Example sentences of "have [verb] [adv] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr before we pass to other business , I would like to thank you very much indeed for all the work that the very small size panel on doctrine has carried out for the good of the assembly and the work of the church . |
| 2 | My right hon. Friend the Member for Leeds , East ( Mr. Healey ) was one of the main authors of that doctrine in the 1960s and today it enjoys some credibility due to the efforts of the present Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Defence , who has argued clearly for the theory of flexible response in a series of public lectures and articles . |
| 3 | ‘ Look at the extraordinary cross-section of Fleet Street which has turned up for the launch . ’ |
| 4 | Organisers of the Women 's Festival are looking for the woman who has done most for the welfare , health or quality of life of women in the town in the last year . |
| 5 | The Anglo-American lati relationship has done more for the defence and future of freedom than any other alliance in the world . |
| 6 | He walked barefoot to three shrines , and he returned shriven , and has done more for the church than any King of Alba before him . |
| 7 | The premium is either with the product or the purchaser has to send off for the premium . |
| 8 | It had not been lived in recently it had none of that slight warmth of humanity you find in a dwelling whose inhabitant has gone out for the day . |
| 9 | The Audit Commission was established in 1982 to address this issue and has campaigned vigorously for the introduction of performance review considering this an appropriate response to many of the problems perceived to be afflicting local authorities . |
| 10 | TIME has run out for the Angus family whose cottage stands in the way of a multi-million pound dual carriageway on the Dundee to Aberdeen road , writes James Rougvie . |
| 11 | Now an education and training consultant , Dr. Strongitharm has made a substantial contribution to building education and has worked tirelessly for the Institute for almost 30 years . |
| 12 | The efforts that Sony has put in for the NEWS outside Japan would give NEC a flying start in the US and Europe should it decide to enter the international workstation market . |
| 13 | That has to speak highly for the way in which the software does its internal calculations and comes up with the answers . |
| 14 | But William 's grandad was too busy working to notice or care , riding shotgun to a great clattering brute of a knitting machine that reminded him of the Irish cobs he 'd broken in for the brewery ; he could knit thirty fully fashioned stockings an hour , sixteen hours a day . |
| 15 | Apparently he 'd rung up for the ride . |
| 16 | how much was n't held until after I 'd gone up for the money for Matthew 's back . |
| 17 | I assaulted this position from every angle , ranging from thoughtful analyses of the male mid-life crisis , its nature and origins , to sweeping ad absurdum dismissals in which I demonstrated that by the same token Trish and Brian were equally culpable , because if they 'd gone out for the day I would have stayed at home and we would never have met in the first place . |
| 18 | Jean Parmiter sent her apologies for being unable to teach as arranged ; she and her husband had had to go away for the weekend . |
| 19 | You will only have to cancel once for the message to be understood . |
| 20 | Many old galvanised cisterns will have rusted sufficiently for the water to be leaking through and showing damp patches on the ceiling . |
| 21 | But they did not have to search far for the Bishop 's secretary : as soon as he saw the pageant wagon , he bore down on it . |
| 22 | Rubie 's Choice appeared to blow up at Marks Tey and should have come on for the race , while Zoe Turner , on her home track , can choose between As You Were and Royal Sting . |
| 23 | Quick Reaction finished well clear of Bigsun at High Easter , but the latter will have come on for the race , while Shimshek bypassed Ascot on Wednesday and must have every chance here . |
| 24 | If she was so genteel , she would n't have come here for the pittance she 's paid . |
| 25 | They are cared for by the shepherds , who would once have come up for the summer along with the animals , and slept in their traditional , bleak little cabins ; nowadays , they are for the most part motorized and can commute genteelly to the livestock from their homes below . |
| 26 | She sat at the table and painstakingly wrote down the sums of money that should have come in for the work already done . |
| 27 | No mother could ever have done more for the girl . |
| 28 | No one can have done more for the historian studying Islay than Mrs Lucy Ramsay who had " The Book of Islay " and " The Stent Book & Acts of the Bailliary of Islay " prepared for publication Two hundred and fifty copies of each were printed privately , about fifty were presented to friends and libraries and the remainder lost in a fire at a warehouse in Glasgow . |
| 29 | No one can have done more for the historian studying Islay than Mrs Lucy Ramsay who had " The Book of Islay " and " The Stent Book & Acts of the Bailliary of Islay " prepared for publication Two hundred and fifty copies of each were printed privately , about fifty were presented to friends and libraries and the remainder lost in a fire at a warehouse in Glasgow . |
| 30 | I wondered briefly what a British nursing sister would have said , but the act of motherly comfort may well have made up for the lack of quiet during the day . |