Example sentences of "had [adv] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Minister of Defence between 1955 and 1957 , Zhukov had vigorously pressed for a less onerous regime of Party supervision and for greater General Staff autonomy in military — technical matters . |
| 2 | If they had all gone for a midnight swim , we would have had the worst slick since the Torrey Canyon . |
| 3 | Clevedon Veals skipper Ray Bazeley had only planned for a small squad outing after their first choice match on the Nene at Peterborough was cancelled . |
| 4 | We had only to go for a walk through the empty streets and someone would appear in a doorway to invite us for dinner . |
| 5 | He had only to go for a spin with Freddie Reynalde or spend half an hour too long in the pub for her shoulders to slump and her eyes to fill . |
| 6 | It was a word that Masklin had only known for a year . |
| 7 | If it did n't , I thought re-reading had better keep for a rainy day . |
| 8 | He felt tempted to continue through the village to visit the young Prince at Woodstock Palace but , considering what he had just learnt , thought he had better wait for a while . |
| 9 | Kerry , president of the Committee for the Search of American Servicemen Missing in Action , had long pressed for a lifting of the US trade embargoes against Vietnam and Cambodia . |
| 10 | Why would a maker fit DR-DOS , when it had already paid for a copy of a Microsoft system ? |
| 11 | Although they discovered they had hardly a single taste in common , he was nonetheless a witty and amusing host and she found herself laughing in a way she had not done for a considerable time . |
| 12 | The kind of music she had not heard for a long time . |
| 13 | It was something he had not felt for a very long time . |
| 14 | It had not rained for a week and the white dust of the road started to dull the shine of all the shoes . |
| 15 | She said she had been released half a mile away on a misty common and had not eaten for a long time . |
| 16 | She had not pressed for a statement at Westminster out of respect to his family . |
| 17 | But she had not bargained for a complete refusal to attend . |
| 18 | The father had not applied for a Medjay to guard his house , giving as his reason that he had efficient men of his own to do the job . |
| 19 | There was a flicker of response in them which Brian had not seen for a very long time . |
| 20 | His hand had not wavered for a moment . |
| 21 | One of the president 's earliest and most loyal supporters on the Hill says , privately , that those among his constituents who , until 1992 , had not voted for a Democratic presidential candidate for 16 years think they have been tricked . |
| 22 | People asked exoneration from a mistake made by a group to which they belonged-the nation-not in individual innocence but in membership of a different and more immediate community that had acted well , a state that had not voted for a dishonest president . |
| 23 | The city accountant had compared Derry 's acreage , which had not changed for a century , with other Northern Ireland towns . |
| 24 | This new town , a product of modern civilization , had grown up near the ancient Egdon Woods , where the paths over the hills had not changed for a thousand years . |
| 25 | ‘ I had not worked for a few months so I was ready to do something , ’ is how he explains his reasons for doing it . |
| 26 | He had not shaved for a day or two , and there was fair stubble on his cheeks and jaw . |
| 27 | In the immortal phrase that heralds so many climbs , we had just gone for a look . |
| 28 | GARY Huntingdon , the Lib-Dem 's man in Sedgefield , had just arrived for a spot of canvassing in Chilton when he spotted four attractive women and two young children walking down the street . |
| 29 | Besides , she had always hankered for a job in uniform . |
| 30 | I had once played for a Media XI against the local club . |