Example sentences of "he had [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Graham brought proceedings to a standstill , arguing that he was within his rights to declare even though the rules stated he had to bat for the full 10 overs . |
| 2 | The men from Big Blue originally came to Microsoft 's founder , Bill Gates , to license the programming languages that he had written for the early personal-computer enthusiasts , most of whom had built their own machines . |
| 3 | In March 1985 , he came into conflict with the Lord Chancellor over an article he had written for the Daily Telegraph on Government pressure on the judiciary to shorten sentences and on the inadequacies of the prison system . |
| 4 | There was a fat envelope , probably the proofs of an article he had written for an anthropological journal . |
| 5 | He had hoped for a critical reexamination of the field . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Fignon said in a statement that he had asked for a second test at a different laboratory but his request had been turned down . |
| 10 | He had asked for a new security system for Lowermoor but was refused on cost grounds . |
| 11 | He had asked for an urgent meeting with Rakovsky to discuss the report and get instructions . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Weather conditions precluded this , so he had to wait for the next scheduled plane from Wick to Kirkwall . |
| 14 | Although I 'd followed the progress of the King trial in the papers , it was only then that it began to hit home what a symbol he had become for the suppressed majority of my city . |
| 15 | Further , on appointment he had realised for the first time that the eastern parts of the District remained largely undeveloped by the WEA . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He had gone for a short walk over some fields — his constitutional — and had met a woman pushing a bicycle . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Coleman had gone up on the roof the previous evening for one of his periodic checks of the antennae he had rigged for the listening post . |
| 20 | He mounted the horse he had led for the last hour or so and walked it cautiously down into Buttermere which he entered with the utter conviction that he had been there before . |
| 21 | At first he felt more relaxed than he had done for a long time . |
| 22 | Gabriel went back and told God what he had done for the three brothers . |
| 23 | Mr McQuaker said he had just left work at the Haughton Road service station at 9pm as he had done for the last 25 years when the youths pounced . |
| 24 | According to the police , Fernandez told the investigating magistrates today he had trained for the past six months for the assault . |
| 25 | The Sejm ( i ) rejected his proposed constitutional changes ; ( ii ) voted to send the presidential draft electoral law to the Constitutional Commission for further examination ; ( iii ) rejected the date of May 26 which he had proposed for the parliamentary elections ; and ( iv ) instead approved the holding of parliamentary elections by Oct. 31 , 1991 . |
| 26 | He had booked for the full residential weekend , as he did every time one was held . |
| 27 | He preferred to drink — ignoring the landlord 's porter — from his silver flask , which he had substituted for the broken glass of brandy . |
| 28 | He had known for a long time , but had refused to admit it to himself . |
| 29 | at last the confirmation of something he had known for a long time . |
| 30 | Grey Egerton , describing in 1852 a fossil fish which he had lithographed for the Geological Survey , could take a more cheerful view , calling it a ‘ pretty little specimen ’ . |