Example sentences of "have [verb] [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once again he has to thank him for a new book , this time Nineteen Eighty-Four ( 1949 ) ; but now he sounds cool . |
| 2 | Christopher Gill ( Member for Ludlow and a Midlands businessman ) , as has been mentioned in Chapter 6 , has concerned himself for a long time with what were once seen to be obscure constitutional issues of subsidiarity . |
| 3 | TV COMIC Tony Slattery has sketched himself for a charity auction — starkers . |
| 4 | When Deckard asks his wife why she has programmed herself for a ‘ six hour self-accusatory depression ’ , she says |
| 5 | I am pleased to have the opportunity to raise this subject which has interested me for a long time . |
| 6 | If you suggest that he has done anything for a base motive such as money , he replies , ‘ That does not do justice to you , or to me . ’ |
| 7 | If she has had it for a few years , there will be another bonus in that it will mature before the end of your mortgage term , saving thousands in extra interest payments . |
| 8 | ‘ Maverick limey has negotiated the hell-fire of the Brain and the almighty trail-boss Midwinter has summoned him for a special assignment . ’ |
| 9 | The signing of Byrne is exciting … he gets goals … has scored them for a list of clubs … |
| 10 | KIND-HEARTED Jimmy Savile has fixed it for a badly-burned Romanian boy to have surgery in Britain . |
| 11 | The clever Ephron has taken him for a very long ride indeed . |
| 12 | Just turned forty , Frank is married to his job , his wife has left him for a colleague , and when he encounters the sexually predatory Helen ( Ellen Barkin ) he breaks one of the first rules in the book by falling for a suspect . |
| 13 | Your wife has left you for a continuous period of two years . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd heard him for a bit by then . |
| 15 | He 'd picked up some cream that they 'd given me for a skin rash , stuck it under my blindfold and said , in a curious high-pitched waver , ‘ Champignons ? ’ |
| 16 | He went up , and it 's first time he 'd seen her for a while and she said something about , oh he was supposed to have something but he got to hear this well it 's got nothing to do with all the others . |
| 17 | Her father 's expression was the warmest she 'd seen it for a long time . |
| 18 | Once a femur or a forearm would have played a pure note if you 'd used one for a pipe , but the pieces would whistle harsh and offkey now from the holes bored into them by the efficient mandibles of her companions in the vertical grave , the cenote where they placed her after the battle , during the truce . |
| 19 | Even though we 'd sold it for a ridiculously low . |
| 20 | The Quix supermarket had refused the box because they 'd ha although they 'd had it for a cert for quite a long time during the miner 's strike I think . |
| 21 | Instinctively , I dipped my fingers in the holy water and crossed myself , remembering the Catholic aunt in South Armagh who 'd raised me for a while as a child and had anguished over my black little Protestant soul . |
| 22 | Oh god I thought I 'd lost it for a minute |
| 23 | She would have given anything for a bath , but that was impossible . |
| 24 | Right at this moment she would have given anything for a sight of Shirley and endured her fussing with pleasure . |
| 25 | She would have given anything for a glimpse of the moon that had been shining when she was here before , but it was not there , and as the knocking gathered strength she realised she would have to go down . |
| 26 | If the European Fighter Aircraft fails to go ahead , the Government will have to brace itself for a further jobs bombshell . |
| 27 | You 'll just have to bear it for a little while longer . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You must have done it for a good reason . |
| 29 | I would have done it for a young white guy if he was from my club and I realised that he did not have enough money to play the Tour . " |
| 30 | Bonanza Boy , one of my old favourites , has been a remarkable horse over the years and I am a touch sad in having to desert him for a horse I consider to have a better chance . |