Example sentences of "[pers pn] had [verb] for the " 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 | The fields and clouds were the same as those I had seen for the last half hour . |
| 5 | I had fallen for the oldest James Brown/James Brown joke in the book . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ I had to wait for the right moment to tell Nicola . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The pot-bellied tosser told me that the club wished to make a gesture in recognition of all I had done for the ‘ Stiffs ’ during my spell as manager , and after much discussion it was agreed that they could best show their appreciation by raising the price of my season ticket for next year by 25 per cent . |
| 10 | WHEN CHRIS OWEN , Head of Natural History Publications at the Natural History Museum , published a painting of mosses that I had done for the National Museum of Wales , I had no idea that it would lead to a further and more exciting job offer , so a call out of the blue from Chris was a welcome surprise . |
| 11 | I usually stay later , but I had to dress for the dinner party . |
| 12 | He was ‘ astonished ’ by the ‘ excessive enthusiasm ’ I had shown for the Education ! |
| 13 | In October 1940 my last year at school began ; it was going to be a year of hard work , as I had to prepare for the June examinations . |
| 14 | I was sad about this because I am a clubbable person by nature , and have never regarded a game of golf as anything but an occasion of pleasurable social exchange ; but an end to Muirfield was the price I had to pay for the championing of Meehan 's cause . |
| 15 | However , despite the fact that I had to pay for the survey , the society will not allow me to have a copy of the report . |
| 16 | It 's very difficult , I had to pay for the sheep when the Chichester was here . |
| 17 | I had to fight for the right to cut dresses as well as suits , to make evening dress as well as day wear and even now , when I 've proved myself in those areas , I have to fight members of my own staff who believe I should still stick to producing powerful women 's suits . |
| 18 | I had to send for the police . |
| 19 | 20–6 Mrs McIver , wife of the Moderator , asked to be relieved of the duty of leader of praise which she had undertaken for the past two years . |
| 20 | He had assumed , discriminated , made her feel as if she had to apologise for the way she lived her life , when he knew nothing , nothing of her circumstances or her reasons . |
| 21 | If so , she had prepared for the event more thoroughly than he could ever have imagined . |
| 22 | She let Ferdinando teach her how to judge an aubergine ripe and a chicken fresh and then she copied those older women she had seen for the rest . |
| 23 | She had run for the county particularly in cross country events . |
| 24 | Come and tell me about this morning , ’ He looked round for Catherine to discover that with admirable good sense she had asked for the facilities of the house , and was being issued with soap and hand-towels by Miss Williams . |
| 25 | She had sensed that he believed she had asked for the locket , that she was guilty of abusing his father 's generosity . |
| 26 | She was shocked herself , but that shock was muted by the greater shock of realising that even now she was not certain that she would keep the appointment she had made for the morning . |
| 27 | They were bare and shabby and if it had not been for the pretty yellow cloths she had made for the tables and the yellow and orange cushions she had covered for the chairs and the blue vase full of roses she had asked Maria to place on the chest of drawers , then they would have been dismal indeed . |
| 28 | When at 7.30 am on Saturday 8 May I saw Marion Reid sitting in brilliant sunshine on the pavement , beside the doll 's house she had made for the Sale , waiting for the Church doors to be opened , I knew that all would be well . |
| 29 | She was still in the dark coat and dress she had selected for the Jockey Club hearing and Nick was in pinstripes . |
| 30 | Guilt and exhaustion is what she had felt for the next year . |