Example sentences of "i have [vb pp] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Machinery unfit to do I 've stopped it for that . |
| 2 | I 've lots of ideas for these , but as they are all quick to make I 've left them for next month when you have finished your special presents and they are neatly folded and packed away in all their glory of tissue paper and gold and silver ribbons . |
| 3 | I 'd loved him for as long as I could remember . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd heard him for a bit by then . |
| 5 | He was buoyant today , but also edgy and more authoritative than I 'd seen him for ages , when mostly he 'd been gloomy and sulky . |
| 6 | I 'd have ended up a patient if I 'd done it for much longer . |
| 7 | I 'd done it for four years on the trot . |
| 8 | If I 'd asked you for it you 'd probably have punched me in the eye . ’ |
| 9 | I 'd rigged it for her a while back in part payment for temporary accommodation after the house I 'd lived in in Southwark had accidentally been sort of totally damaged . |
| 10 | Oh god I thought I 'd lost it for a minute |
| 11 | To the same guy that I 'd bought it for twe er for twenty off . |
| 12 | Yvonne Paul whose The Glamour Game ( W H Allen , £2.95 ) tells all about the Glamour Biz sent me in the blouse off her back , drenched in exotic perfume , as a ‘ thank-you ’ after I 'd interviewed her for the Daily Mail and mentioned how much I liked her get-up . |
| 13 | As for his own comeback to the official international cricket scene , Gatting admitted : ‘ I 'd taken nothing for granted . |
| 14 | I had no idea why I had brought the knife and what I 'd used it for . |
| 15 | Perhaps if I 'd entered him for the Champion Hurdle , he might have sold . |
| 16 | I knew I 'd got something for your Dad . ’ |
| 17 | I 'd told myself for weeks that our wedding night would be such a moving experience for both of us that you 'd suddenly realise you were in love with me , and tell me , and everything would end happily ever after . ’ |
| 18 | Just thought I 'd told you for cos from the erm , title i , you would n't think it was about the navy . |
| 19 | When I calmed down I realized I was defending an organization I refused to be in , though I had nothing good to say for the one I 'd left it for . |
| 20 | The first time I wore this , I 'd had it for about two months and I was talking to Princess Margaret , but as we spoke , I could see she was following my hand with her eyes . |
| 21 | I said course you can I said I 'd had it for years like that . |
| 22 | cheaper than what I 'd had it for but I mean they always do something like that |
| 23 | I picked the song because I had written it for a special person and it was not a Dr Hook song . |
| 24 | ‘ Nicola was happier than I had seen her for months , ’ he said . |
| 25 | He looked happier than I had seen him for weeks and there was colour in his cheeks . |
| 26 | Now as I looked at the tree I saw that the great things had been there all the time but I had mistaken them for the background . |
| 27 | I had felt it for my mother before my father left when she would intercept his post , putting certain violet-scented envelopes into the pocket of her dress and steaming them open in the kitchen after he had left for work . |
| 28 | I had invited him for a meal , and he left around midnight . ’ |
| 29 | What was this very special place that only a few hours ago I had cursed myself for entering ? |
| 30 | And he looks a lot better for the change , although I have to tell you that by the time I had grilled him for an hour and tested him out on the snooker table I did notice that he reached for a cigarette . |