Example sentences of "had [verb] [pron] [noun pl] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A priestess of Isis , the beautiful Ayesha had broken her vows for love of a Greek soldier Kallikrates who , in his turn , was in danger because of his love for the Egyptian princess Amenartas . |
| 2 | When , for example , Matsushita decided to build an export-oriented air-conditioner plant in Malaysia , it also had to adjust its plans for investment in Mexico and its export policies from Japan . |
| 3 | He managed to detain her long enough for them to tether the horses , because there would be no sense in coming out of the Workshops ( with , or without the prisoner ) and finding that the horses had turned their heads for Tara and that they had to walk the rest of the way to the Fire Court . |
| 4 | Hatton had done his jobs for McCloy and the last one had been something spectacular . |
| 5 | The fines by which the clergy had bought their pardons for outlawry had yielded more than double the proceeds of the tenth collected in 1296 , but Edward was still desperate to find even more money so that he could launch a continental campaign , and he put a new demand to Winchelsey . |
| 6 | I had to rack my brains for ways to force you to wed me . |
| 7 | Watching Ryan 's face , she had to give him points for courage . |
| 8 | He had understood her feelings for Andrew ; he could n't comprehend her reasons for marrying Lovat . |
| 9 | Though one would think not a morsel had passed her lips for months . |