Example sentences of "i have [vb pp] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd hoped for a little money , at the very most , a thousand . |
| 2 | I 'd gone for a walk . |
| 3 | I 'd flown for the first time , out to Malta in an old , rattling York aircraft , and then on to the Canal one . |
| 4 | ‘ Until the blunders it was one of the best games I 'd seen for a while . ’ |
| 5 | The last time I 'd made for the bog he 'd broken my back when he caught me straight between the shoulder blades with a loaf of bread . |
| 6 | I liked Terry more than anyone I 'd met for a long time , and we talked every day . |
| 7 | A wife I 'd met for the first time filled up |
| 8 | We all sat fairly comfortably and ate the things I 'd bought for the occasion . |
| 9 | ‘ He made the ears out of an old pair of mouse ears I 'd used for a previous party , ’ she says . |
| 10 | He asked me low long I 'd worked for the firm and what my duties were and what Doreen did . |
| 11 | Money was a problem because I 'd spent all the dosh I 'd got for the car , and I needed my grant to pay off the overdraft I 'd built up . |
| 12 | He would then enquire how much I 'd paid for the latest irreparable objects , and if it had been 20p or less he 'd say , with satisfaction , ‘ Well , at least it had a decent plug ’ , and the decent plug would go into the decent plug box . |
| 13 | Of all the opportunities I 'd had for a good chat-up line , simply croaking ‘ Hospital ’ was n't one of my best . |
| 14 | I lost a sodden pair of boots and socks , and William 's day bag , which I 'd borrowed for a rucksack . |
| 15 | The owner was a small exter named Fif , a ball of orange fur with tentacles , whom I 'd known for a long time in various planets . |
| 16 | I had trained for the first time only four days before ! |
| 17 | Fingering the lump , I began to scrape the theoretical barrel-bottom ; I had prayed for the whiff of putrefaction had n't I ? |
| 18 | I cried to come down more insistently than I had pleaded for a ride . |
| 19 | An enormous boxer hurled himself on me in delight , clawing at my chest with the biggest , horniest feet I had seen for a long time . |
| 20 | The fields and clouds were the same as those I had seen for the last half hour . |
| 21 | I had fallen for the oldest James Brown/James Brown joke in the book . |
| 22 | When the pass came and I had arranged for a fortnight 's holiday I travelled to the Pacific coast in a day coach : overnight to Calgary , and on for another 24 hours through the glorious panorama of the Rockies to Burrard Inlet , English Bay and Stanley Park , Vancouver . |
| 23 | And I realised , well I had realised for a long time that dieting was n't the answer for me . |
| 24 | ‘ Dr Armitage , I confess I had hoped for a little more from someone who knew Dr Wetherby so well and was resident at the same convention . |
| 25 | I had hoped for a conference with the Turkish and Greek Governments and representatives of the two communities . |
| 26 | ‘ He 'd schooled very well and although I had hoped for a lead for a bit longer , we had to go on where we did . |
| 27 | When I was two my mother had bought me a number of premium bonds and ever since I had hoped for a little win . |
| 28 | So I had stood for a little while on the bridge and saluted as the ship went down after all . |
| 29 | Unkindly , I laughed and told him that that sounded just about the worst idea I had heard for a very long time . |
| 30 | SAFER THAN I HAD FELT FOR A LONG , LONG TIME |