Example sentences of "they had [verb] [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had prepared themselves for an unpleasant scene in which the wretched boy , stuffed to the gills with chocolate cake , would have to surrender and beg for mercy and then they would have watched the triumphant Trunchbull forcing more and still more cake into the mouth of the gasping boy . |
| 2 | They had done it for the joy of creating , without having to look over their shoulder at the censor . |
| 3 | They had to choose someone for the launching ceremony and our child 's name was first out of the hat . |
| 4 | They had swapped it for a modern flat in a concrete skyscraper . |
| 5 | Two laboratory studies which attempted to assess the effects of real-life stresses on dreams used patients either awaiting major surgery or undergoing group therapy , in which they had to prepare themselves for a session devoted entirely to their own problems . |
| 6 | ‘ Not unless one of them had asked me for a spare key — and no-one did . ’ |