Example sentences of "had [verb] [pron] [adj] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | How she had suffered for him , for her poor pitiable ridiculous father , how she had hated her cruel peers for their relentless mocking , how she had dreaded each Christmas pantomime , each school-leavers ' farewell , each assembly that she knew her father was due to conduct , each occasion on which she heard him open his mouth in public . |
| 2 | In fact , Mum had reprimanded me many times for being Sam 's lap-dog , saying that I was too much under my brother 's rotten influence . |
| 3 | ‘ Such as ? ’ asked Julia , who had had her own doubts for some time . |
| 4 | She had to give him full marks for originality . |
| 5 | The men wore rubber ponchos and had exchanged their black berets for jungle hats pulled well down against the rain so that he was unable to discern whether Miguelito was amongst their number . |
| 6 | They had hit him several times for lying . |
| 7 | The Gruntes had gone their own ways for years , but Marjorie had a taste for practical jokes . |
| 8 | Just over a quarter of them ( 26 per cent ) had left their last jobs for this reason , and only just over one third ( 35 per cent ) because of redundancy or dismissal . |