Example sentences of "had [vb pp] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peter Jones , 19 , was found in a tent where a group of young people had gathered for a party . |
| 2 | When the pass came and I had arranged for a fortnight 's holiday I travelled to the Pacific coast in a day coach : overnight to Calgary , and on for another 24 hours through the glorious panorama of the Rockies to Burrard Inlet , English Bay and Stanley Park , Vancouver . |
| 3 | My attention was recently caught by a note informing me that the Earl of Kimberley and the Earl of Cork and Orerry , officers of the All-Party Defence Committee , had arranged for a presentation by Contraves , the Swiss multinational company . |
| 4 | The bank had arranged for a four-wheeler to pick up the messenger , round the back of the building . |
| 5 | She had already spent an hour weeding and was determined to uproot a particularly tough dandelion ; then coffee , then the weekend shopping and then off to the sailing club where she had enrolled for a course of lessons in board-sailing . |
| 6 | However , it is important to note that over half the applicants in our survey had enrolled for a course though not the one we were tracking . |
| 7 | Almost all these carrying on in full-time education had registered for a PhD : 91 per cent . |
| 8 | We had spent an hour or two in the hraun and had stopped for a rest when a huge white-tailed eagle came flying past . |
| 9 | It was announced on June 26 that three of the four were to be charged with the murder on May 27 of two Australians from London , Nick Spanos and Stephen Melrose , who had been shot dead in Roermond in the Netherlands , where they had stopped for a meal , by two gunmen who drove off towards Belgium with a third man . |
| 10 | But to Paula 's triumphant delight the suit was snapped up the moment it went back onto its hanger — a solicitor 's wife who had stopped for a coffee had fallen in love with it , even if the skirt did have to be taken up four full inches to make it fit her less-than-willow tall frame . |
| 11 | They were local women and had joined for a job , but they were grandmotherly in a way , just the sort of people the younger girls needed . |
| 12 | She arrived with twenty minutes to spare before her train was due to leave but , after she had queued for a ticket , was only just in time to catch it . |
| 13 | Labour had pressed for a programme to boost jobs and investment . |
| 14 | The Section became engrossed in the preparations for Bretton Woods and the founding of the IMF , and the Labour politicians who had pressed for a declaration of post-war policy were getting ready to fight the next general election . |
| 15 | Until yesterday this was the nearest Mike Cratchley thought he was going to get to the chateau he had booked for a group holiday this summer . |
| 16 | Her body had stiffened for a moment but she made herself relax and huddle against him . |
| 17 | So the story , the dearly-bought exclusive , the story that had looked for a moment — just a moment — like Christine Keeler Mark 2 arrived on the desk of Sir David English , Pamella 's last editor . |
| 18 | He had looked for a loophole in their guard , he had found that crevice at the first time of asking . |
| 19 | Branson wrote to Powell , agreeing that the time had come for a separation . |
| 20 | During these years before the war , each summer , the village would be invaded by Londoners , who had come for a holiday in the country . |
| 21 | They did n't often have a chance to leave the pub together , but this afternoon she was determined to have a family outing , so as soon as the dinner-things were washed up , they had come for a walk to the Island Gardens . |
| 22 | He might as well have descended on the Palace , announcing that he had come for a stay . |
| 23 | Yorkshireman Martin Sterne , from Ripon , had come for a week 's golfing holiday with three friends , bringing their own golf professional with them from England . |
| 24 | To be fair , it really did look as though Ipswich had come for a draw , but we should have more imagination , pace or something to break down teams like that . |
| 25 | Just the day before the fatal collapse Konstantin , Dmitri 's brother , had come for a meal . |
| 26 | When we did get to play , the stage was a set that Logan had designed for a movie — the court scene in Derek Jarman 's Sebastiane . |
| 27 | The sound of the Latino 's voice , cold and quiet , brought back the fear that he had forgotten for a moment . |
| 28 | In their discussion of the photograph , Trent had forgotten for a moment that Golden Girl lay miles inland . |
| 29 | He thought , They had forgotten for a moment that I 'm a policeman . |
| 30 | The majority of West European countries , together with Canada , Australia and New Zealand , had pushed for a ban on CFCs by 1997 . |