Example sentences of "'ve [vb pp] [adv prt] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Creamy crab cocktail was fine , but the smoked fish pie it 's only meat pies we 've given up for Lent was n't so much smoked as immolated . |
| 2 | I said brazenly , ‘ I 've come back for tea , after all . ’ |
| 3 | No I 've come in for physio actually . |
| 4 | Everything you 've found out for acceleration applies to gravity as well . ’ |
| 5 | One evening , as they worked happily together , feeding and attending to the livestock , George said , ‘ I 'll just take a walk along the beck before we settle down , and check those sheep I 've brought down for lambing . ’ |
| 6 | Do n't tell me you 've gone in for politics . |
| 7 | I felt like saying , I 've got a bloody big pile of rubbish here that I have to go over so I 've put in for overtime . |