Example sentences of "have [vb pp] for a " in BNC.
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| 31 | Robert Dunlop said : ‘ When I came today I would have settled for a lot less . |
| 32 | ‘ Three weeks ago we would have settled for a situation like this . |
| 33 | But I 'm sure anyone of the United players and the fans that have made the trip up from Oxford this afternoon , would have settled for a one point at half time . |
| 34 | The Abidjan protocol would have provided for a greatly expanded UN mandate . |
| 35 | The profession can not be certain how much this will save , as it depends on the amount provided for when the supply estimates were settled ; but we estimate a saving of £15 million on the assumption that the Government would have provided for a 1.5% increase . |
| 36 | However , working women generally were by no means in favour of the double burden of work at home and in the factory and Mary MacArthur may well have spoken for a majority when she said : ‘ We are all familiar with the old ideal that women 's place is in the home , and I am sufficiently old fashioned to agree that there is something to be said for it ’ . |
| 37 | Why did Osiris have Set for a brother ? |
| 38 | He could not have asked for a clearer-case of his anti-Christian enemy ‘ trampling on the moral law ’ than in Hungary . |
| 39 | Wright could n't have asked for a better way to celebrate his 29th birthday today . |
| 40 | I could not have asked for a better introduction to the summer Alps ’ . |
| 41 | I could n't have asked for a better family ! |
| 42 | ‘ I 'd have asked for a final orgy myself , but each to his own . |
| 43 | If I could have asked for a gift , I suppose it would have been the ability to make a living as a musician . |
| 44 | If the cast had needed a demonstration of Michael Banks 's genuine warmth , they could not have asked for a better one than the way he dealt with Alex Household . |
| 45 | In other words ‘ if he thought he was nt part of the future plans Id have told him so and he would have asked for a transfer … has he ? ? |
| 46 | What Harry Lime missed out on , though , was the fact that if he 'd gone Club 18–30 instead of Austrian Airlines , and taken a couple of friends in tow who were paying the full price , he could have copped for a massive sixty sovs off his bill , got a suntan into the bargain , and avoided coming to a very nasty end in the sewers . |
| 47 | The Prince could not have hoped for a better platform . |
| 48 | After a lousy annual meeting and a lousy result against Crystal Palace , Alex Ferguson might reasonably have hoped for a change of fortune . |
| 49 | She could not have guessed how much she would enjoy herself with a stranger , how completely this woman was in sympathy with her , could not have hoped for a new friend to come out , at this stage in her life , and give her so much pleasure . |
| 50 | Carl Llewellyn , 26 , was having his third ride in the Grand National and could never have hoped for a better experience around the huge Aintree fences . |
| 51 | Beauty is only skin deep , as they say , but I would have hoped for a lot more from a C64 . |
| 52 | For a teaching museum we could n't have hoped for a better gift . |
| 53 | ‘ We could n't have hoped for a better first few weeks of the tour . |
| 54 | Seven or eight had died in hospital , yes , and some of those would have lingered for a day or two ; fair enough or even blond genug , as the Army usually put it . |
| 55 | I would have thought you would have gone for a commission . |
| 56 | ‘ If they thought the children were in danger they should have gone for a care order in the first place , ’ Levy said . |
| 57 | Overturning this residence order the Appeal Court was clear Nottinghamshire SSD should have used the Act 's public law provisions from the outset — it should have gone for a care order or a supervision order , enabling social workers to oversee the children 's welfare . |
| 58 | If she 'd been at home and beset by devils like this , she would most likely have gone for a walk . |
| 59 | They could have gone for a potential Test candidate — like Essex left-arm paceman Mark Ilott . |
| 60 | He should have gone for a walk on the Downs or gone shopping in the town for antiques , or spent the morning browsing in bookshops . |