Example sentences of "have [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , Dorothea thought , I would enjoy her company , she would take me out of myself , for she has never for one moment lost her grip upon life , her grasp of a situation , her confidence . |
| 2 | A 79 year old woman was referred with left upper quadrant and epigastric pain , which she had had intermittently for 28 years . |
| 3 | I need stability which I do n't think we have had here for three seasons . |
| 4 | I mean , there 's no fun in sitting there saying ‘ we 're not going to be able to do Bloxham Primary School to replace the temporary buildings they 've had there for nineteen years ’ ; that gives nobody any joy , but in terms of priorities , it was one that was felt er did not have that prior , the same priority as some of the others . |
| 5 | After another fortnight you had enough for twelve or sixteen . |
| 6 | Table 15 indicates that 45% of authorities experienced an increase in allocated money , while 31% had the same amount and 11% had less for 1984/5 . |
| 7 | He had not for one minute , he said , imagined this could happen and they had even planned to move to Mexico where he was in the process of renovating a house for them ; the bedrooms were complete and he had made a nursery for Michelle 's daughter , China , never to be occupied . |
| 8 | If she went to the Dordogne she would be facing a life that had gone on without her , a life that had not for one minute taken her into consideration . |
| 9 | The hard core of support seemed to have risen slightly during the year , but voting Green in the Euro-elections had not for most of the voters signified a new allegiance . |
| 10 | Er , the Police Authority last year I think actually had to have an extra nine hundred thousand pounds of spending , the budget was funded by the constituent 's authorities , erm , and we 've already for next year in fact , made available effectively six hundred thousand pounds worth of extra spending by erm , various means , so I would hope that erm , the authority does use as , as much prudence and restraint in its financial affairs as possible , because of the , the effects on all , all concerned . |
| 11 | He had also for some reason tried to mask part of his window . |
| 12 | We were talking I think this is the thing about clawback , er this year our erm receipts taken into account are two point three eight million as opposed to last year er this is taken into account we drew four hundred and seventy five thousand , that 's a huge jump erm the government by in telling us we can send this er this er what I call minuscule carrot erm this year er the capital receipts from November last year until December next year erm a anyone had undoubtedly for most of that back in the in in the use er er a grant and I think it , as the government have actually kept extremely quiet on this subject , that seemed to be the scenario that seems most likely to happen . |
| 13 | Isabel Lavender had never for one moment doubted that everything would somehow , eventually , go her way , though she could accept the idea of temporary setbacks . |
| 14 | She had read of this sort of thing often enough ; she had heard of its happening to other people — even to people she knew — but she had never for one moment imagined that it could happen to her . |
| 15 | But , take my word for it , the possibility had never for one moment occurred to me . ’ |
| 16 | She had obviously been well cared for throughout her illness — but then , Shiona had never for one moment doubted that . |
| 17 | And it was such an obvious explanation that she ought to have thought of it herself , but for some reason it had never for one moment crossed her mind . |
| 18 | They 'd been friends , companions , they 'd got on well together , but , now that she knew what real love was , she knew that she had never for one moment loved him . |
| 19 | ‘ We have enough for three weeks ’ travel , ’ Bicker said . |
| 20 | Not that I am old or likely to fall , not that I have ever for one moment been unsteady on my feet . |
| 21 | I 've already told him I 'm gon na get my arse kicked cos I have n't for eight you see . |
| 22 | yesterday I have n't for four for five years . |