Example sentences of "had [verb] a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had filled a cup for herself , but made no attempt to drink . |
| 2 | For example , Pete Coleman had to carry a shooting-stick for Greg Norman to sit on in the 1982 Australian Open , and in Zambia a caddie I saw on my Safari Tour travels carried an extra that could have proved an even bigger life-saver than the carrots that are pulled out of the bag by Sam Torrance 's caddie Malcolm Mason ( the carrots are supposed to calm Sam down on the greens ) : the Zambian caddie was carrying President Kaunda 's bag in a pro-am , and surreptitiously tucked away was a gun , just in case somebody tried to assassinate the golfing president while he decided on a four- or a five-iron . |
| 3 | After she went out one afternoon they decided to steal the equipment and had arranged a buyer for it for £130 . |
| 4 | Gedanken had to wait a minute for her eyes to get used to the inky black darkness again . |
| 5 | ‘ I had developed a penchant for Southern Comfort over the years and when not running I soon began to surpass the 20 units of alcohol per week ‘ allowed ’ by the experts if you do n't wish to become addicted . |
| 6 | On the one hand he had developed a taste for study , which he nourished with a diet of steady and wide reading . |
| 7 | They thought that he reconciled himself too easily to his position , and that he had developed a taste for exile as an escape from business . |
| 8 | Daniel had been offering to lend her his favourite book of poetry as she had developed a liking for it . |
| 9 | And Green had developed a passion for a university law student he met at work in Salford , Greater Manchester . |
| 10 | ( Luiza had developed a passion for Chinese food and Hochhauser 's first and only Chinese restaurant had done a roaring lunchtime trade as a result . ) |
| 11 | Green had developed a passion for a university law student he had met at work in Salford , Greater Manchester . |
| 12 | I had developed a fondness for Emily and the aberrations of her strong personality ; I was almost flattered to be given the name of a past friend by an eccentric of Emily Carr 's stature . |
| 13 | First he 'd been crazy enough to subdue her with a kiss which , though it had begun in anger , had aroused a need for her so hot and instant that it had stunned him more than her slap , and now this . |
| 14 | For my additional assessment I had to plan a facility for a chosen client group . |
| 15 | His grandfather had received a baronetcy for loyalty to the Crown in the Civil War . |
| 16 | In February 1942 , Captain Oswald Benton , a welfare officer , Royal Artillery , wrote to the county treasurer on behalf of one of his soldiers whose wife had had an operation at St. Peter 's , and who had received a bill for £1.4s.0d. ( which included £1.1s.0d. for the anaesthetic fee ) : |
| 17 | He had received a bill for £10.12s.6d. which he respectfully offered to pay off at 30s. a week . |
| 18 | The Cheshire brigade previously donated a quantity of out-dated equipment to the Russian city 's fire department and had received a request for technical help . |
| 19 | Gorbachev , in his response to the results , nonetheless claimed that they had received a mandate for the ‘ renewal and strengthening of the union state ’ and promised to press ahead with the conclusion of the union treaty and a new constitution . |
| 20 | She had to wear a brace for many years before she was well enough to walk with two sticks , and I still carry in my mind the picture of her trying to walk around the room and on the landing , hobbling in her iron braces . |
| 21 | What a tragedy if that son had to wear a brace for the rest of his life . |
| 22 | One night , half-way through the run , the box-office manager excitedly rang through to us back-stage and said that the theatre director Matthew Pyke had booked a ticket for The Jungle Book . |
| 23 | Arthur had booked a room for us in a guest house at Windermere . |
| 24 | We had booked a table for dinner after the concert — you begin your festival concerts early when we can still concentrate on the music ! — and we had to cancel it , we could n't eat . |
| 25 | One of them kisses me as if I had won a prize for the most amusing and far-fetched story of the evening . |
| 26 | Say , for example , that in an over-subscribed school the admissions criteria had included a preference for sisters of girls already at the school ( sibling preference ) or for those living close to the school ( proximity preference ) . |
| 27 | It had to contain a sanctuary for the clergy , where Mass would be said , a lay part for the congregation ( the nave ) , a forecourt ( atrium ) where postulants and unbelievers could assemble and , in later instances , a martyrium to shelter the relics of graves of the martyr to whom the church was dedicated ( XVI ) . |
| 28 | EQ'ing helps , but I found that over-correction would affect the lead channel , which shares the same tone circuitry , so I had to accept a compromise for my crunch sound . |
| 29 | Anne had wondered what would happen now to Margaret and Molly and if they would be allowed to stay in the house , but Margaret confided that the death of the Misses Dolan had solved a problem for her . |
| 30 | The 355mm ( 14in ) twin plate unit that came with the gearbox could n't be fitted into the space available , so Mr Tomlinson had to write a cheque for £800 to buy a special Case IH single plate unit . |