Example sentences of "had [adv] [verb] for [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ms Starnes , who had once worked for him in the news department of WSGN Radio in Birmingham , Alabama , agreed at once that he should cover pending events in Libya for Mutual Radio and promised to get the necessary credentials to him within 48 hours . |
| 2 | Back in Ockleton 's rooms at Breakspear , seated by a roaring fire and sipping finer port than he could ever recall tasting , he had asked Ockleton to explain his reaction earlier to Harry 's revelation that Alan Dysart had once worked for him in Swindon . |
| 3 | Residents near the Tynemouth Metro station venue had originally lobbied for it to be cancelled . |
| 4 | ( Otto had evidently coped for him in the past . ) |
| 5 | He still could not begin to imagine why , as Hitch had told him , Ray Plummer had specifically asked for him to be included . |