Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [verb] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then how would I have felt , she asked herself as she hurled the jeep down the motorway , finding that I 'd fallen again for a man as cold and hard as that — finding out when it was too late what he was really like ? |
| 2 | ‘ I took a plumbers apprenticeship when I left school , ’ he said , ‘ But after I 'd worked here for a while , I decided to stay on full time . ’ |
| 3 | If I had gone away for a couple of days , I returned expecting almost to have to push the door open but to my amazement , the place was immaculate . |
| 4 | I 've had first hand er experience of the States because I 've worked there for a couple of years . |
| 5 | I 've looked everywhere for a weapon , but there 's nothing of any use , even if I had the strength and skill . |
| 6 | I 've settled now for a sort of uniform during the day of a skirt , silk shirt and a jacket , with a three-quarter length cashmere coat over it in winter . |
| 7 | He was absolutely right to welcome the substantial increases that I have announced today for a range of programmes . |
| 8 | Josie glanced at the old folding travel alarm that she kept open on the makeup table , and said , ‘ I have to go somewhere for a minute . |
| 9 | I have thought so for a very long time . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ You have to remember that Tim , Sue and I have worked together for a very long time now . |
| 11 | ‘ And I suppose you 've come home for a day or two 's holiday ? |
| 12 | I 've only met kennel cough once and that was last year , when a dog belonging to a friend caught it after having been boarded out when she had to go away for a few weeks . |
| 13 | He had watched until the night nurse had left the office and now he was as sure as he could be that she had gone below for a meal . |
| 14 | Knowing it impossible to sleep again , she had lain there for a while and listened to the silence of sleep throughout the house . |
| 15 | More often than not you have to work hard for a few fish . |
| 16 | We 'll we have to stop now for a full ninety five seconds , but stay tuned cos coming up in part two … |
| 17 | ‘ We 've worked together for a very long time . ’ |
| 18 | After we had lived there for a few years , we wanted to buy it and do it up , so we asked my College for a mortgage . |
| 19 | weekend that we are arranging this summer as we have done annually for a number of years . |
| 20 | We have to stop here for a moment to sort out the coordinates . |
| 21 | Well I think we have to stop there for a little while because it 's nine o'clock , and I 've just got erm a few more pictures to show you later on so if we have a short break now , I think the coffee ladies are ready . |
| 22 | We are urgently searching for a set — I 've been informed that some surviving sets are twisted — and if it means that we have to look abroad for a new set in Poland than so be it ! |
| 23 | They 've gone away for a few days . |
| 24 | They had lived together for a long time , but the sister was now reaching the conclusion that the situation could not continue much longer : |
| 25 | Finely spread bait means they have to work hard for a meal and therefore remain in the swim for the maximum length of time . |
| 26 | The Government allowed users a price cap as a transitional measure , but it has run only for a year , until March 1991 . |
| 27 | This race came only two months after he had run well for a long way when leading the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury and Gaselee told me , ‘ He appeared to love the Newbury race and we were delighted with his performance at that time . ’ |
| 28 | Earlier in the day he had searched anxiously for a tape of Whitney Houston doing ‘ The Greatest Love of All ’ , a song written especially for Ali years ago . |
| 29 | Yes he had booked there for a week , I think it was for a business meeting with Mr Sandy , that 's all I know . |
| 30 | He had to stay there for a year . |