Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The answer I tend to get off a lot of places is that I have to wait for twelve years |
| 2 | So er can I suggest that we actually ask the the Recreation Ground Committee to look at these problems over the er I do n't think there are any significant problems actually after the , after the Easter weekend fortunately , but just to have er in reply to the city football club , because they are concerned , and have been I have to say for many years , so it 's not unusual . |
| 3 | During the twelve years that I 've been head teacher at this school I have waited for promised improvements at the crossroads , and in particular the Lane junction . |
| 4 | Both Ian Allan , chairman of AIR , and I have felt for some time that this division was not helpful to the railway movement and it was agreed at the ARPS Council meeting held on 25th April ( which I missed due to the pleasure of attending my secretary 's wedding ) and the AIR Board meeting two days later that we adopt a proposal put forward by David Madden , a member of ARPS Council and director of operations on the North Norfolk Railway , to set up a joint committee to handle affairs of mutual interest , which we agreed should be called in good railway tradition : ‘ The Railway Clearing House ’ . |
| 5 | Well , I , I , I have asked for that , I 've written to the P D S A , I 've written to the . |
| 6 | Yes , I have changed insurance companies and , yes , I have asked for written confirmation of cover . |
| 7 | I have asked for those figures , and apparently none exist . |
| 8 | As has dogged the fate of any political candidate I have favoured for any office or position , he was unsuccessful . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's mostly my gardener I have to thank for that ’ , said the doctor modestly , ‘ but , yes , I do take an interest . |
| 10 | It is the close focus of snapshots like these that lend credence to the white heat of his outpourings : ‘ I have lived for fifty years as an unequal in this country , enveloped by hate ’ . |
| 11 | I have pressed for better freight links , which is another argument , but we must start with a reasonably fast passenger link to Europe . |
| 12 | This is something for which my hon. Friends and I have pressed for some time . |
| 13 | FOR EXAMPLE , LAST WEEK I WAS LISTENING to my favourite recorded of Paganini 's First Violin Concerto , which I have treasured for many years , largely due to the soloists extraordinary playing . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | If you had stood as I have done for five hours in a draughty ante-room of a courthouse sticking sixpences into one of those things to see how frequently it paid out , you would n't be so keen to chuck your money away , son . |
| 16 | IF some of the jurors had suffered from rheumatoid arthritis , as I have done for 33 years , the verdict would have been emphatically in favour of Dr Cox . |
| 17 | I have done for some time . ’ |
| 18 | I HAVE noticed for some time now that the Amnesty International Mandate has not been changed to include ‘ people imprisoned for their sexuality ’ . |
| 19 | The pressure applied was the worst I have seen for 20 years . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I do not know a great deal about the Labour party 0898 line , but I know that the complaints that I have made for many years to the Minister and his predecessors have been not about Neil Kinnock but about the serious pornographic messages that I believe have contributed significantly to the crimes of violence against women that take place outside on the streets . |
| 22 | ‘ I have arranged for that . ’ |
| 23 | The popular image of a panda munching a piece of bamboo is the one I have chosen for this month 's design . |
| 24 | So do all the lemon recipes which I have chosen for this article . |
| 25 | And I have g I have paid for English lights just for the sake of a week |
| 26 | It grew out of the teaching of stylistics to undergraduates at Lancaster , which and I have shared for several years . |
| 27 | I have worked for 14 years as a care assistant in a special school , and although the general attitude towards individuals with a mental handicap is gradually changing , it is both reassuring and encouraging to see youngsters such as these becoming a more regular part of ‘ everyday life ’ . |
| 28 | ‘ I have worked for many centuries to lift it , Nuadu , but it is a long hard task , for the punishment was to be eternal . ’ |
| 29 | Because I have worked for some time now on the forming of music and sounds , and through this specific endeavour have become aware of the " molecular structure " parallel , I can see great form in " Beautiful Landscape Traversed By Electricity Pylons " , " Tiny Aeroplane In One Expansive Sky " , " One Cup of Tea With Spoon And Attached Shadows " , " One Bogey Slightly Protruding From Person 's Nose " and , apart from when I 'm blackly depressed , Life is seen from inside me to be better every day because of my positive use of the rich energy that is emitted from every thing , live or dead . |
| 30 | Several minutes later he added : ‘ But I would not like to give you the impression I have worked for either of them yet . ’ |