Example sentences of "had [adv] [vb pp] for [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 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 , as everyone now insists , Noah had made up his mind not to continue as Davis Cup captain well before the match against Switzerland , then the decision can not have had anything to do with his obvious annoyance that , in his eyes , neither Henri Leconte or Guy Forget had properly prepared for the tie . |
| 3 | This had some claim to be the hotbed of British fascism in the 1920s owing to the fact that Leese and a colleague had successfully stood for the local council on a British fascist policy in 1924 . |
| 4 | Henry of Lancaster , Earl Thomas 's brother and heir who had successfully petitioned for the restoration of the earldom of Leicester in 1324 , now sought a reversal of the sentence on his brother and the restoration of his other lands and honours . |
| 5 | From under her huge hat and the light grey veil she had thoughtfully donned for the occasion Jane Postlethwaite regarded them steadily . |
| 6 | If they had all gone for a midnight swim , we would have had the worst slick since the Torrey Canyon . |
| 7 | When we had all assembled for the first plenary session to approve the agenda , I was all ready with my dissenting speech when it was announced by the Secretary General that the additional items would be included in the agenda if the other matters already there were completed in time to consider additional ones . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It was a word that Masklin had only known for a year . |
| 10 | My predecessor Patrick Jenkin had sensibly asked for an examination of the different ways that European countries financed their health care . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Gorbachev had apparently asked for the military to support him as Commander-in-Chief . |
| 13 | Lebanon had already suffered for the Palestinians ' presence . |
| 14 | But , in accordance with inflexible routine , the great man had already retired for the night . |
| 15 | Why would a maker fit DR-DOS , when it had already paid for a copy of a Microsoft system ? |
| 16 | When Rob put his head round her office door some time later , Luke had already left for an appointment . |
| 17 | Yevgeny Primakov , Mr Gorbachev 's envoy in Gulf matters , had already appealed for the full ground war to be delayed until the Iraqis cough up their answer . |
| 18 | The PDS had meanwhile argued for the importance of blocking the Mafia 's international business dealings and networks for the recycling of profits from commerce in drugs . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The students ' performance on the problem based and lecture courses were not found to correlate with their preference for type of course , and those who had not volunteered for the new pathway did as well as those who had , even on the problem based sections of the new curriculum . |
| 21 | The kind of music she had not heard for a long time . |
| 22 | It was something he had not felt for a very long time . |
| 23 | It had not rained for a week and the white dust of the road started to dull the shine of all the shoes . |
| 24 | She said she had been released half a mile away on a misty common and had not eaten for a long time . |
| 25 | He was proud that he , and others like him , had not fallen for the con-trick . |
| 26 | She had not pressed for a statement at Westminster out of respect to his family . |
| 27 | A BBC spokesman insisted the pair had not asked for the changes and promised : ‘ They 'll be available for anyone needing them . ’ |
| 28 | The home owner had not waited for the bureaucratic processes to be completed ; she had acted out of the goodness of her heart . |
| 29 | De Gaulle had not waited for the end of the war to formulate his proposal for the new German settlement . |
| 30 | But she had not bargained for a complete refusal to attend . |