Example sentences of "had [vb pp] for an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bush had pressed for an unconditional renewal of MFN status , but after intensive congressional pressure Bush agreed to take " strong action " if China did not lower import tariffs , end illegal textile shipments via third countries , and strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights . |
| 2 | One contained the proofs of an article she had written for an academic journal ; she scanned the contents of the envelope briefly and pinned it to her noticeboard to be dealt with on her return from Oxford . |
| 3 | There was a fat envelope , probably the proofs of an article he had written for an anthropological journal . |
| 4 | Losses resulting from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident [ see pp. 34751-52 ; 34779-81 ; 35401-02 ; 35844 ; 36460-62 ; 36471 ; 37324 ] amounted to more than 10,000 million roubles , Ryzhkov told the politburo in November , while the Byelorussian authorities had appealed for an additional 10,000 million roubles for their clean-up and resettlement work . |
| 5 | But that Wednesday morning , the few customers who had called for an early drink were much more interested in other underwater creatures : four of them , with sleek black skins and disproportionately large webbed feet , circling up and down , and round and round , and sweeping the depths diligently below the weir , streams of bubbles intermittently rising to the surface from the cylinders strapped to their backs . |
| 6 | It was so hot outside that she had settled for an orange cheesecloth caftan , which she 'd jacked in with a belt of linked gold hippos . |
| 7 | The leader of the MPs ' delegation , Sir Rhodes Boyson , the former local government minister , said afterwards that they had asked for an extra £650m to offset the sums which some local councils will have to raise in poll tax to the pay their contribution to the nation-wide poll tax safety net . |
| 8 | He had asked for an urgent meeting with Rakovsky to discuss the report and get instructions . |
| 9 | Strett also converted the try by Morris , who capitalised on what the pack had started for an opportunist try at the posts . |
| 10 | Michelle was the only one on duty there , but she put down the latest James Herbert long enough to tell me that yes , they had sent for an Airborne messenger just after eleven , and that Anna kept asking if I 'd called . |
| 11 | In the end , the mother had sent for an old lady from the Isle of Anglesey , thought to be a witch . |