Example sentences of "'ve [vb pp] for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So I 've arranged for a whistle-stop tour around the country houses of some influential contacts , and there are one or two long-standing debts and favours due to me that I 'm going to call in over this weekend . ’ |
| 2 | He 's the nicest man I 've met for a long time . |
| 3 | Crawford recalled , ‘ I was thinking : ‘ This is the only work you 've done for a long time . |
| 4 | It was the funniest sight I 've seen for a long while , but hardly fair on the birds … . |
| 5 | It 's been the best bit of talent we 've , they 've seen for a long while ! |
| 6 | Inner : one of the best inners I 've seen for a long time . |
| 7 | first thing I 've had for a long time is er that . |
| 8 | why , that 's what the problem you 've spoken for a long time you just know it , but you do n't know why you use that way , you just do that way . |
| 9 | We 've known for a long time that when you can talk on the run , the miles just fly by . |
| 10 | Er well Madam Deputy Speaker I think erm that the last half an hour shown that er the quality of debate in this house er remains extremely high and that even when you have an issue which on the face of it looks to be as dry as dust er that er there are some honourable members who will pick an argument er when perhaps er on the face of it there ought not to be much of an argument er I ca n't erm I ca n't say that erm I agreed with much of what erm the honourable member for Great Grimsby said er he seemed to imply er quite early on his er speech that most of the City of London er was collapsing in a sea of sleaze and er er other other goings on which are extremely er to be regretted but erm I think we ought to er remind him er that erm , you know , all all of these four orders er followed the Bingham inquiry into er what happened at B C C I which was not a British bank , was an international bank based erm overseas and I think I 'm right in saying this and I 'm sure my honourable friend the minister will confirm when he winds up er this is the first er such difficulty er that we 've experienced for a great length of time . |
| 11 | Odd really , for a couple of Manchester-based people who 've gone for a progressive soul angle and eschewed any trendy trip . |
| 12 | You 've wanted for a long time to conduct Le Sacre in the theatre ? |
| 13 | In the new South Africa , if you 've worked for a white family for more than five years , you get to keep the house … |
| 14 | I wonder — I 've wondered for a long time — was I right , or was I wrong ? |