Example sentences of "he have [verb] for a [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Cagey hobby : Dr Graham Tydeman inside the Silence of the Lambs-style cage he has constructed for an exhibition |
| 2 | Every time he has to wait for a question , he claims victory . |
| 3 | He seeks more time and he has asked for a year or more . |
| 4 | If you do intend to use it , you register the program with the author , and pay whatever fee he has specified for a licence to continue using it . |
| 5 | He has appealed for a halt to the fighting , warning anybody who will listen that the Arab world is headed ‘ for a period of turbulence like never before ’ . |
| 6 | Even his genetic code was noted , from when he 'd applied for a work permit , but no matter how subtly Reynard interrogated , no matter how bright his ideas of lateral interrogation , every time he drew blank . |
| 7 | After that , he 'd headed for a street in north-west London that he had n't visited in over a year . |
| 8 | Well he told me he 'd gone for a count |
| 9 | He said he 'd gone for a count for a job |
| 10 | He fell asleep , but hours later he woke up and felt again — as he 'd felt for a moment in the hall when he 'd arrived — that he should n't be in this house . |
| 11 | He 'd thought for a moment that the fates had it in for him . |
| 12 | Gorelli , he 'd won for a while , but now he was losing , and he was losing big . |
| 13 | He bought groceries to last him the week , then popped next door to the frame shop to pick up the stainless steel frame he 'd ordered for a James Barker black and white print he 'd obtained in an auction some weeks before . |
| 14 | He had suspected for a while that Nancy had become tired of Bill Sikes ' brutality and violence , and that she had found a new friend to take his place . |
| 15 | A little later from his bedroom , where he had retired for a rest , he watched through his daughters ' brass telescope as the grey shadow of what had once been the sleek and lively Hari moved slowly over to the sepoy lines with , as usual , the Prime Minister dodging along behind am . |
| 16 | Commander Michael Porter , Tory chairman of the council 's education committee , said he had hoped for a decision that would ‘ provide us with a way to achieve the best possible education for pupils in south Reading , allowing us to set up a super new school designed for the demands of the 21st century , and a sixth form college . ’ |
| 17 | He had hoped for a snort at least for this , but Rosie did not react . |
| 18 | It had been Dalrymple 's idea to require the clan chiefs to take the oath of allegiance and it became obvious that he had hoped for an opportunity to punish one clan as an example to the others . |
| 19 | He had lived for a time in England , and we discussed whether to conduct the session in English or German . |
| 20 | In his choice of contributor Lehmann was able to draw upon his wide-ranging contacts , for he had lived for a period in Vienna and had also travelled Europe in search of material . |
| 21 | He had applied for a grant but at the time Liverpool City Council was snowed under by applications . |
| 22 | And at Old Trafford yesterday , Cantona denied that he had asked for a transfer or that his working relationship with Wilkinson had suffered any breakdown . |
| 23 | He pushed the door open and wished he had asked for a candle . |
| 24 | It was n't as if he had asked for a fee , he had gone to the school for nothing , out of the goodness of his heart . |
| 25 | It struck me as odd at the time , and when Harry Collins told me that he had asked for a morning appointment it seemed even odder . ’ |
| 26 | On his way to the office he had asked for a thermos of coffee to be sent to him and two mugs and a bowl of sugar and some milk . |
| 27 | She stared at him defiantly , and after he had ranted for a minute or so , the chief superintendent felt vaguely ridiculous so he lowered his frame into a cowering chair , and resumed the final polish of his palms . |
| 28 | Like a little puppy dog , he had waited for a sign that he was forgiven . |
| 29 | In the end , he had to settle for a survey which had been carried out on a national scale by a well-known agency . |
| 30 | Instead , he had to settle for a chemist 's shop , and though he still tried to behave like a doctor , it did n't work . |