Example sentences of "[pron] 've [vb pp] for a " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I 've sent for a breakdown lorry-from a garage , so we may be able to salvage the car before it goes right under . ’ |
2 | I 've fallen for a boy who goes to the same school as me , but is two years younger than I am . |
3 | I 've asked for a |
4 | I 've advertised for a replacement , but I have n't filled the job yet . |
5 | The guys at ADM Computing suggested at the first meeting that I save a few quid by opting for a Phillips Brilliance monitor instead of the NEC I 've coveted for a year . |
6 | It was the funniest sight I 've seen for a long while , but hardly fair on the birds … . |
7 | ‘ It was a real old-fashioned adventure and one of the best films I 've seen for a while . ’ |
8 | Inner : one of the best inners I 've seen for a long time . |
9 | Then he would qualify these certainties at the end , once the client had agreed to buy with something like : " of course , you 'll appreciate that , as with any shares , I can make no absolute guarantees , but this is the best opportunity I 've seen for a while . " |
10 | ‘ That was the hardest training I 've done for a year , ’ he said . |
11 | He 's the nicest man I 've met for a long time . |
12 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
13 | Why it is , it 's very , very , very wrong , say we pay all year round for that , I 've paid for a year for my ticket |
14 | But when I 've paid for a newspaper I expect all the pieces that I 've paid for . |
15 | I 've missed the one in January now and I think , oh , I 've paid for a year but |
16 | 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 . |
17 | Now I 've dwelt for a moment on my own experience because I think it epitomizes that of the Labour Party as a whole from to John , the G M B has been a tower of strength always there to assist not only with money and resources , but also with advice and support and on behalf of my parliamentary colleagues , I want to thank the union for all it is , it has done for the Labour Party . |
18 | Er , it 's a wee problem I 've had for a say about a year now . |
19 | ‘ I am not pregnant , nor do I suffer from anorexia , ’ she added frostily , ‘ I 'm trying to shake off an illness I 've had for a few months , that 's all . ’ |
20 | first thing I 've had for a long time is er that . |
21 | I had the result this afternoon , but I 've known for a few weeks , really . |
22 | Well , there was a time when it was a bolt from the blue , yes , I mean I 've known for a week or two , but we were delighted to receive it , er we do n't er , it is something that we said months ago that we supported the N H S Lottery because we do feel that money can be raised in this way painlessly towards particularly research and the sorts of things that the N H S on the whole has never really supported fully . |
23 | ‘ But I 've come for a boy ! |
24 | I wonder — I 've wondered for a long time — was I right , or was I wrong ? |
25 | Odd really , for a couple of Manchester-based people who 've gone for a progressive soul angle and eschewed any trendy trip . |
26 | ‘ You 've volunteered for a harder , ’ Bicker retorted . |
27 | I mean at the moment of choice you 're faced with a set of people , including , let's say , one man and one woman , who on paper match each other and who perhaps , even if you 've adjusted for a possibility of the woman 's having to fight and so on , they 're equal on paper . |
28 | You 've wanted for a long time to conduct Le Sacre in the theatre ? |
29 | Crawford recalled , ‘ I was thinking : ‘ This is the only work you 've done for a long time . |
30 | You 've asked for a lot ! |