Example sentences of "[pron] had [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had to mourn for Sesostris so I went back to his house . ’ |
| 2 | But I had to search for Vietnam . |
| 3 | It was with deep regret that I had to leave for home later that evening . |
| 4 | I had met him a couple of times , and he had submitted a paper I had written for publication in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society . |
| 5 | Those were the words that I had written for Antoinette ! |
| 6 | I had to understudy for Prospero , one year , and still remember large chunks of the beautiful Tempest verse . |
| 7 | ‘ Sorry to be so long — I had to wait for Tom to finish a phone call . ’ |
| 8 | I took stock of my fur-lined leather jacket which I had prized for years , and I did n't see any problem . |
| 9 | I had hoped for Eric 's face , or some further clue about what was going to happen , but I got nothing . |
| 10 | It feels cold : I had hoped for spring but what I am finding is winter . |
| 11 | Although I had hoped for justice and understanding when my story was known , that was not to be . |
| 12 | One minute dangling on the end of a rope ; the next a reprieve , a bumpy ride through Paris , followed by the sweetest bread and most fragrant wine I had tasted for months . |
| 13 | What I had mistaken for affectation was nothing but concentration . |
| 14 | I was happier than I had felt for months . |
| 15 | Then you walked into my life , and I suddenly realised that what I had felt for Claire may have been sexual attraction , but it was never love . ’ |
| 16 | I had to go for consumption . |
| 17 | Just a few miles North of Annesley the engine failed on the Tibshelf bank , so I had to go for assistance . |
| 18 | Prior to my fifteenth birthday I had asked for train sets and cowboy suits for Xmas and birthdays , and until I was eighteen I spent Saturday afternoons making tea and sandwiches for my Mam and some girls from school as they talked endlessly of ‘ fellas ’ and clothes and make-up — subjects never of any interest to me . |
| 19 | Later my father decided it would be useful and character-forming for me to know all the measurements as well as he did , so I had to sit for hours with the Measurement Book ( a huge loose-leaf thing with all the information on the little stickers carefully recorded according to room and category of object ) , or go round the house with a jotter , making my own notes . |
| 20 | ‘ Newcastle claimed they pulled out because I had gone for talks with Wimbledon . |
| 21 | I had gone for coffee in the student room in order to avoid my colleagues . |
| 22 | Later I had the honour and privilege of meeting Odette Churchill , the heroine of the French Resistance , someone I had admired for years , ever since reading about her exploits when she received her medal after the war . |
| 23 | Major Hal , who met us on arrival , insisted that I had qualified for membership in the ‘ Short-Snorters ’ Club ’ . |
| 24 | The taxman had his slice , I carried out further improvements on the house and , of course , I had to provide for Suzie and the children , Chloe and Clare , for two winters , with no other work . |
| 25 | The company chief , who also has a £1 million manor house at Seend , Wilts , took the microphone to say : ‘ I had to file for bankruptcy yesterday . |
| 26 | We shall just have to pretend it 's not there , there 's not , there 's not quite as bad as when I had to speak for Amnesty on Radio Essex last year and it was live , as every word , every word I spoke was being you know being heard by a lot of people and that 's , that was very , that was very intimidating . |
| 27 | I decided that as I had worked for Harold Wilson and enjoyed his total confidence for several years , there was some duty to try to deter him from the worst mistakes . |
| 28 | I had to make for Wallasea Ness , which marks the entrance of the River Roach to the estuary of the Crouch . |
| 29 | I had left for Kingston largely dismissive of the anxieties expressed by family and friends , telling them that , after all , women have babies all over the world . |
| 30 | I was very proud of the reputation I had earned for exactness on timing . |