Example sentences of "had [art] [noun] for [det] " in BNC.

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1 She was keen to learn , and his trust in her had grown to the point where they alternated the night watches so both had the opportunity for more rest .
2 Respondents were asked the further question , ‘ What did you do when you had the problem for some time ? ’
3 ‘ We never had the money for such things , ’ Nora replied .
4 And er he called me in , I had the cane for that and I had to tell the mess boy .
5 Fonda suddenly had the idea for another film .
6 I had the idea for this design one day when I was working on some embroidery .
7 I very much doubt if Cleveland Bridge had the facilities for such a project in the 1920s .
8 Only the state could afford and had the need for such high-technology commodities .
9 Cos we said them young kids that had the trumpets for that thing , I bet she had a go at them and all not to knacker them .
10 A chap called Herbert Brough of Macclesfield had the fishing for these fish taped and made some outstanding catches there .
11 The judges clearly had a predilection for this style , the Second Empire mode as Hitchcock calls it , as out of the total of fourteen prizes for the offices , seven were awarded to designs in this style , including the first and second in each class .
12 I knew sexual love and had a love for those very close to me — perhaps half a dozen people in all — but for the rest of the world , well , they really were just the Mafia .
13 And also it 's true today , you go where your family wants to go and that was , this was er they had a yearning for that and they were not settling down so
14 We had a name for that cove and we used to shout it outside his house until he came out and chased us away . ’
15 The old people had a name for that as well .
16 I stroked the long handle of the trowel , wondering if my father had a name for that stick of his .
17 The geese nomes had a knack for that .
18 I had a cheque for some thirteen hundred pounds raised by the local branch of National body , a body like Round Table , although it was n't Round Table , it was another body like that , and that will buy thirteen houses in Everland in Southern India .
19 To demonstrate the size of such numbers , one is driven to make strange comparisons ; for instance , if we had a cube for each of the 4.325 X 10 19 patterns , they would form a stack about 260 light years long ; and a volume consisting of one cube for each of the 8.858 X 10 22 patterns with marked centres would be about three-quarters the volume of the Moon .
20 Well direct sales you you know I always tried to sort of stay away from companies that you know had a reputation for that .
21 The only section of the court that had a reputation for some seriousness and probity was that around the Queen .
22 We had a date for this afternoon but when I heard about Francis it seemed the decent thing to postpone the arrangement .
23 My boss was telling me about some old boy right he had a beard for all his life yeah ?
24 A Sunderland woman in her twenties who had a lover for several years who spent some but not all of his time in her home , said , " We decided to start claiming together because there were a lot of snoopers around , and people I knew had got done .
25 And er they used to come to me and ask things about what they should do and did I think they had a claim for this and that you know , and I used to tell them you see .
26 But it was er we all sort of had a respect for each other and each other 's jobs , but there was none of this erm upstairs downstairs and running frightened for people or anything like that .
27 I had a teacher for all of three months tried to make me write with my right hand .
28 ‘ I presume you had a reason for that very colourful outburst ? ’ she said lightly , far too busy to look up .
29 Then we were shown the locker room , which had a section for each class .
30 . My daughters , as well as many of my friends , wished me to visit them , but I had no heart for any society …
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