Example sentences of "[pron] have [adv] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | All he owned were the clothes on his back and a few cassettes which I 'd partly paid for anyway . |
| 2 | And I got up and I was gon na tie her up like but and by gosh I thought I 'd better make for the door again . |
| 3 | No , this is mine , I 'd better pay for my own |
| 4 | I think I 'd better go for Dersingham and you 'd better start keeping tabs on Hereward . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd better see for myself . |
| 6 | She had more Christmas cards than I 'd ever seen for one person ; every surface was a forest of them . |
| 7 | I had also asked for a chair-lift and a motorised wheelchair , which have not arrived . |
| 8 | I had once played for a Media XI against the local club . |
| 9 | ‘ I had better ring for another cover to be laid . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I had better recapitulate for you . |
| 11 | Diarrhoea , which I had now had for five days , finally drove me from my bed at six-thirty . |
| 12 | This happened to me in May this year when I walked into ‘ Pluggers ’ shop ( Wet Pet of Detroit ) and saw the most beautiful pair of Ornate Birchirs ( Polypterus ornatipinnis ) I had ever seen for sale . |
| 13 | He was the ideal of all the friends I had ever longed for , the elder brother that , as an only child , I could never hope for — though he was at least fifteen years younger than I , his assurance and absolute maleness made me feel like a younger brother by contrast . |
| 14 | This period around 1967 was the time of the big change-over in the airline business from piston engines to jets , so it was clear that the programme I had selfishly pursued for my own good was in fact a proper course to follow for all Ops inspectors if they were to continue to be able to do their work effectively . |
| 15 | I thought we could have lunch in the garden after your inspection — I 've already arranged for the fridge to be restocked — and afterwards , if you do n't fancy going to the beach , we could go out in my boat , or I 'll take you for a tour of North Zealand , through the quaint old villages with their farmhouses and gardens full of hollyhocks and the beech woods . |
| 16 | Oh , I 've already qualified for that next year . |
| 17 | Well I 've already paid for mine so I 'm going to get |
| 18 | And I 've already paid for mine , so this I 'll take . |
| 19 | No , I 've already paid for twelve months . |
| 20 | Well , I 've already paid for mine so I 'm going to get |
| 21 | Well , you 'll just have to tell them that it 's missing but when I 've paid for a newspaper I expect to get all the pieces that I 've paid for and I 've already paid for mine , so this I 'll take . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've already apologized for withholding the information , Chief Inspector , ’ said Charlotte edgily . |
| 23 | Since I 've bleeding asked for them they have n't been in , that was two weeks ago |
| 24 | me a pound after what I 've just done for you out there |
| 25 | I 've just called for her money . |
| 26 | ‘ I feel I 've just auditioned for the part of a human being and I did n't get the job . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I 've just come for the skirt your mum 's fixed for me , ’ she said . |
| 28 | And I 've also gone for quality clients , companies I want to work for and who I know will pay on time . ’ |
| 29 | The youngest , the youngest below me I 've ever gone for is three years younger . |
| 30 | The flood of almost 3D colour and composition was one of the finest I 've ever seen for colour flow . |