Example sentences of "had [noun sg] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They always had bidding for the funeral and sometimes the family would write out the the bids . |
| 2 | In his court appearance by a television hookup from a podium in the jail chapel , Wiggins bowed his head and mumbled : ‘ I do n't know , ’ when asked if he had a lawyer , and ‘ No ’ when asked if he had money for a lawyer . |
| 3 | Despite Bush 's support for Puerto Rican statehood ( declared in 1989 ) , the referendum plan was killed on Feb. 27 , 1991 , when the US Senate energy and natural resources committee ( which had responsibility for the legislation ) failed to secure a majority to bring the bill authorizing the referendum before the Senate . |
| 4 | During his two years as Second Secretary , Administration , in Kingston , Jamaica , when he had responsibility for the accounts , he withdrew $150,000 from the Commission 's US dollar account and paid it into a personal account in America . |
| 5 | ( In 1984 , Bolivia was the only country in Latin America with Communists in the government : one of its two Communist ministers had responsibility for the mining industry . ) |
| 6 | Technically speaking , of course , she was off duty now and one of the night sisters had responsibility for the unit , but there was no way she was handing over until the camera crew went home . |
| 7 | He had responsibility for the arrangement of the society 's large mineral collection ( 30,000 specimens , including the famed Leskean cabinet ) in the newly-acquired premises at Leinster House . |
| 8 | It is merely that they wish to question me , for I had responsibility for the food last night . |
| 9 | And we go way back — way , way back , back to the time when you could still buy mono records , when kiwi fruit were yet to be devised , when the khaki-clad representative of the Automobile Association would salute the passing motorist , when a packet of Gold Flake cost a groat and a half and you still had change for a flagon of mead . |
| 10 | In the end it seemed to be more or less common ground that the judge did not formally state his reasons when he made his order , although in the course of argument he had indicated that he had sympathy for the debtor 's argument based on section 69 of the Solicitors Act 1974 . |
| 11 | The Bible , then , must be true or false like a newspaper report ; few people had room for the truths of poetry or of fiction in their religion . |
| 12 | And too , I had Father for a pattern : he adores Mama , and she him . |
| 13 | We even had space for a refreshment area behind the muffle boards at the back of the hall . |
| 14 | Sara knew at once that this must be Matthew Preston , and was glad that at least Lizzie had company for the night . |
| 15 | We had time for a couple of runs through and set up the tape recorders ( I took two in case of trouble ! ) and by 10 a.m. we were all standing in our place s — white skirts dazzling and hearts beating fast — waiting for the signal to start . |
| 16 | Jay always had time for a drink . |
| 17 | With that , I galloped off for the train , and even had time for a drink before it left . |
| 18 | Jennifer had finished her shopping and , pausing to look at her watch , realised that she had time for a coffee before her train left . |
| 19 | Although as she changed from bus to bus she was free at last of the accusing voices , she had time for a number of second thoughts , wishing in particular that she had put on other clothes , and had had her hair cut . |
| 20 | Arriving there at ll.3Oam we had time for a browse around before our Ploughman 's lunch , after which we watched a delightful display of flying owls . |
| 21 | ‘ My money problems are only temporary , I 'd learn to drive if I only had time for the lessons , and you 'd be surprised at how many gadgets I 've learned to use and even repair during the past four years . |
| 22 | And in the years after the end of the 1939–45 war there was such a spate of generals ' diaries that it at times seemed difficult to understand how these men had time for the job in hand , so busy were they with their diaries . |