Example sentences of "had [adv] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 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 | We had only to go for a walk through the empty streets and someone would appear in a doorway to invite us for dinner . |
| 10 | He had only to go for a spin with Freddie Reynalde or spend half an hour too long in the pub for her shoulders to slump and her eyes to fill . |
| 11 | Otherwise she had only praise for the beautiful island . |
| 12 | It was a word that Masklin had only known for a year . |
| 13 | If it did n't , I thought re-reading had better keep for a rainy day . |
| 14 | He felt tempted to continue through the village to visit the young Prince at Woodstock Palace but , considering what he had just learnt , thought he had better wait for a while . |
| 15 | My predecessor Patrick Jenkin had sensibly asked for an examination of the different ways that European countries financed their health care . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Gorbachev had apparently asked for the military to support him as Commander-in-Chief . |
| 18 | Lebanon had already suffered for the Palestinians ' presence . |
| 19 | But , in accordance with inflexible routine , the great man had already retired for the night . |
| 20 | Why would a maker fit DR-DOS , when it had already paid for a copy of a Microsoft system ? |
| 21 | When Rob put his head round her office door some time later , Luke had already left for an appointment . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | In the immortal phrase that heralds so many climbs , we had just gone for a look . |
| 25 | Dr Neil , who had just called for the bill , pulled out his watch , and said cheerfully , ‘ Oh , we have already missed it , McAllister . |
| 26 | GARY Huntingdon , the Lib-Dem 's man in Sedgefield , had just arrived for a spot of canvassing in Chilton when he spotted four attractive women and two young children walking down the street . |
| 27 | Some further details of the poem were clearly borrowed directly from West Somerset : the harbour from which the mariner set sail can only be the little harbour at Watchet , the hermit 's woodland home the wood at Culbone , and the ‘ loud bassoon ’ , whose sound caused the wedding-guest to beat his breast , probably had its original in the bassoon which the vicar of Stowey had just provided for the Stowey church band . |
| 28 | He had just paid for the whisky when the door blew open , and a huge Irishman staggered into the establishment . |
| 29 | As I arrived , I met Anouska Hempel 's husband , the brilliant financier Sir Mark Weinberg , and later I had the pleasure of having their beautifully mannered nine-year-old son Jonathan , who had just returned for the summer holidays from Ludgrove , sitting next to me . |
| 30 | She turned to the door , almost shivering with nerves as she heard the rapid flow of French from the hall and knew that now she was about to meet the woman she had unconsciously hated for the whole of her life . |