Example sentences of "have [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Teachers need to take children 's ideas seriously , and avoid making them feel that they have to search for the right answer , hidden somewhere in the teacher 's head . |
| 2 | ‘ But you ca n't be generous , you have to go for the best person for the job . |
| 3 | So now have to go for the contracting , the overseas jobs . |
| 4 | Mr Tebbit , the ex-party chairman and MP for Chingford , asked Mr Hurd ‘ whether the pledge that we have given for the last four general elections , that there would be no further large-scale immigration , still stands or not ? ’ |
| 5 | CHURCH collections have fallen for the first time for more than a decade , it emerged today . |
| 6 | Average property yields have fallen for the second consecutive quarter to 9.2pc , according to property agent Hillier Parker . |
| 7 | COT deaths in England and Wales have fallen for the third consecutive year , Government figures revealed yesterday . |
| 8 | Corporate profits have fallen for the past three years . |
| 9 | TWO blonde beauties in Prince Charles 's life have fallen for the same attraction . |
| 10 | Erm I do look for opportunities to talk to people about God but I , I certainly think that you have to wait for the right opportunity because , if people are ill or very down , then it often is n't the right time when they 're vulnerable erm to try and erm talk to them about something . |
| 11 | But when the money runs out and they ca n't afford to pay for any more care patients have to wait for the next financial year . |
| 12 | If , if there 's an incident happens , does n't mean you have to wait for the local police officer to tell , to come along and tell him , you 've still got police support all round you anywhere . |
| 13 | In Birmingham , the dealers have gathered for the 11th British Antiques Fair ( Thursday to the following Wednesday ) , while over the Border , there is still time to catch Pen Panting 's second one-man show , at the Glasgow Print Studio . |
| 14 | The Opposition do not understand that we have to provide for the full life of the Trident system — for 30 years . |
| 15 | Consider again the differential equation for the three-element model : where we have substituted for the various constants in terms of the relaxation times complex constants . |
| 16 | You will now appreciate the load I have carried for the greater part of my life . |
| 17 | COT deaths in England and Wales have dropped for the third year in succession . |
| 18 | Fourteen weeks ' full maternity pay for everyone and an end to the confusing restrictions on how long you have to work for the same company to qualify for your job back are just two of the expected improvements . |
| 19 | Paul and Sarah Davison retained the junior doubles title they have won for the last two years . |
| 20 | It is indeed remarkable — and perhaps a comment on the tunnel vision of many in academic life — that no previous scholars have looked for the Belgian detective 's literary antecedents in the most obvious of sources , the Medieval Mystery Play . |
| 21 | Dozens of children who survived a rare blood disorder have met for the first time at a special party . |
| 22 | Nothing guarantees that the Americans and Russians will go on supplying it as they have done for the past couple of years . |
| 23 | But concentrating all attention on the pus cells , as researchers have done for the past 20 years , is perhaps to miss the most important elements of process . |
| 24 | People in late twentieth-century Britain do not necessarily do less for their relatives than they have done for the past two centuries , nor do they necessarily have a weaker sense of obligation , but they do have to work out the nature of their relationships and the patterns of support associated with them , in circumstances which are very different from the past . |
| 25 | They tend , as they have done for the past fifty years , to respond to the events of the day without projecting forward the effects of their policies for the necessary 18–24 months . |
| 26 | I am afraid that while this ban is in force my wife and I will not be trading in Darlington as we have done for the last 20 years . |
| 27 | Above all , they have emphasised the need for higher expectations from society as a whole about what disabled people can achieve , and have argued for the necessary resources to be devoted to helping them achieve them . |
| 28 | South Africa have named for the same job , not a professional journalist , but Dr. Nick Labuschagne , a man who has just been ousted as President of the Natal Rugby Union . |
| 29 | Such a myth is integral to the salient cultural paradigm of our times and which we have possessed for the last three centuries . |
| 30 | ‘ But there comes a time when I have to reach for the sleeping tablets . |