Example sentences of "they have [vb pp] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Things had been near perfect at that stage , and they 'd gone for a drink later , with Amanda chatting up the barman who had seemed a nice shy boy , if a bit quiet for the job . |
| 2 | There they were , they , they 'd gone for a walk round London , and er come back . |
| 3 | And I also said that Dr Kemp had n't turned up at the railway station when they 'd arranged for a taxi to pick him up and take him — ’ |
| 4 | A distinctly mature audience had come to hear a band whose fortunes they 've followed for a quarter of a century . |
| 5 | They 've asked for a stand-ball . |
| 6 | They 've asked for a number , have n't they , spec specifically here , which I think that 's detailed enough . |
| 7 | so she just told me that so I 'll have all the news of Colin tomorrow they 've gone for a week |
| 8 | The two told how Pringle had called for Jason at his home in Geneva Road , Darlington , on Sunday afternoon and they had gone for a ride around in a van . |
| 9 | And indeed , surfacing again at South Kensington , some atavistic instinct for the lie of the land took them directly to the street in which Louise had had an office , fifteen years or so ago , and where two or three times a year they had met for a meal . |
| 10 | It was announced on June 26 that three of the four were to be charged with the murder on May 27 of two Australians from London , Nick Spanos and Stephen Melrose , who had been shot dead in Roermond in the Netherlands , where they had stopped for a meal , by two gunmen who drove off towards Belgium with a third man . |
| 11 | They had lived for a while in holes cut in the turf banks . |
| 12 | After they had driven for a while , Edward said : ‘ Are n't we involved at all now ? |
| 13 | SAN SALVADOR ( Reuter ) — One of two occupations of embassies in San Salvador ended when human rights activists freed 13 hostages they had held for a day at the Costa Rican Embassy and left . |
| 14 | In 1347 he promised that the grievances of the Commons should be remedied by Chancery writs against Forest officers , but next year ‘ the commons of the county of Surrey and of other counties ’ complained that although they had sued for a writ in the Chancery , they had not been able to obtain the promised remedy . |
| 15 | They did n't often have a chance to leave the pub together , but this afternoon she was determined to have a family outing , so as soon as the dinner-things were washed up , they had come for a walk to the Island Gardens . |
| 16 | They had talked for a while then he had given Green a lift back to his hotel . |
| 17 | He thought , They had forgotten for a moment that I 'm a policeman . |
| 18 | Most of those leaving the cities have done so through the commercial market and they have moved for a variety of reasons ( Kennett and Hall , 1981 ) : more freely-available , cheaper , owner-occupied housing might be found beyond the cities in environmentally-attractive locations ; households are more mobile — car-ownership rates doubled between 1961 and 1981 and the electrification of some InterCity lines has encouraged a marked decentralization of people away from London to areas such as Peterborough , Stamford ( Lincs. ) and even Newark ( Notts. ) ; many move out of cities on retirement ; and for the economically active in the south of England , movement out of London becomes ever more attractive as many commercial activities leave the capital . |
| 19 | Instead they have voted for a man who promised change , who believed in change and who recognised that change had to come . |