Example sentences of "he have [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This year Mansell has finally claimed the championship he has chased for a dozen years . |
| 2 | This year Mansell has finally claimed the championship he has chased for a dozen years . |
| 3 | On the contrary , he has pressed for a centralised federation in which Serbia would presumably play a dominant role . |
| 4 | In a wide ranging and at times overtly anti-communist speech , described by the Guardian of March 30 as " more measured and specific than any he has given for a long time " , Yeltsin pilloried central government policy , labelling perestroika the " last phase of the stagnation period " . |
| 5 | That the miller 's knives substitute for his sexual potency rather than reflect it is indicated by the superiority of the clerk 's performance in bed with his wife to anything he has managed for a long time : He has fathered two children , but , like Bayard , his sexual energy is now exhausted . |
| 6 | It was a request from a colleague : he 'd be grateful if she could cast her eye over an article he 'd written for a quarterly journal , by Friday if possible . |
| 7 | And although her slenderness gave her an air of fragility , Guy had felt the gentle curves of her body when he 'd searched for a concealed weapon . |
| 8 | Was he going to give her some note on performance , some idea he 'd had for a new bit of business in the play ? |
| 9 | It was as if , having goaded her to the point of total capitulation , he 'd opted for a wary cooling-off period . |
| 10 | He had hoped for a critical reexamination of the field . |
| 11 | He needed to compare his ledger 's statistics with the industry averages/norm , and he had hoped for a concentrated sample from their trade association , but no such luck . |
| 12 | If he had hoped for a gentle introduction to the life of the School , he was soon to be disappointed , for 1978 was to be the year in which far-reaching changes were to be set in motion . |
| 13 | The Attorney General , Eligio Hernández , appealed to the High Court against the search warrant , and said in a statement on Nov. 19 that he had applied for a Constitutional Court ruling on the legality of Judge Marino Barbero 's actions . |
| 14 | Fignon said in a statement that he had asked for a second test at a different laboratory but his request had been turned down . |
| 15 | He had asked for a new security system for Lowermoor but was refused on cost grounds . |
| 16 | He believed there was a future for Swanage and therefore he had striven for a great number of years to improve it — ( laughter ) — but he was very glad that those who came from afar were pleased and satisfied . |
| 17 | It had been rather an expensive one as he had gone for a fleecy-lined designer number with flashes of blue , to match his eyes , on the shoulders and down the legs . |
| 18 | He had gone for a short walk over some fields — his constitutional — and had met a woman pushing a bicycle . |
| 19 | He was reminded of the statements of the stableman who had joined him for a drink at the Bull , situated at the end of Cross Street , and of the café owner where he had stopped for a fried breakfast . |
| 20 | At first he felt more relaxed than he had done for a long time . |
| 21 | He had known for a long time , but had refused to admit it to himself . |
| 22 | at last the confirmation of something he had known for a long time . |
| 23 | Speaking at his home at James Street , Falkirk , Graeme explained that before the incident , he had worked for a short spell on a YTS course with ScotRail , before taking a job as a gardener . |
| 24 | By the time that Orchard made his last will in January 1504 he had married for a second time . |