Example sentences of "have [verb] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could not he have arranged for that report to be leaked to the hon. Member for Livingston ( Mr. Cook ) , because that might have prevented the hon. Gentleman from making the foolish pledge that Labour will abolish the excellent reforms ? |
| 2 | However , that discussion will have to wait for another day . |
| 3 | A new motor car was for many a luxury that would have to wait for another day . |
| 4 | But I am afraid this will have to wait for another occasion . ’ |
| 5 | All is well , however , except that the 140 people on the island will have to wait for another occasion to exercise their democratic rights . |
| 6 | Managers who never leave do not have to wait for another manager to retire or die so that they can fill their shoes . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm sorry to disappoint you , but Hadrian and his wall will have to wait for another time . ’ |
| 8 | He wondered why Pinkie mentioned Laura , then realised with sinking heart that she was no longer keeping her discontent to herself and the echo of it must have travelled for some distance . |
| 9 | ‘ We do not have to search for critical mass , ’ Sir Denys points out . |
| 10 | Tomkins ' shares have come down , falling from 260p to 220p on the extra shares it will have to issue for this bid . |
| 11 | We will have to arrange for advance publicity , set up an office and make arrangements to show prospective buyers around . |
| 12 | He was not the friend Preston might have picked for that distinction had there been any rivals in the field . |
| 13 | I doubt that these young men , had they been allowed to form their own world view and their own understanding of national history , would have voted for this bloodshed . |
| 14 | We could n't have wished for better weather — perfect sunshine , just the right start for a wedding day and honeymoon/the most beautiful , romantic white Christmas . |
| 15 | It was as clear an indication as he could ever have wished for that Hope was not primarily interested in the immense dowry . |
| 16 | The range of political institutions and objectives is well discussed , although one could have wished for more emphasis to be placed on European Community matters and where they may lead us . |
| 17 | One would have wished for some recognition of the fact that a view of Co-operation which limits it almost wholly to the Consumers ' Movement and is satisfied with that limitation , is at least to be regretted . |
| 18 | You must get out of this place and do the one good thinking you 'll ever have done for any woman . |
| 19 | ‘ And presumably , ’ said Julia , who had been reading the backlog of newspapers that had accumulated during her illness , ‘ the appalling winter will have done for this year 's as well . ’ |
| 20 | Mary 's authoritarian treatment of customs duties might have compensated for that decline , had not Elizabeth and Burghley allowed inflation to erode their true value . |
| 21 | Even if someone wanted to have their dog put down they could have applied for financial help . ’ |
| 22 | The best of the autograph collectors would not have accepted for one minute that their pursuit was the poor relation of manuscript collecting proper . |
| 23 | Our quarry secured a table in the far corner and , as soon as I glimpsed him , I could have laughed for sheer joy . |
| 24 | Because you can remain in service until the age of sixty five , if you so choose erm and draw your pension , you do actually have to apply for normal age retirement . |
| 25 | Does that mean I do n't have to apply for another licence ? |
| 26 | Do that mean I do n't have to apply for another licence ? |
| 27 | I would have sighed for human nature , had it not been for the excellence of my trout and the wine which accompanied it . |
| 28 | Therefore the majority of our current staff will have to look for other employment . |
| 29 | ‘ We sha n't have to look for another home for you , my friend . |
| 30 | And if Guido was trying to get her back up by suggesting that Arnie might be enjoying some romantic peccadillo , he would have to look for another way to upset her . |