week " , refused to continue their tour until Mellor had been endorsed . |
| 26 | A shopkeeper had a dispute with a customer , a woman who had been waiting for a bus had popped in to mention parking on the footpath at weekends , the school had organised some Maypole dancing and wondered if part of the car park could be cordoned off , somebody else wanted vehicle watch forms . |
| 27 | A practical outcome from this incident was a new pair of deck shoes for Marty who had been campaigning for a replacement from Stores Branch for some time . |
| 28 | The researchers identified 167 people who had been attending for a year or more . |
| 29 | Benjamin , who had been walking for a month , found himself less welcome in his mother 's room and followed Ruth around the house like a pet lamb . |
| 30 | One fishing vessel that we had been watching for a long period had more than one narrow escape from detection by British controls , but was finally turned back by Dutch customs patrols shortly after leaving a Continental port with a cargo of immigrants on board bound for the UK . |