Example sentences of "have [adv] [verb] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , whilst a person may be concerned about the length of notation , this is not usually important to a computer ; moreover , a computer has little use for mnemonics ( it does not forget ! ) . |
| 2 | Weinstock has little need for lobbyists , knowing key ministers and senior civil servants in person . |
| 3 | She began weeping , a helpless , fast , hiccuping weeping , like a child who has already wept for hours . |
| 4 | Ted has always lived for others . |
| 5 | A spokesman for Oxfam , which has also lobbied for measures to prevent mothers in developing countries being encouraged to feed their babies on infant formula , said : ‘ These are good measures and will benefit mothers and their babies everywhere . ’ |
| 6 | He has also played for others , including Darlington Choral Society . |
| 7 | It is this epoch which has traditionally marked for pupils a break from learning about royalty and politicians to noting the dates of inventions such as the spinning jenny and Arkwright 's mule . |
| 8 | Marxism has recently become for anthropologists a new source of obscurity as a result of recent work which is difficult and barbarously phrased . |
| 9 | Annie has suffered the indignity of being dumped by her husband , Aaron , for her sex-therapist ; Brenda has been swindled out of her alimony by greedy , unscrupulous Morty , a discount electronics magnate ; Elise has quietly suffered for years at the hands of an adulterous ne'er-do-well and has retreated into alcoholic stupefaction . |
| 10 | there were five red and gold crackers on the starched , white cloth and all the presents were ready in the old pillowcases they 'd all used for years at Christmas . |
| 11 | The two consultancies were said to have then paid for parts of the PSOE election campaigns in 1988 and 1989 . |
| 12 | He had constantly called for reductions in the burdens of taxation on both corporations and individuals and regularly denounced the federal government for being too big , too meddlesome and too wasteful of the taxpayers ' money . |
| 13 | Sir Robert Carey , Warden of the English Middle March , had been in London visiting the queen , but had prudently arranged for relays of horses to be ready for him between the capital and Edinburgh , so that he could ingratiate himself with the King of Scots by being the first to arrive with the news that he was now King of England also . |
| 14 | But she was n't worried about the way the script finished up and had apparently asked for changes herself . |
| 15 | well that 's right , I mean if , if you , if you 've already paid for things like Reflex and erm green card and stuff like that , if you want I 'll , I 'll just put all the petrol on erm me Visa |
| 16 | As soon as he saw Pickerage he knew he had been right : here was a boy who had often gone for interviews in the headmaster 's study . |
| 17 | On June 5 the Army Council announced that the country 's armed forces would be reduced by an unspecified amount ; the army was believed to number more than 100,000 , and the World Bank and international aid donors had frequently called for reductions . |
| 18 | We 've even played for fags . |
| 19 | West Germany , whose machine tool exports to eastern Europe were estimated in 1989 to have amounted to 45 per cent of its total machine tool exports , had consistently pressed for restrictions to be lifted . |
| 20 | He had barely slept for days and his white face was dominated by his broad , dark eyebrows , which were locked together in an expression suggesting both grief and incomprehension . |
| 21 | Perhaps I would n't want to do it before an audience but then I 've never performed for others . |
| 22 | Surprising , but almost certainly true ; those few moments at the end of a chaotic evening had never called for names . |
| 23 | The hunting techniques we have just discussed for wolves and African dogs are made use of in the training of sheepdogs . |
| 24 | The party 's just begun for Democrats in New Jersey : New Jersey used to be the butt of TV comics . |
| 25 | In addition to the Pahlavi rugs , Persia produces workshop items in styles that have evolved from those made during the Qajar dynasty ( which ended in the 19th century ) , and there are also numerous village and nomadic groups who , allowing for some minor modifications to the market , still make rugs that have hardly changed for generations . |
| 26 | Certainly , the essential characteristics and overall appearance of Turkoman rugs have hardly changed for centuries . |
| 27 | Admittedly we can discern glimmerings of intelligent thought involving the location of sub-goals and the execution of sub-strategies , a grasp of ‘ causality ’ , perhaps even a grasp of the internal motivational states of others , as disclosed by their behaviour ; and some experimenters have even looked for signs of a sense of self , and even of intimation of mortality . |
| 28 | ( e ) Conflicts of interest Where firms involved in an amalgamation have previously acted for clients who have been involved in litigation against each other , the amalgamated firm must not accept instructions to act for any of those clients unless they are able to erect and maintain effective " Chinese Walls " and : ( 1 ) none of the solicitors involved are professionally embarrassed by continuing to act ; ( 2 ) all the clients have given their consent ; ( 3 ) those clients have received full and frank independent advice before giving their consent ; and ( 4 ) such continuing to act can be shown to be in the best interests of the clients . |
| 29 | I have actually phoned for takeaways for the entire group . |
| 30 | but I have actually worked for organizations where they do see it in terms of those centimetre arr erm measurements and that 's a you know I mean it 's funny when I 've been giving talks on communications erm one of the things I say to people is erm where your stuff appears is crucial do n't worry about one and page three . |