Example sentences of "have [adv] [verb] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is still very young and has only played for one season ( Wilko let him do a degree first , a 1st in chemisty ) . |
| 2 | ‘ He has not asked for any help from us . |
| 3 | That seems likely to be primarily down to Germany because the UK was flat on its back a year ago and Italy has not bubbled for some time , while the French recession is only now gathering pace . |
| 4 | That seems likely to be primarily down to Germany because the UK was flat on its back a year ago and Italy has not bubbled for some time , while the French recession is only now gathering pace . |
| 5 | It has not allowed for public discussion or exchanges in which people can ask questions and receive answers from those who undertook the research . |
| 6 | He has unreservedly apologised for last week 's remarks , which he said were loose and inappropriate . |
| 7 | Er Tom has also asked for twenty tonne of anutrients to go up to . |
| 8 | Prof Wilkie , who trained with Scottish Widows and who has also worked for Standard Life , is a partner of R Watson & Partners , the firm of consulting actuaries , and is an honorary visiting professor at Heriot-Watt University . |
| 9 | I am as surprised as anyone to learn that Colin has now signed for current Football League champions Leeds United . |
| 10 | Elena has now returned for more plastic surgery and although her family does not have to pay for the treatment , there will be hefty travelling expenses to meet during the next few years . |
| 11 | Rose sends greetings to all those Medau friends she has n't seen for some time . |
| 12 | In the wake of your SHOCK HEADED PETERS piece , I think you should know that Karl Blake has n't worked for British Rail for the past year and a half and is currently an art student in Sheffield . |
| 13 | L M Ericsson Telefon AB has a $470m contract for Groupe Speciale Mobile equipment from Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH : the contract covers infrastructure , services and telephones and is the largest the company has yet received for mobile phone kit . |
| 14 | They can take into account a painting 's decline in value if it has actually sold for that price , but because the decline in prices has only occurred at a dealers ' auction , they will not accept that a similar composition by the same artist would automatically be valued at much less than the price paid for it . |
| 15 | The Prudential has recently called for greater disclosure of treasury matters by listed companies . |
| 16 | The Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom has recently called for more training in educational methods for all university teachers . |
| 17 | Then , towards the end of August , Eachuinn Odhar got the message he 'd not expected for another month . |
| 18 | She had more Christmas cards than I 'd ever seen for one person ; every surface was a forest of them . |
| 19 | After several public meetings to discuss plann-ing matters the bureaucracy were left confounded , much to the delight of the ratepayers who may have only attended for that reason ! |
| 20 | You may be expected as well to have already worked for some time in a related financial area , such as stock broking . |
| 21 | His pen-and-ink drawings provided Minton with unrelieved amusement , as Lyttelton has recalled : Humphrey Lyttelton 's presence at Camberwell helped make it a centre for the beginnings of ‘ trad ’ , a jazz revival which replaced ‘ the polite and effete noise which had hitherto passed for genuine jazz ’ with a new vitality and energy . |
| 22 | ‘ When the first bell went and I saw the way Lennox was going after him I told the guys watching with me that Ruddock had better watch for that left of Lewis 's or he 'd be counter-punched with the right and get himself knocked out — and that 's exactly what happened . ’ |
| 23 | He decided that he was never likely to do even as well as they and that he had better look for another career , which eventually he found successfully in the world of travel . |
| 24 | ‘ I had better ring for another cover to be laid . ’ |
| 25 | As the bomber hung up Eileen had already reached for another phone to warn the police . |
| 26 | The League , which had already campaigned for nationwide non-payment of taxes , on Oct. 9 caused an further uproar by calling on small savers not to buy treasury bonds on the grounds that their money would be at risk . |
| 27 | Since Picasso and Braque had not exhibited for some time , and since they had not taken part in the manifestations at the Salon des Indépendants and the Salon d'Automne , the public were not in a position to realize that their abstention deprived the Section d'Or of much of its meaning . |
| 28 | She complained that her children had apparently not been allowed access to a Baptist minister , but was told that they had not asked for religious support when it was offered . |
| 29 | It might have continued like that for me too , if I had not needed a chat with my local breastfeeding counsellor and realised she had not asked for any payment . |
| 30 | However , the Colonel had not waited for this confirmation in writing and issued his certificate on 24 May , so the line opened on 26 May without ceremony , the company taking their pick of the 19 cars stored in Mitcham Road depôt . |