Example sentences of "[pers pn] had for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | those there , cos those are the ones I had for the European elections |
| 2 | Professor Pearn and I had for the last ten years been interchangeably secretary and editor of the Burma Research Society , and when we discovered that the Society 's bank had been able to get our balance safely into India before the break-up , we conceived the plan of a series of Burma Pamphlets , describing various aspects of the national life . |
| 3 | ( d ) She had for the previous 24 hours been receiving narcotic drugs and antibiotics and was in a state in which it was necessary to give her oxygen . |
| 4 | She was known to all in the French Quarter for her good looks , her own hard-luck story ( two marriages , two troubled kids , a problem with drink ) and the soft spot she had for the hard-luck stories of others , poets in particular . |
| 5 | She was living with her boyfriend as she had for the last eight years and the hospital team were quite happy to talk to him about the proposed care plan for her . |
| 6 | One was quite hot and spicy but I 'd forgotten what we had for the first two the two that they brought out . |
| 7 | In its annual report published on Oct. 2 the Fund confirmed that in the 12 months ended April 30 , 1991 , it had for the first time since 1984-85 made more disbursements ( 6,823 million special drawing rights : SDR1=US$1.365 as at Oct. 2 ) than it had received through repurchases or repayments ( SDR5,608 million ) . |
| 8 | She watched him walk away along the corridor heading back towards the club , her heart feeling lighter than it had for the past week . |
| 9 | The Gould machine was set like clockwork to continue ticking as methodically for the next two years as it had for the last eight . |
| 10 | For some reason , no one knew why , he had for the last four months taken to sleeping in the south porch . |
| 11 | He 'd have quite liked to have spent the night on the couch in Polly 's living room , as he had for the last few months of their marriage , but it had not been offered as an option and he supposed it was just as well . |