Example sentences of "have [verb] [pers pn] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And why not have placed them for safe keeping in a pocket , satchel or valise ? |
| 2 | Slater glanced at Graham , " Sara and I were next-door neighbours for a while , I do believe our parents may even have intended us for each other at one time , without actually saying anything about it , of course . " |
| 3 | I would n't have seen you for another hour . |
| 4 | Nothing in our four days on the felucca with this sullen boy had prepared us for this , as nothing could have prepared him for that afternoon in Asyut . |
| 5 | I knew I should n't have taken you for that coffee . ’ |
| 6 | As she flew up to her room , she thought her father might have killed her for that speech . |
| 7 | She could easily have slapped her for that remark , which was silly really , but nonetheless that was how she felt . |