Example sentences of "have [verb] for [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Huntingtower , a story of exotic intrigue , is Ruritanian in tone if not in geography , with the exiled princess imprisoned in an ugly pseudo-Tudor mansion at the instigation of Paul , who needs the jewels she has guarded for her fellow-exiles for his plots against the Evallonian government . |
| 2 | The first few times , the pup gets his food for free to demonstrate to him that people are nice , but after a few treats he has to sit for his stranger and for his supper . |
| 3 | The exporter who has to plan for his company 's future in a climate of uncertainty about exchange rates is like the man forced to build his house on sand . |
| 4 | A devoutly religious person , she has arranged for our interview to take place in the church where she spends much of her free time , in advance of today 's Good Friday service . |
| 5 | Although running just 77 individual horses , Nicholson has earned for his owners a total of £459,000 in prize-money . |
| 6 | One important question remains unsettled , namely , whether there can be a conviction for assault on a constable when the constable is not actually on duty in the technical sense that he has reported for his shift at the requisite time . |
| 7 | In the Arab world Syria has atoned for its support of Iran during the previous Gulf war , and forged a lucrative friendship with Saudi Arabia . |
| 8 | Of the several awards she has won for her paintings , it is probably The National Portrait Award of 1987 for which she is best recognised . |
| 9 | However , catalysts have been proved to reduce air pollution by 75 per cent at any speed , and consequently the car industry has had to back down as EEC legislation has pushed for their adoption in member states . |
| 10 | He thinks he has saved for his holiday — a fallacy that is exposed only when he tries to redeem those bits of paper against an empty spending account . |
| 11 | ‘ It falls to me , as it did first with Peter Shilton and then with Terry Butcher , to place on record on behalf of the Football Association what he has done for his country . |
| 12 | Nor does he wish to begrudge what Bread has done for his career . |
| 13 | She will have spent the last 30 years of their marriage sitting in the passenger seat of the car which she is still unable to drive , disappearing into the kitchen when his climbing friends call round for a beer , and laughing dutifully at his mountain anecdotes over a dinner she has made for his boss . |
| 14 | It has had for its end the production of a convincing explanation of the writer 's understanding of the origin of the Created God , that is , a God that man can endow with recognisable origins to be found far back in time and with qualities from which the desire to have an absolute standard of human behaviour can ultimately be evolved . |
| 15 | But police officers hope the reunion will bring a smile to the face of the toddler who has cried for her mother since she was found wandering the corridors of the hospital 's maternity unit early on Wednesday evening … |
| 16 | So what would you say to having your own thoroughbred for one hundred and ninety pounds a year … no its not one that 's fallen off the back of a horse box … but one that Cheltenham Racecourse has bought for its racegoers … |
| 17 | Of the five scorpions just one has died for his art . |
| 18 | Christ has died for our sakes . |
| 19 | The report , commissioned by the Office parlementaire d'Évaluation des choix scientifiques et technologiques , and drawn up by socialist deputy Christian Bataille , has called for its replacement by a reconstituted agency which would operate more openly . |
| 20 | He has played for his country and gives the impression , out on the field , of being a wise old campaigner . |
| 21 | And what sweat he has exchanged for his money |
| 22 | There has developed what has been described as a ‘ transition trap ’ , experienced by the generation which has cared for their elders in the traditional manner , but whose children have increasingly embraced Western lifestyles , and fail to fulfil customary expectations about caring for their parents . |
| 23 | It is difficult to avoid the conclusion that with regard to the explicit curriculum , RE has to fight for its life — constant vigilance is the necessary price it pays for retaining any foothold at all in a curriculum groaning under the weight of other priorities . |
| 24 | This is because each agency has to fight for its share of the overall intelligence budget and in the process exaggerates and distorts its reports so as to pander to the whims of those who hold the purse-strings . |
| 25 | Ollie has to fight for his pride . |
| 26 | This obviously means that the male 's workload more than doubles , as he has to hunt for his mate and the babies as well as himself . |
| 27 | Mr Clarke , for his part , has rediscovered for his party the meaning of the word community . |
| 28 | Instruments were , where possible , identical to those which Air France has standardised for their fleet , especially in the use of the Sperry Flight Director . |
| 29 | He has asked for their advice on what to do about the Africans in the townships — Dr. Abraham and his neighbours . |
| 30 | Perhaps I 'm the first woman who has asked for their vote . ’ |