Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] have [vb pp] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had sensed that he believed she had asked for the locket , that she was guilty of abusing his father 's generosity . |
| 2 | After the letter came she had hoped for a miracle and prayed for one , too , but Richie Daly 's visit had snuffed out that hope in one short sentence . |
| 3 | The couple 's apparent reconciliation will have done little to lessen Princess Diana 's anger at the knowledge that the man who once told her he loved her has fallen for a beautiful woman , 10 years younger than herself . |
| 4 | Penny says a close friend recently asked her to sum up what she thought she 'd done for the Princess of Wales . |
| 5 | Bush droned on about good and evil , right and wrong , Hitler , Munich , appeasement , using all the same phrases that most of us thought we had heard for the last time , after the revolutions of 1989 . |
| 6 | I thought you said you 'd gone for the evening , Rosalind . ’ |
| 7 | Alexa said she had applied for a modelling but had received no reply . |
| 8 | Commander Michael Porter , Tory chairman of the council 's education committee , said he had hoped for a decision that would ‘ provide us with a way to achieve the best possible education for pupils in south Reading , allowing us to set up a super new school designed for the demands of the 21st century , and a sixth form college . ’ |
| 9 | The judge said he had asked for the case to be re-listed because he had anxiety about the sentence he imposed . |
| 10 | He said he 'd gone for a count for a job |
| 11 | He pushed the door open and wished he had asked for a candle . |