Example sentences of "they have [verb] [pron] for a " in BNC.

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1 He 'd picked up some cream that they 'd given me for a skin rash , stuck it under my blindfold and said , in a curious high-pitched waver , ‘ Champignons ? ’
2 The Quix supermarket had refused the box because they 'd ha although they 'd had it for a cert for quite a long time during the miner 's strike I think .
3 And I said is my caravan being cleaned weekly as people go out if they 've got it for a fortnight fortnightly .
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 .
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