Example sentences of "we have [vb pp] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the intricacies , I know more about Europe , eventually , and other countries , due to not being having a a briefing by a Headmaster for half an hour of something The group of us , he had eight to ten of us in the room trying to prime us on what we 'd missed for a year . |
| 2 | We were told not to do this , told not to come here , told to sledge and throw snowballs and make snowmen all we wanted , but not even to come near the loch and the river , in case we fell through the ice ; and yet Andy came here after we 'd sledged for a while on the slope near the farm , walked down here through the woods despite my protests , and then when we got here to the river bank I said well , as long as we only looked , but then Andy just whooped and jumped down onto the boulder-lumped white slope of shore and sprinted out across the pure flat snow towards the far bank . |
| 3 | As you know I 've er been holding a number of er small meetings with staff er and one of the questions I 've been asking is whether or not there has been a need for the building presentation that we 've done for a couple of years er and generally there was the view expressed that yes it was desirable but perhaps in a different format . |
| 4 | Approaching the crags we 've seen for a couple of days . |
| 5 | Perhaps a little more expensive , but we 've opted for a powerhead run undergravel — which will ensure adequate throughput of water through the gravel , and offers many similar features to the internal power filter , in terms of flow and aeration . |
| 6 | Hello there … welcome to Australia for a Central South sporting special … where we 've come for a race of the future … the Solar Challenge … sun powered cars racing through the wild outback … that 's our Friday Feature … first it 's back to Britain … for our football parade |
| 7 | Mills was amoral and untrustworthy , but we 've known for a while now that he definitely worked for us . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ We 've tried for a donor … ’ |
| 9 | that we 've had for a while . |
| 10 | Unless there were special factors involved and although I can not recall a situation where we 've paid for a person to go into that 's for members to discuss , not me , but we have certainly paid an enhanced rate where somebody wanted to go to live near their daughter who was in and we felt that was a legitimate reason for paying a higher rate and , and , and we did do so , so there are other types of flexibility . |
| 11 | Mr Walker , who had vowed he would have to be evicted with the family , said : ‘ We had hoped for a stay of execution to allow the family to depart with dignity , but the Scottish Office handled the request in the same way as they have handled the whole affair — with massive insensitivity . |
| 12 | At the outset of the plans , we had prayed for a sign of divine approval . |
| 13 | Their quotation was £12 for two pages , we had asked for a quote based on four , and although the letter promised a price and font list it was not enclosed . |
| 14 | ‘ We have sent for a doctor . |
| 15 | ‘ We have trained for a month since the end of our home season , ’ explained Mark Catchpole , son of Aussie legend Ken . |
| 16 | Under this scheme we have arranged for a firm of Solicitors to deal with the remortgage legal work for just £175 ( excluding Land Registry fee ) . |
| 17 | They began their paper with the words : ‘ We have cared for a patient who , according to the textbooks , ought to have been dead , since his arterial p H was 6.59 , well outside the usually stated range of 6.8 to 7.8 ’ . |
| 18 | Whatever we become aware of , we have attracted for a reason — because it can help us to learn and grow . |
| 19 | We have known for a number of years that we with every other council in the land , are facing the government that does not believe in local government . |
| 20 | We have advanced for a price |