Example sentences of "[conj] had [vb pp] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A world that had hoped for the old uprightness , not for the collective cowardice of Colonel John Stephenson and his spineless masters on the International Cricket Council . |
| 2 | Denholm was surrounded by an almost palpable aura of aristocratic exhaustion that had disturbed and irritated Talbot in the early stage of their acquaintanceship , a feeling that had lasted for no more than half an hour . |
| 3 | Long before , when he was in perfect health , we had watched a television programme concerned with the high cost of dying and had sent for the accompanying booklet , entitled , appropriately , It 's a R.I.P. Off . |
| 4 | Stalin , the architect of the revolutionary Soviet state , the instigator of unprecedented social reforms and freedoms , the defender of international peace and security , the supporter of Republican Spain , had struck a cynical deal with Hitler , had in one stroke abandoned the principles of collective security and defence of nation states , and had opted for the fascist diplomacy of " bilateral agreements between gang leaders " . |
| 5 | Whitely was all he knew and had known for the last sixteen years . |
| 6 | Before becoming deputy chairman of the Defence Council under Gorbachev , Baklanov had been in the CPSU secretariat [ see p. 38131 ] , and had worked for the military-industrial complex . |
| 7 | He had driven to Roker in Sunderland and had walked for a long time on the beach , contemplating suicide , but had driven back to his son 's home . |
| 8 | Jessica had dickered about wearing jeans — doing a Karen , she had mocked herself — but had settled for a button-through with a longish skirt to it . |
| 9 | Senator Jesse Helms ( Rep. , North Carolina ) had introduced a series of broader amendments in July , but had settled for the agreed measure . |
| 10 | In spite of these initial advantages , furnishing fabrics , as clothes , were badly in need of overall direction and it was also in Paris that a young woman who had no formal design training but had worked for the exclusive Colefax and Fowler , was hired . |