Example sentences of "have [verb] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I would have given for a sesame bap . |
| 2 | ‘ And they could have arranged for a taxi . ’ |
| 3 | But they may have to wait for a year , and maybe even two , before the brief , dramatic cycle can begin all over again . |
| 4 | To find its most lasting realization , Charlie 's vision would have to wait for a bank clerk who did understand metempsychosis , and who had not only a commercial education gained in an underground room at Lloyds Bank , but also a knowledge of Greek . |
| 5 | At Darlington , so that they would not have to wait for a connection , they had hired a special train to Richmond , where they were met . |
| 6 | I also think that erm it 's up to erm us — I mean if you think of us as a whole travel industry — to really take a look at what we are providing and compare it with what is provided in other countries ; the standards of service , how long do you have to wait for a meal when you 're sitting down to eat in a restaurant , what are people used to in France and Germany and the USA ? |
| 7 | On February 27 she was told only a heart transplant would save her husband 's life and they would have to wait for a donor . |
| 8 | We should not have to apologize for a vow of celibacy . |
| 9 | I might have to go for a recall . |
| 10 | As far as new managers go , I 'd have to go for a partnership between Mr. Robson & Mr. Hoddle . |
| 11 | She would have to work for a month for that . |
| 12 | ‘ The thing is we 'll have to do something or we 'll find we 'll have to work for a living and we do n't want to do that . ’ |
| 13 | They should have looked for a two-bedded , well-equipped flat in Norwich or in a convenient village close to the shops and post office , and to a church , of course . |
| 14 | It was inevitable therefore that she should have looked for a career in motor racing — at least that was what she told herself . |
| 15 | HARRISON Ford must have wished for a second take during a speech in London to promote his new film , The Fugitive , based on the hit 1960 television series starring David Janssen . |
| 16 | What other advantages may the managers have seen for a car assembly industry near Liverpool ? |
| 17 | Er they may have had some inkling , but you know they might have applied for a timings , you know it suddenly comes . |
| 18 | Before LGCM took up its office in the tower of St Botolph 's , Malcolm Johnson should have applied for a faculty . |
| 19 | Because it was the women themselves who were organizing it because they felt part of it they did n't see it as some sort of other people that were more politically motivated that than them giving them something to keep them out on strike , which by its very nature could could have been something that the people would have accepted for a while and then not accepted . |
| 20 | ‘ When I was 16 I would have died for a cream cake , but how I 've brainwashed myself not to want them . ’ |
| 21 | Investors will have to apply for a minimum of £240 worth of the shares , with an initial instalment of £100 . |
| 22 | You do n't have to play for a fortnight , do you ? |
| 23 | I think if you had asked Freud what 's the minimum number numerically for one of , for the Bond Freud Crowds , Freud would have thought for a bit and I think he would have said three . |
| 24 | It annoyed her intensely that she should have thought for a moment that the dreadful feeling she 'd experienced when he 'd told her he had an engagement was jealousy . |
| 25 | They looked after each other , that was all , as each of them might have cared for a pet and been solicitous for its well-being . |
| 26 | On top of this you 'll rarely have to queue for a route ( even on The Napes ) . |
| 27 | I 'd have banked for a draw actually |
| 28 | ‘ Three weeks ago we would have settled for a situation like this . |
| 29 | Denied ‘ I would have settled for a point , ’ said Little . |
| 30 | Robert Dunlop said : ‘ When I came today I would have settled for a lot less . |