Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [pron] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slater glanced at Graham , " Sara and I were next-door neighbours for a while , I do believe our parents may even have intended us for each other at one time , without actually saying anything about it , of course . " |
| 2 | they 'd have saved it for some empty classroom |
| 3 | You know they could have shot me for that . |
| 4 | The wasp will remember exactly what to do at each burrow , according to its stage in the cycle , and the number of caterpillars it already contains , even though she may not have visited it for several days . |
| 5 | ‘ She could not say nay ; and she must needs do his bidding ; and yet she would not have done it for all this world . |
| 6 | He would n't have done it for most people . |
| 7 | I would n't have seen you for another hour . |
| 8 | Nothing in our four days on the felucca with this sullen boy had prepared us for this , as nothing could have prepared him for that afternoon in Asyut . |
| 9 | You could have prepared me for this — ’ |
| 10 | Training at commercial art school will have prepared you for much of the work you will be doing in advertising . |
| 11 | We were all keen walkers , and enjoyed the challenge of remote places , but nothing in Britain could have prepared us for this close encounter of the furry kind . |
| 12 | She would have admired him for that , once . |
| 13 | He could never entirely regret it , because it reminded him of working with Willie , and the passing resolves he made as a grown-up to lose some of it always contained a tang of unease about betraying his professional qualifications in the eyes of a man who would have belted him for such a thing . |
| 14 | He might have had it for some long time , I do n't know , but I came across it in a drawer in the small bedroom when I was putting his clean linen away . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd never have figured you for such a lady 's man , Stevens , ’ he went on . |
| 16 | ‘ No , I was looking for you and I would n't have figured you for this particular humming and vibrant example of the capital 's nightscene . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I should have asked you for more , ’ said Nubenehem . |
| 18 | I knew I should n't have taken you for that coffee . ’ |
| 19 | As she flew up to her room , she thought her father might have killed her for that speech . |
| 20 | She could easily have slapped her for that remark , which was silly really , but nonetheless that was how she felt . |