Example sentences of "[pron] had [vb pp] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The only souls who escaped her torments were those who were pure in thought or who had died for a noble cause . |
| 32 | The seat had been held since the 1990 general election by Miklós Németh , Hungary 's last Prime Minister under the transitional communist regime in 1988-90 , who had left for a new career as vice-president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development . |
| 33 | They had asked for a greater number of " peacekeeping forces " to be sent , although Sahnoun on Aug. 12 was to emphasize that the proposed deployment was not to be regarded as a peacekeeping operation , but was to protect food distribution . |
| 34 | The leader of the MPs ' delegation , Sir Rhodes Boyson , the former local government minister , said afterwards that they had asked for an extra £650m to offset the sums which some local councils will have to raise in poll tax to the pay their contribution to the nation-wide poll tax safety net . |
| 35 | Michelle was the only one on duty there , but she put down the latest James Herbert long enough to tell me that yes , they had sent for an Airborne messenger just after eleven , and that Anna kept asking if I 'd called . |
| 36 | There had been a bitter dispute in the college ever since a group of young fellows returning after the war had voted many of the old fellows out of the college offices they had held for a long time . |
| 37 | And so , after they 'd just slipped off to the local registery office in the city , they had left for a brief honeymoon in Paris . |
| 38 | Among the most dangerous was the Chaplain of the Repubblichini , a Catholic priest whom everybody had suspected for a long time . |
| 39 | It had made for a lively few hours but now that they 'd gone the place seemed oddly , unnaturally quiet again . |
| 40 | Britain had played a major part in the Bretton Woods agreement which , through the establishment of the International Monetary Fund , led to a major role for sterling as a reserve currency [ Eckes , 1975 ] ; and in 1945 , after considerable debate , it had opted for a large US loan ( $3.75bn plus $650m in settlement of Lend-Lease obligations ) as against tighter domestic restrictions on consumption , to help to overcome post-war shortages of goods and materials . |
| 41 | Perhaps — it had seemed for a short while — she herself might leave him . |
| 42 | There was a fat envelope , probably the proofs of an article he had written for an anthropological journal . |
| 43 | He had hoped for a critical reexamination of the field . |
| 44 | He needed to compare his ledger 's statistics with the industry averages/norm , and he had hoped for a concentrated sample from their trade association , but no such luck . |
| 45 | If he had hoped for a gentle introduction to the life of the School , he was soon to be disappointed , for 1978 was to be the year in which far-reaching changes were to be set in motion . |
| 46 | The Attorney General , Eligio Hernández , appealed to the High Court against the search warrant , and said in a statement on Nov. 19 that he had applied for a Constitutional Court ruling on the legality of Judge Marino Barbero 's actions . |
| 47 | Fignon said in a statement that he had asked for a second test at a different laboratory but his request had been turned down . |
| 48 | He had asked for a new security system for Lowermoor but was refused on cost grounds . |
| 49 | He had asked for an urgent meeting with Rakovsky to discuss the report and get instructions . |
| 50 | He believed there was a future for Swanage and therefore he had striven for a great number of years to improve it — ( laughter ) — but he was very glad that those who came from afar were pleased and satisfied . |
| 51 | It had been rather an expensive one as he had gone for a fleecy-lined designer number with flashes of blue , to match his eyes , on the shoulders and down the legs . |
| 52 | He had gone for a short walk over some fields — his constitutional — and had met a woman pushing a bicycle . |
| 53 | He was reminded of the statements of the stableman who had joined him for a drink at the Bull , situated at the end of Cross Street , and of the café owner where he had stopped for a fried breakfast . |
| 54 | At first he felt more relaxed than he had done for a long time . |
| 55 | He had known for a long time , but had refused to admit it to himself . |
| 56 | at last the confirmation of something he had known for a long time . |
| 57 | Speaking at his home at James Street , Falkirk , Graeme explained that before the incident , he had worked for a short spell on a YTS course with ScotRail , before taking a job as a gardener . |
| 58 | By the time that Orchard made his last will in January 1504 he had married for a second time . |
| 59 | Everyone had come for a good time , and they did not want it spoiling by some wildmen . |