Example sentences of "[pers pn] 've [vb pp] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've sent for a breakdown lorry-from a garage , so we may be able to salvage the car before it goes right under . ’ |
| 2 | In the meantime , I 've cabled for an X-ray report on the fellow 's chest . |
| 3 | I 've fallen for a boy who goes to the same school as me , but is two years younger than I am . |
| 4 | I 've advertised for a replacement , but I have n't filled the job yet . |
| 5 | The guys at ADM Computing suggested at the first meeting that I save a few quid by opting for a Phillips Brilliance monitor instead of the NEC I 've coveted for a year . |
| 6 | ‘ It was a real old-fashioned adventure and one of the best films I 've seen for a while . ’ |
| 7 | Then he would qualify these certainties at the end , once the client had agreed to buy with something like : " of course , you 'll appreciate that , as with any shares , I can make no absolute guarantees , but this is the best opportunity I 've seen for a while . " |
| 8 | ‘ That was the hardest training I 've done for a year , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Why it is , it 's very , very , very wrong , say we pay all year round for that , I 've paid for a year for my ticket |
| 10 | I 've missed the one in January now and I think , oh , I 've paid for a year but |
| 11 | But when I 've paid for a newspaper I expect all the pieces that I 've paid for . |
| 12 | Well , you 'll just have to tell them that it 's missing but when I 've paid for a newspaper I expect to get all the pieces that I 've paid for and I 've already paid for mine , so this I 'll take . |
| 13 | Now I 've dwelt for a moment on my own experience because I think it epitomizes that of the Labour Party as a whole from to John , the G M B has been a tower of strength always there to assist not only with money and resources , but also with advice and support and on behalf of my parliamentary colleagues , I want to thank the union for all it is , it has done for the Labour Party . |
| 14 | Er , it 's a wee problem I 've had for a say about a year now . |
| 15 | Well , there was a time when it was a bolt from the blue , yes , I mean I 've known for a week or two , but we were delighted to receive it , er we do n't er , it is something that we said months ago that we supported the N H S Lottery because we do feel that money can be raised in this way painlessly towards particularly research and the sorts of things that the N H S on the whole has never really supported fully . |
| 16 | ‘ But I 've come for a boy ! |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | You 've asked for a lot ! |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Approaching the crags we 've seen for a couple of days . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 |
| 24 | Mills was amoral and untrustworthy , but we 've known for a while now that he definitely worked for us . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ We 've tried for a donor … ’ |
| 26 | that we 've had for a while . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | A distinctly mature audience had come to hear a band whose fortunes they 've followed for a quarter of a century . |
| 29 | They 've asked for a stand-ball . |
| 30 | They 've asked for a number , have n't they , spec specifically here , which I think that 's detailed enough . |