Example sentences of "he has [verb] a [noun sg] for " in BNC.

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1 He was a regular in the designer bars that pose in the sun along the Portofino coastline and although he only drinks moderately , he has developed a taste for vintage champagne .
2 Instead he has to wait a week for next Saturday 's Victoria Ground clash with Swansea .
3 Alan Davies did , and as a stand-up comedian he has refined a form for its expression that the live circuit and television like .
4 It is not likely that he has seen a pixie for himself .
5 He has become a target for abuse — and powerful sponsors who back the team with around £20-£25million a year want a say in what has become the greatest sports outcry of all time .
6 He has sketched a procedure for inventing classifiers in many learning situations , and he suggests a Bayesian approach which helps find good heuristic components for them .
7 He has also repeatedly called for the Union Jack to be removed from Australia 's flag , but this is the first time that he has outlined a timetable for change .
8 He has won a day for himself and a companion at Doncaster Races on March 19 the opening meeting of the Flat by providing the first correct entry opened in our recent racing competition .
9 At Oxford , Mr Gould joined the Labour Party partly in response to what he saw as an attempt by the City to frustrate the 1964 election results and he has retained a disdain for the get-rich-quick philosophy of the City ever since .
10 He has had a passion for buses and coaches ever since childhood when his father took him to the Darlington bus depot where he still works as a driver .
11 He has acquired a taste for alcohol and tobacco .
12 If it 's not practical to visit your debtor and he has promised a cheque for a definite future date try , ‘ Fine .
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