Example sentences of "have [verb] [adv] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While it has come in for a certain amount of criticism , it has also attracted much praise , especially from industry . |
| 2 | Understandably , this presumption has come in for a great deal of criticism . |
| 3 | David Porter , MP for Waveney , has called consistently for a national body to have overall responsibility for sea defences . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , West Ham defender Julian Dicks has revved up for a big-match return tonight — thanks to a £10,000 Harley Davidson . |
| 5 | Speedy 's lay-off Thomson collides the Forest man Gemmell and the whistle has gone eventually for a free kick to Forest . |
| 6 | ‘ Your Mummy has gone away for a long time ’ usually only serves to leave the child frightened but feeling the anxiety of the adults all around which forbids further discussion . |
| 7 | Some fudge the issue by saying that the grandparent has gone away for a little while . |
| 8 | ‘ What has made it particularly difficult , for manufacturers of all sizes , but most of all for smaller ones , is that it has gone on for a long time . |
| 9 | A forty year old airliner that seats just fourteen passengers has taken off for a new lease of life in Australia . |
| 10 | Does any hon. Member seriously think that , after Britain has signed up for a single currency , we could go to war on our own and expect the 11 countries who share the same currency to stand idly by and see the value of their currency wrecked , for ever depreciating , just because Britain was in one of its periodic warmongering fits ? |
| 11 | A Mum and Dad who 'd known vaguely for a long time that Conor liked holding parties were suddenly being told over cups of tea and Hobnobs about vast acid house raves in the middle of fields , about police chases across whole counties , about an entire organisation that Conor had run ( Conor had run an organisation ? ) , which could call a party and have 5,000 people turning up at £20 a ticket within 48 hours . |
| 12 | A good negotiator can make a customer feel satisfied after they have had to work hard for a small discount . |
| 13 | If they 've had to stay indoors for a wet break they 'll want to do something physically very active . |
| 14 | Lovers of good beer — well deserved of course after a hard day 's exercise — wo n't have to go far for a fine pint . |
| 15 | He 'll be busy , and I 'll have to walk around for a whole hour on my own . |
| 16 | At 133 for 2 , England might have fought back for an honourable draw ; or they might not . |
| 17 | The car has been written off , which has left them with the prospect of having to pay out for a new vehicle . |
| 18 | We 'll we have to stop now for a full ninety five seconds , but stay tuned cos coming up in part two … |
| 19 | He was informed that he would have to sign on for an extra year to join the guards , but he told his mother , ‘ I 'll stay as long as I choose . |
| 20 | The way I was doing the deal , everyone was going to have to work together for a long time . ’ |
| 21 | It felt strange — no , it felt right that we should all know each other , as it were automatically : we , who had gathered here for a preternatural purpose . |
| 22 | and erm I used to do erm , keep a check on the flying times of the planes cos every forty hours they had to come in for a different check . |
| 23 | It also seemed , from the feathers on the kitchen floor , that one of the pigeons had come down for a warm and had got too close . |
| 24 | He coveted the throne and had done so for a long time . |
| 25 | All through this they 've cried out for a modern definition . |
| 26 | I paid Barry the fifteen dollars we had agreed on for a small , black Andean Equipment daysack to keep my new notebooks in and left him selling jewellery to his tour group . |
| 27 | But there 's something else — something else they 've known about for a long time but kept to themselves . ’ |
| 28 | They had gone on for a long distance , before arriving at a door in a long , anonymous wall ; the letter bearer , a gloomily serious young man with eyebrows which met across his brow , maintaining a severe silence throughout the journey . |
| 29 | He went quickly downstairs and left a note for his mother saying that he could n't sleep and had gone out for an early morning bike ride . |
| 30 | 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 . ’ |