Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [verb] for this " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had picked for this exercise a place that I had visited many years before. , but to which I had never returned . |
| 2 | Do you know what the total price of the tickets would have been if I had to pay for this , one hundred and ten pounds |
| 3 | Moderator I 've asked for this new clause to come in immediately after seven because of what in accepting seven we 've just done . |
| 4 | But , even while her spirits were taking a nosedive that , supposing he was offering her a lift to Prague , there would n't be any point in accepting if it was unlikely she 'd be able to book in anywhere , he , to her absolute astonishment , was going on , ‘ There 's a spare room in a suite I 've reserved for this month — you can have that if you wish . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Ye do n't know how long I 've waited for this . ’ |
| 6 | What I 've done for this ----ing . |
| 7 | I 've worked for this title . |
| 8 | This has happened to the car at some time in its past , as a result of which the crank shaft 's worn , the engine 's a bit dodgy , but I buy it 's not apparent when I buy it , but the engine breaks down after I 've bought it and I 've paid for this warranty , you 're going to come back and say ‘ oh , this was a defect inherent in the vehicle before you bought it , excluded by the warranty ’ . |
| 9 | Oh , Harry , if you knew how I 've longed for this , ’ she said in a breathless little voice . |
| 10 | The best description I have heard for this position is ‘ well plugged on ’ — a plug will not go into a socket if it is crooked , that is the baby should not be twisting his or her neck . |
| 11 | It is recommended that we purchase from Action Computer Supplies , our usual printer supplier , who has the lowest price that I have seen for this printer at the moment . |
| 12 | The popular image of a panda munching a piece of bamboo is the one I have chosen for this month 's design . |
| 13 | So do all the lemon recipes which I have chosen for this article . |
| 14 | I have to pay for this . |
| 15 | What did you have to do for this job ? |
| 16 | But she said you know , and what annoyed her really she kno , she knows how much how hard you 've worked for this exam . |
| 17 | She had been offered a job called ‘ copy chief at one of the agency 's clients on the strength of the work she had done for this client at the agency . |
| 18 | But no , she 's gone for this promotion in work and er even though she does n't think she 's much chance of getting it because there 's two permanent lads there that really you know would be next in line rather than her sort of thing but she 's you know , she feels she 's done her bit and that , you know , it 's worth going for and like I said to her you might as well ! |
| 19 | Why sho why should we have to pay for this service as well as our poll tax ? |
| 20 | I speak on behalf of Playback not as Playback itself , but as Playback being part of the Regional Council that can a bit , now I was at a meeting this morning where I , I sort of absolutely had to read the riot act about Playback because they do not have a set budget whether you know this or not , they do n't have a standard budget as they should have , we 've fought for this for years , what we do is , we survive through crisis to crisis , now some money has been extracted from the Playback budget and whilst I have to share two bits of Playback , you know , the , the actual Playback charitable , voluntary bit , and the Regional Council , I mean they , I , I can say that they do not have a backing of money that they can fall back on , too many backs there , but I mean really I would say that I would be concerned if it was Christmas before we were ready , I , I ca n't help but think if we could and I mean , very , very happy to work with , with anybody and everybody on this to try and get these things pulled up quite quickly , I mean if it 's forms to be filled in then |
| 21 | ‘ But ladies and gentlemen , ’ he went on , ‘ who is it we have to thank for this great blessing that has come upon us ? |
| 22 | As you are aware we will not be receiving all of the Grant that we have applied for this year and have been told by the Sports Council that our Grant is to be reduced over the next 3 years and then cease . |
| 23 | ‘ We have waited for this moment for 28 years . |
| 24 | But even when we have allowed for this , there is no ready way of defining the category ‘ art ’ from these undoubted and general human perceptions , which we are bound to recognize as more widely applicable and thus not reducible to a specialization . |
| 25 | I get very alarmed when people plan to shed all they 've got for this fleeting , ephemeral happiness . |
| 26 | Because they have waited for this moment . ’ |
| 27 | And you have Rochester who has erm he 's not exactly been a degenerate and he has shown some restraint , he has cared for this wife , he 's brought her home . |
| 28 | He has opted for this solution to the problem of his masterpieces in storage . |
| 29 | In advance , using the smokescreen of Tech-Green bureaucracy , he 'd arranged for this fictional shuttle-worker to be placed on a shift which involved taking a shuttle through the gravity well to Gaiah . |
| 30 | Estabrook watched the smoke drift up over the assassin 's grey eyes , and before he could prevent himself he was telling his story , the rules he 'd drawn for this exchange forgotten . |