Example sentences of "have [verb] [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE heavily-polluted Czech town of Chomutov has threatened to call for a general strike unless the government cleans up the air , a town official said yesterday . |
| 2 | ‘ Sadly the North-East has become noted for a new and unpleasant form of crime , so-called ram-raiding , ’ said Mr Tebbit . |
| 3 | Mr Tebbit said : ‘ Sadly the North-East has become noted for a new and unpleasant form of crime , so-called ram-raiding . |
| 4 | The Committee has continued to press for a sensible Charter for the Courts as an adjunct to the Citizen 's Charter and meetings have been held with officials in the Home Office and the Lord Chancellor 's Department . |
| 5 | She was much happier person because this this she 'd threatened to do for a long time . |
| 6 | And went on , ‘ When my mother died , ten years ago , my father did what he 'd wanted to do for a long time and moved into here , leaving me the palazzo . ’ |
| 7 | The advantage to the bank is that it has the use of a deposit for a fixed period , but , because of the flexibility given to the lender , at a slightly lower price than it would have had to pay for a normal time deposit . |
| 8 | If we 're finally able to exclude Burrows from this tangle , and all my instincts tell me he 's not involved , then we shall have to start looking for a compelling reason for one of those people to smash Wetherby over the head with a statuette . ’ |
| 9 | She would have liked to go for a long walk past the charming wedding-cake buildings that lined the promenade , but although it was only teatime , it was already too dark to see anything . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've decided to opt for a quiet role , ’ she had said . |
| 11 | He was with Wilson Staff in those days , and they had written asking for a good caddie for the centenary Open . |
| 12 | They had decided to make for a small river valley in which there was an isolated church reached by a footpath across fields . |
| 13 | Tanay was a leader of the Khalq faction , which had strong support within the armed forces and had tended to press for a military solution to the Afghan civil war . |
| 14 | ‘ Sheisse , ’ he added explosively as if he had at last allowed himself to be convinced of something which he had wanted to believe for a long time . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's what I 've wanted to do for a long time , so long that I ca n't remember a time when the name Tony Radcliffe did n't send me into a violent rage ! ’ |
| 16 | I 'll see that bugger tomorrow mornin' if I have to get up at five , an , I 'll tell him what I 've meant to do for a long time ; I 'll take the can along to the authorities . |
| 17 | Wealthy ladies , doing a little charitable slumming , as well as a few shopkeepers ' wives , bought the pretty baby clothes , and the doll she had dressed went for a fabulous price , to be given to some little girl more fortunate than those for whom the money was being raised . |
| 18 | In Sydenham , Kent , for example , the staff have decided to aim for a 20-minute initial interview . |
| 19 | It was a backlash against quotas where you have got to vote for a certain number . |
| 20 | Several transplants have been tried before , but this is the first time they have continued to function for a long period , according to the researchers at the University of Alberta , in Edmonton . |
| 21 | Such families have been well placed to secure the best contacts and the best education , and rising young stars have often married into them , so social prestige and heredity have continued to count for a considerable amount . |
| 22 | A kitchen timer that rings to indicate to the child when they have managed to sit for a specific length of time can be linked to the reward chart . |