Example sentences of "[pron] have [verb] for the " in BNC.

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1 Everyone has left for the weekend .
2 Applications are usually expensive , often costing several hundred pounds ; after all , someone has to pay for the advertising and the glossy box .
3 I 'd flown for the first time , out to Malta in an old , rattling York aircraft , and then on to the Canal one .
4 The last time I 'd made for the bog he 'd broken my back when he caught me straight between the shoulder blades with a loaf of bread .
5 A wife I 'd met for the first time filled up
6 We all sat fairly comfortably and ate the things I 'd bought for the occasion .
7 He asked me low long I 'd worked for the firm and what my duties were and what Doreen did .
8 Money was a problem because I 'd spent all the dosh I 'd got for the car , and I needed my grant to pay off the overdraft I 'd built up .
9 He would then enquire how much I 'd paid for the latest irreparable objects , and if it had been 20p or less he 'd say , with satisfaction , ‘ Well , at least it had a decent plug ’ , and the decent plug would go into the decent plug box .
10 I had trained for the first time only four days before !
11 Fingering the lump , I began to scrape the theoretical barrel-bottom ; I had prayed for the whiff of putrefaction had n't I ?
12 I had to fumble for the torch in the dark and work out for myself how to fix my bunk .
13 The fields and clouds were the same as those I had seen for the last half hour .
14 I had fallen for the oldest James Brown/James Brown joke in the book .
15 At the same time , while ensuring the blue of sky in front of the camera , I had to wait for the sun to fall on the scene from behind me , otherwise the sparkle of beach and palms would have been lost .
16 I had to wait for the right moment to tell Nicola .
17 I had felt for the first time a gnawing loneliness , finding echoes of familiar landscapes in the sweep of a glen , the gentle bend of a river .
18 The pot-bellied tosser told me that the club wished to make a gesture in recognition of all I had done for the ‘ Stiffs ’ during my spell as manager , and after much discussion it was agreed that they could best show their appreciation by raising the price of my season ticket for next year by 25 per cent .
19 WHEN CHRIS OWEN , Head of Natural History Publications at the Natural History Museum , published a painting of mosses that I had done for the National Museum of Wales , I had no idea that it would lead to a further and more exciting job offer , so a call out of the blue from Chris was a welcome surprise .
20 I usually stay later , but I had to dress for the dinner party .
21 He was ‘ astonished ’ by the ‘ excessive enthusiasm ’ I had shown for the Education !
22 In October 1940 my last year at school began ; it was going to be a year of hard work , as I had to prepare for the June examinations .
23 I was sad about this because I am a clubbable person by nature , and have never regarded a game of golf as anything but an occasion of pleasurable social exchange ; but an end to Muirfield was the price I had to pay for the championing of Meehan 's cause .
24 However , despite the fact that I had to pay for the survey , the society will not allow me to have a copy of the report .
25 It 's very difficult , I had to pay for the sheep when the Chichester was here .
26 I had to fight for the right to cut dresses as well as suits , to make evening dress as well as day wear and even now , when I 've proved myself in those areas , I have to fight members of my own staff who believe I should still stick to producing powerful women 's suits .
27 I had to send for the police .
28 I 've sent for the captain .
29 I 've sent for the priest .
30 I 've sent for the lad from the Upton manor , as I told Radulfus I would , and before Compline he 'll be here , and the truth will surely be out .
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