Example sentences of "[pron] had [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had trained for the first time only four days before ! |
| 2 | Fingering the lump , I began to scrape the theoretical barrel-bottom ; I had prayed for the whiff of putrefaction had n't I ? |
| 3 | I had to fumble for the torch in the dark and work out for myself how to fix my bunk . |
| 4 | I cried to come down more insistently than I had pleaded for a ride . |
| 5 | An enormous boxer hurled himself on me in delight , clawing at my chest with the biggest , horniest feet I had seen for a long time . |
| 6 | The fields and clouds were the same as those I had seen for the last half hour . |
| 7 | I had fallen for the oldest James Brown/James Brown joke in the book . |
| 8 | When the pass came and I had arranged for a fortnight 's holiday I travelled to the Pacific coast in a day coach : overnight to Calgary , and on for another 24 hours through the glorious panorama of the Rockies to Burrard Inlet , English Bay and Stanley Park , Vancouver . |
| 9 | The water was deep in the middle , so I had to swim for a few metres . |
| 10 | I had to wait for a considerable time for the expanse of blue sky above my chosen scene ( figure XX ) to be substantial enough for photography . |
| 11 | To prepare this article I had to wait for an event on a day when the visibility was gin-clear to get good photographs from my open cockpit Jodel D9 , using a telephoto lens at various focal lengths to obtain the required framing . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ I had to wait for the right moment to tell Nicola . |
| 14 | And I realised , well I had realised for a long time that dieting was n't the answer for me . |
| 15 | ‘ Dr Armitage , I confess I had hoped for a little more from someone who knew Dr Wetherby so well and was resident at the same convention . |
| 16 | I had hoped for a conference with the Turkish and Greek Governments and representatives of the two communities . |
| 17 | ‘ He 'd schooled very well and although I had hoped for a lead for a bit longer , we had to go on where we did . |
| 18 | When I was two my mother had bought me a number of premium bonds and ever since I had hoped for a little win . |
| 19 | So I had stood for a little while on the bridge and saluted as the ship went down after all . |
| 20 | I had to account for every penny I spent , but he never told me what he was spending . |
| 21 | Unkindly , I laughed and told him that that sounded just about the worst idea I had heard for a very long time . |
| 22 | The immense build-up made it impossible to find a decent anchor and , having stamped out a rather unstable stance , I had to settle for a couple of drive-ins in a clod of frozen turf . |
| 23 | SAFER THAN I HAD FELT FOR A LONG , LONG TIME |
| 24 | In the spring of 1976 I decided to act on a need I had felt for a very long time . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I had applied for an Adjournment debate on this subject , but I realised that the hon. Member for Rotherham ( Mr. Crowther ) had a prior right , representing as he does the NLVA . |
| 27 | ‘ I had to stop for a quick drink on the way home with John Dyson , ’ he said . |
| 28 | I had to listen for a good hour while he burbled on about variably apertured annuity options and the like . |
| 29 | And then it just became a drug that I had to take for every day use . |
| 30 | I had to go for a piss . |