Example sentences of "had [verb] [prep] [pron] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would be free from slavery , from work they were unsuited to do , but they lost a way of life , they had to look after their children for longer , they had to find other work to keep the family fed , clothed , rent paid etc . |
| 2 | Once the President had retired to his quarters for the short flight , the DDI opened the envelope he 'd been handed when he arrived at the airport . |
| 3 | Silvia had stuck to her promises for the first couple of days , but then had followed a catalogue of excuses and cancelled lessons that had left Ronni feeling angry and on edge . |
| 4 | The rage that had eaten at his guts for so long , and had launched him at Sergeant Lawrence — who even Jimmy knew was a good man at heart — would not serve him now . |
| 5 | All over the world , as I had observed on my travels for Panorama and TRI , countries which had long been administered by others were hoisting their own colours ; everywhere the idea of new-born nationhood was in the air . |
| 6 | I would like to have been watching the expression on his face , having put the question to him so bluntly , but just at that moment I had to slam on my brakes for two gaudily painted trucks , one of them with La Resurrección elaborately painted in red . |