Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] had [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | At teatime , there was honey , sour-milk scones and plum jam where you had to mind out for the stones . |
| 2 | Collins was the other striking contributor within Scotland 's side , tirelessly continuing at international level where he had left off for his club in Saturday 's Old Firm game and looking unaffected by the demands of a workload which had caused wholesale disruption to the national team elsewhere . |
| 3 | She was still wearing the ugly straw that she had put on for morning church . |
| 4 | ‘ Mrs Giraud has asked us to tell you that she had to step out for a short while , but to make yourself at home , ’ the receptionist had informed her . |
| 5 | Thomas 's house , which he could barely keep up , was run mostly on the income from a small chain of modern toy shops that he had built up for his wife over the years . |
| 6 | And then he got so bad , that he had to go in for . |
| 7 | The other side of the roaring boy , the young Hal and poetry-loving bruiser , the devil in bed and pub , was a young man who felt alone in London , knowing that he had to look out for himself and look out sharply . |
| 8 | By the time I got into position , my lungs were bursting and I had to go up for air again . |
| 9 | Daisy was about to say ‘ by women ’ , but hastily changed it to ‘ by members of the congregation as I was leaving , and I had to get back for Ethel 's heart . ’ |
| 10 | His mother always looked as if she had dressed up for the occasion , which indeed she had . |
| 11 | Had to take him home in a taxi and we had to book out for him . |
| 12 | Their room was in darkness and he had to fumble about for the switch to the bedside lamps . |
| 13 | Det Insp Jeff Crowther said : ‘ This incident could have been worse if it had gone on for any length of time . ’ |
| 14 | I would have been quite happy if he had gone on for longer . |
| 15 | And er I got roped into it one year because I had to stop in for something or other that I Course I had n't done but |
| 16 | But the journey took longer than they planned , because they had to watch out for the evil troll who lurked under the bridge . |
| 17 | She watched him go , realizing it was weeks since they had sat down for dinner together without an interruption , and over a week since they had made love . |
| 18 | ‘ However I wanted to race in Ireland and I was frustrated when the Lisburn club came back to me a few days after I had signed up for the French meeting and gave me the full details . |
| 19 | You would not have supposed it possible to aid the Communist cause by stripping , yet Gypsy Rose Lee was banned because years before she had spoken up for the Hollywood Anti-Nazi League . |
| 20 | ‘ I have n't actually met Frank yet ; he was appointed after we had broken up for the summer , ’ said Black . |
| 21 | We bought some after we had laid out for most of ours |
| 22 | She had worn it twice , once when she had gone out for dinner with her father and Leo and on the night of Sylvie 's return from Italy . |
| 23 | They looked into one another 's eyes , and kissed with a great tenderness , as though they had to make up for the anger last time . |
| 24 | She walked up the stone stairs to the sound of the scratchy long-playing record , highlights from Turandot , which she had put on as they had sat down for dinner . |