Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [pers pn] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Henry Porter doubtless spoke for many when he wrote recently in the Guardian : ‘ Little in the post-war years of decline in Britain has prepared us for the deep sense of unease now being experienced by its people . |
| 2 | Yvonne Paul whose The Glamour Game ( W H Allen , £2.95 ) tells all about the Glamour Biz sent me in the blouse off her back , drenched in exotic perfume , as a ‘ thank-you ’ after I 'd interviewed her for the Daily Mail and mentioned how much I liked her get-up . |
| 3 | Nothing in the three villagers ' long but sheltered past could have prepared them for the horrendous sight that met their eyes . |
| 4 | We expected a big postbag but nothing could have prepared us for the fantastic response we received ! |
| 5 | ( Some would have already recovered the development value of the land by selling at a high price ; others may never have wished to develop their land , and , indeed , might even have bought it for the express purpose of preventing its development . ) |
| 6 | ‘ I should n't have asked you for the extra two-fifty mils . ’ |
| 7 | The flood apart from ruining their home made their own car which should have taken them for the fully-paid honeymoon in Scotland , float off down the road and crash into another car . |
| 8 | His father had named him for the Mughal Babur , a conqueror , a hard drinking , hard riding Turk who loved poetry , laughter and gardens . |
| 9 | Nothing had prepared me for the overwhelming architectural beauty of Salamanca , and in particular for the grandeur of the university , the oldest in Spain and one of the oldest in Europe , with its noble façade in plateresque style . |
| 10 | But nothing had prepared her for the angry letter she received from the Duke of Edinburgh , says Morton . |
| 11 | It had prepared her for the coming meeting when she would be alone at last with the youth who was King of England ; the youth she loved … |
| 12 | But nothing had prepared her for the monumental size and sheer glamour of the building . |
| 13 | His reasons were all based on his search for Rectitudo in mind and will , as he had sought it for the past thirty years . |
| 14 | In the life she led it would have been all too easy to succumb to the myriad temptations on offer , but she had seen them for the shallow , worthless things they were , and valued her self-respect too highly to accept dross when she knew she must seek for gold . |
| 15 | Not for the first time she wondered how on earth her father had persuaded the children to call him ‘ Gamps ’ and decided that he had done it for the sole purpose of driving her mad . |
| 16 | Double world light-middleweight champion , Diane Bell , showed no sign of the back injury that had sidelined her for the past month . |
| 17 | Neither , we are told , had had it for the past 40 years . |
| 18 | When they ignore the whole idea of pandering to a European market , they can be quite good , as in Tarkovsky 's Italian-funded productions , where he just carried on making the same film that had obsessed him for the past 30 years , only a bit more slowly . |
| 19 | One of his wins had qualified him for the National so when he came up for sale at Doncaster , Kempton secured him for 2,000 guineas on behalf of two of his owners who were keen to have a runner in the race . |
| 20 | The same sight would confront him that had confronted him for the past fifteen years . |
| 21 | Guido 's won it for the past two years and he 's absolutely desperate to get a hat trick — though some of his rivals are equally desperate to see that he does n't . ’ |
| 22 | In this respect , the French government is right to have made the Minister of Culture also Minister of Education ( although whether they have done it for the right reasons , and with the right man is another matter ) . |
| 23 | Smith had Picnic 's full co-operation when winning last week 's leading showjumper of the year title at Wembley , making a timely impression on the selectors who have chosen him for the British team . |