Example sentences of "[pers pn] 've [vb pp] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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31 I 've , I 've quoted for the job .
32 I mean at the moment of choice you 're faced with a set of people , including , let's say , one man and one woman , who on paper match each other and who perhaps , even if you 've adjusted for a possibility of the woman 's having to fight and so on , they 're equal on paper .
33 Not after all you 've done for the Corporation .
34 You 've asked for a lot !
35 ‘ Well , you know what my mother 's always saying : everything in life has to be paid for , and you 've paid for the happiness that 's going to be yours in the future .
36 You lose the money you 've paid for the site !
37 If you 've come for a session with Kafy , you 're out of luck she 's booked for the whole night by one of the priests from the Temple of Khepri .
38 As you know I 've er been holding a number of er small meetings with staff er and one of the questions I 've been asking is whether or not there has been a need for the building presentation that we 've done for a couple of years er and generally there was the view expressed that yes it was desirable but perhaps in a different format .
39 Approaching the crags we 've seen for a couple of days .
40 Perhaps a little more expensive , but we 've opted for a powerhead run undergravel — which will ensure adequate throughput of water through the gravel , and offers many similar features to the internal power filter , in terms of flow and aeration .
41 Hello there … welcome to Australia for a Central South sporting special … where we 've come for a race of the future … the Solar Challenge … sun powered cars racing through the wild outback … that 's our Friday Feature … first it 's back to Britain … for our football parade
42 Mills was amoral and untrustworthy , but we 've known for a while now that he definitely worked for us . ’
43 We 've tried for a donor … ’
44 We 've acted for the club for a long time and have always had a good relationship with them .
45 that we 've had for a while .
46 Unless there were special factors involved and although I can not recall a situation where we 've paid for a person to go into that 's for members to discuss , not me , but we have certainly paid an enhanced rate where somebody wanted to go to live near their daughter who was in and we felt that was a legitimate reason for paying a higher rate and , and , and we did do so , so there are other types of flexibility .
47 Alice said , " We 've paid for the gas boiler , for a lot of cable , for tools , for wood , for glass . "
48 And we 've allowed for the fact that cooking for a family or organising a dinner party may take you away from the cooker when you want the food to go on cooking .
49 A distinctly mature audience had come to hear a band whose fortunes they 've followed for a quarter of a century .
50 They 've asked for a stand-ball .
51 They 've asked for a number , have n't they , spec specifically here , which I think that 's detailed enough .
52 But on the other hand I 'm pleased the reasons they 've given for the delay are the points we 've been raising with them over the last two years .
53 It shows that they 've applied for the job .
54 so she just told me that so I 'll have all the news of Colin tomorrow they 've gone for a week
55 As one delegate to the discussion put it ‘ The women still do n't understand what the real world is like when it comes to their commercial value but at least they 've realised for the time being that they have bitten off more than they can chew . ’
56 They 've rung for an ambulance . ’
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