Example sentences of "have [verb] [pers pn] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even so , striking on or soon after January 15th would help Mr Bush underline , for the benefit of critics at home and abroad , the clear legal authority the UN has given him for military action . |
| 2 | Most of the federally owned land in the area is run by BLM , which has apportioned it for extensive commercial mining and ranching as well as for recreational use . |
| 3 | And why not have placed them for safe keeping in a pocket , satchel or valise ? |
| 4 | Each one of the TV companies would have done it for free and pooled the material . |
| 5 | Mandy had warned her that storms came up fast on the lake , but nothing could have prepared her for blue skies being annihilated by black storm-clouds in just a matter of minutes . |
| 6 | In 1914 he became a master at Eton College , where he remained during World War I , a heart murmur having disqualified him for military service . |
| 7 | Fry felt that he might have left it for good after his latest week of unemployment . |
| 8 | Or we could have left you for dead . |
| 9 | He 'd galloped all the way to Leafield and we would have lost him for good if someone there had n't recognised him . ’ |
| 10 | Anyway , I 'd been very busy the day before and Doreen had irritated me for other reasons . |
| 11 | He fixed his mind on a rule his father had given him for public speaking : Get a vague plan and then say anything that comes into your head . |
| 12 | Whatever mysterious spirit had unlocked the verse , it had freed him for other human satisfactions , for love ; or was it the other way around ? |
| 13 | Of course it was not certain either that Zoser had done it or that , if he had done it , he had done it for sectarian reasons . |
| 14 | The idea had been in the back of her mind for a few days now and this evening had decided it for sure . |
| 15 | The paper owner , the local council , had bought it for eventual use as a road , but had no immediate use for it . |
| 16 | Well and we 've used it for Well answer is yes but I 'm you know , it 's making sure you get the business . |
| 17 | Just over half of the teachers claiming to have seen the booklet said they had used it for in-service training in their school . |
| 18 | We 've kept her for bloody eighteen years ! |
| 19 | But she knew in her heart that , if she had ever had Jonathon , she had lost him for good . |
| 20 | ‘ What have I done ? ’ she said , her voice trembling , ‘ my baby , I 've lost him for good and it 's all your fault , Craig . ’ |
| 21 | Worldwide governments had blown it for different reasons . |
| 22 | Given the hypothetical choice — none had faced it for real — three dog owners at City Road said it was easy . |
| 23 | I can not believe so many people have attacked her for petty reasons , like here lack of smiling . |
| 24 | The Brazilians are producing lapachol for oral administration as part of a drug therapy for cancer , and the authorities have approved it for clinical trials in humans . |
| 25 | Some people I know have used them for departmental budgets , but quite how they do that I do n't know . |
| 26 | But you have to leave it for like months . |