Example sentences of "have [verb] [to-vb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE heavily-polluted Czech town of Chomutov has threatened to call for a general strike unless the government cleans up the air , a town official said yesterday . |
| 2 | It may interest them that within the last few months the European parliament has agreed to press for a bill of rights for the citizens of Europe and for a written constitution for Europe . |
| 3 | Elitism has to mean more than this — even in its modern , broader sense — for it to be of analytical use , so modern elite theory has tended to argue for a plurality of elites which may interact or compete in a variety of ways . |
| 4 | Darlington 's MP , Conservative Michael Fallon , has pledged to fight for a fairer payment system . |
| 5 | Casa Alianza has continued to press for a retrial . |
| 6 | The Committee has continued to press for a sensible Charter for the Courts as an adjunct to the Citizen 's Charter and meetings have been held with officials in the Home Office and the Lord Chancellor 's Department . |
| 7 | For example , if a business has been making integrated circuits by a special process for several years but has failed to apply for a patent , another business , wishing to do the same type of work , will be refused a patent on the grounds that the invention is not new . |
| 8 | She was much happier person because this this she 'd threatened to do for a long time . |
| 9 | And went on , ‘ When my mother died , ten years ago , my father did what he 'd wanted to do for a long time and moved into here , leaving me the palazzo . ’ |
| 10 | Adam would have preferred to phone for a hire car but Lewis would n't hear of it . |
| 11 | The advantage to the bank is that it has the use of a deposit for a fixed period , but , because of the flexibility given to the lender , at a slightly lower price than it would have had to pay for a normal time deposit . |
| 12 | Riverside conditions such as that , must have continued to exist for a very long time , for when the Romans arrived and established — about A.D.47 — a settlement astride the River Fleet where it ran into the north bank of the River Thames , the River Fleet was about two hundred yards wide at that junction . |
| 13 | She would have liked to go for a long walk past the charming wedding-cake buildings that lined the promenade , but although it was only teatime , it was already too dark to see anything . |
| 14 | Maggie could tell that he would have liked to stop for a chat , that he felt sorry for her left on her own , but she lacked either her grandmother 's grace or her mother 's energy , so she did not offer him tea . |
| 15 | She had intended to stay for a weekend . |
| 16 | There was indeed a steady brain drain ; and some , like Lieberich , had intended to come for a visit rather than to stay permanently . |
| 17 | We had resolved to press for a route which would take the march into the walled centre of the city and expected opposition from the moderate members of the CRA . |
| 18 | And now that Lucy had resolved to stay for a few days , she decided to tell her aunt to expect her when she saw her . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've decided to opt for a quiet role , ’ she had said . |
| 20 | I had decided to enter for a competition for British crime writers , run a good many years ago by Ellery Queen 's Mystery Magazine . |
| 21 | Drew had never been extravagant , but he could n't see the point of parsimony for parsimony 's sake , so he had decided to look for a patron , some ignoramus who would pay him a long salary to coach him and look after his ponies . |
| 22 | Christine and Tony had decided to look for a girl of about 2 , since they felt a baby would be too much to cope with and a 2- year-old could accompany Christine to nursery school . |
| 23 | They had decided to make for a small river valley in which there was an isolated church reached by a footpath across fields . |
| 24 | William Rathbone [ q.v. ] had offered to pay for a matron and trained nurses for three years , as an experiment , to be supplied by the Nightingale Fund , and Florence Nightingale had nominated Agnes Jones . |
| 25 | Tanay was a leader of the Khalq faction , which had strong support within the armed forces and had tended to press for a military solution to the Afghan civil war . |
| 26 | You 've got to go for a ball that 's on the table . |
| 27 | I 've got to pay for a turn |
| 28 | You know , he can move back home with his mum , she said , I suppose I can go back home to me mum , well then I 've got to look for a job , you know . |
| 29 | You 've got to look for a home for her now , cos we 're er , moving home . |
| 30 | Right , you 've got to look for a car , or a bear . |