Example sentences of "they have [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Swindon Town say they 're disappointed after a Football League Tribunal valued their former player manager Glen Hoddle at only seventy five thousand pounds , when they 'd hoped for a million . |
| 2 | Things had been near perfect at that stage , and they 'd gone for a drink later , with Amanda chatting up the barman who had seemed a nice shy boy , if a bit quiet for the job . |
| 3 | There they were , they , they 'd gone for a walk round London , and er come back . |
| 4 | When that did n't work out he went to Mal at Monad where they 'd gone for the villanelle . |
| 5 | And I also said that Dr Kemp had n't turned up at the railway station when they 'd arranged for a taxi to pick him up and take him — ’ |
| 6 | They 'd gathered for the launch of the Celebrities Cookbook by Richard Wilson , who 's better known as the crusty and cantankerous Victor Meldrew . |
| 7 | And he could n't do it , because , the pair of them , I mean , that was , that business was supporting his mother as well and between them , after they 'd paid for the petrol , they were taking in less than a hundred pounds a week and that was for the two of them . |
| 8 | Then there were Heather and Katie , inseparable friends , who bolstered each other by their mutual devotion ; never had they known a Moment 's shame of friendlessness , never had they had to look for a partner in dancing or in gym , never had they walked alone from classroom to classroom , and their confidence overflowed and imposed itself upon all beholders . |
| 9 | A distinctly mature audience had come to hear a band whose fortunes they 've followed for a quarter of a century . |
| 10 | What would be the first thing , people tend to do when they 've met for the very first time ? |
| 11 | It was the , the British Corpus asked us if we would be willing to record the last council meeting , because they wanted to , erm , get dialects and accents and use of words from different parts of the country , and they were so enthralled by our display , they 've asked for a further two meetings . |
| 12 | They 've asked for a stand-ball . |
| 13 | They 've asked for a third . |
| 14 | They 've asked for a third of what |
| 15 | They 've asked for a number , have n't they , spec specifically here , which I think that 's detailed enough . |
| 16 | They 've they 've asked for a few changes to their older system , and this new one will give them all that they want , plus a load that they do n't want . |
| 17 | But on the other hand I 'm pleased the reasons they 've given for the delay are the points we 've been raising with them over the last two years . |
| 18 | It shows that they 've applied for the job . |
| 19 | so she just told me that so I 'll have all the news of Colin tomorrow they 've gone for a week |
| 20 | It 's been the best bit of talent we 've , they 've seen for a long while ! |
| 21 | As one delegate to the discussion put it ‘ The women still do n't understand what the real world is like when it comes to their commercial value but at least they 've realised for the time being that they have bitten off more than they can chew . ’ |
| 22 | They [ theoretical differences ] are not resolved really ; they continue as quite big arguments ; and there are quite big camps really of those who believe in theory and those who believe in scholarship , I suppose ; and we pretend that you can just muddle along and it does n't matter , but the crunch comes at things like marking exam papers , because if you 've got a student who 's heavily into theory , writing for a marker who 's heavily not into theory , then they tend to say things like ‘ oh , he 's just read Terry Eagleton , so blah blah blah ’ or ‘ she 's just read Cate Belsey and regurgitated that ’ so someone can get a bad mark because they 've written for the wrong person . |
| 23 | They 've called for the gradual introduction of tax increases balanced by a reduction in interest rates . |
| 24 | Mums-to-be only have the right to return to their job if they 've worked for the same company for at least two years . |
| 25 | And the amount of statutory maternity pay to which they 're entitled also depends on how long they 've worked for the same employer . |
| 26 | ‘ They 've rung for an ambulance . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ They 've come for the children 's parade , ’ he said softly , motioning her to a seat . |
| 28 | They had run for the woods in what they stood up in . |
| 29 | They had invested for the long term , if not in imperial unity ( and significantly , nothing was said at Worms about emperorship or empire ) , then in the coexistence of Lothar and Charles in the regnum francorum . |
| 30 | Three women in nylon overalls sat at a table eating the food they had prepared for the canteen lunch . |