Example sentences of "had [adv] [verb] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When the first bell went and I saw the way Lennox was going after him I told the guys watching with me that Ruddock had better watch for that left of Lewis 's or he 'd be counter-punched with the right and get himself knocked out — and that 's exactly what happened . ’ |
| 2 | He decided that he was never likely to do even as well as they and that he had better look for another career , which eventually he found successfully in the world of travel . |
| 3 | ‘ I had better ring for another cover to be laid . ’ |
| 4 | She had enough work for several more days and then after that , she would need to tramp around the streets seeking new customers . |
| 5 | As the bomber hung up Eileen had already reached for another phone to warn the police . |
| 6 | The premiere had not called for any great celebration , even the soi-disant Louise Müller being in subdued spirits after her confession . |
| 7 | He let himself think , as he had not done for many years , of Célestine , of their year together in London , and as he had known it would , the memory made him deeply unhappy . |
| 8 | He put his arm around her shoulders , as he had not done for many years . |
| 9 | Naked , she walked into the bathroom and there surveyed herself in a way she had not done for some years . |
| 10 | Since Picasso and Braque had not exhibited for some time , and since they had not taken part in the manifestations at the Salon des Indépendants and the Salon d'Automne , the public were not in a position to realize that their abstention deprived the Section d'Or of much of its meaning . |
| 11 | I had not asked for that and , even if I had , my chances of obtaining them would have been zero . |
| 12 | It might have continued like that for me too , if I had not needed a chat with my local breastfeeding counsellor and realised she had not asked for any payment . |
| 13 | But in some counties the forest dwellers had not waited for these instructions . |
| 14 | However , the Colonel had not waited for this confirmation in writing and issued his certificate on 24 May , so the line opened on 26 May without ceremony , the company taking their pick of the 19 cars stored in Mitcham Road depôt . |
| 15 | Even she had not bargained for such an insult as this ! |
| 16 | Both reluctantly agreed that they had reputations for fighting , but insisted that they had not strived for such status . |
| 17 | At Warrington , a deaf man decided to pay a visit to a relative he had not seen for some time , and set off to cycle there . |
| 18 | D'Arcy recognised the faces of several ex-special forces personnel whom he had not seen for some time . |
| 19 | When the Secretary of State was enjoying himself for about 10 minutes claiming that a large number of us supported CND , he offered some rays of hope and sunshine that I had not seen for some months . |
| 20 | She had not seen beyond the violence : she had not planned for any other outcome . |
| 21 | All she knew was that she was cold and hungry and thirsty , that she had not slept for more than few minutes at a time and that all her thoughts were with Tristram . |
| 22 | As promised , his regime had delivered a degree of governmental stability that France had not enjoyed for many years . |
| 23 | It had once stood for all that was right and true in the Seven Planets . |
| 24 | In November 1989 the 300 remaining squatters in Amsterdam were evicted , amid serious disturbances , from the buildings which they had illegally occupied for many years . |
| 25 | When the Bank of Scotland had threatened to imprison his Constable partner Robert Cadell in Calton Hill Gaol , Cadell took refuge in the debtors ' sanctuary at Holyrood — where Thomas de Quincey had also stayed for some time . |
| 26 | Rhoda he had also known for some time . |
| 27 | Buthelezi for his part had frequently called for such a meeting , insisting on meeting Mandela on an equal footing . |
| 28 | That it did n't cost England more dearly was due to the fact that the Scots simply had n't planned for such a generous return and were consequently playing the wrong strategy . |
| 29 | He had n't bargained for this . |
| 30 | He had n't appeared for this scene : none of the actors had . |