Example sentences of "'ve [vb pp] for [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I 've come for t'lot , Mrs Stringer ! ’
2 ‘ Ah 've come for mah van , Duncan , ’ I drawled from the garage doorway .
3 They 've come for coffee . ’
4 ‘ Do n't think I 'm not grateful for what you 've done for Mum and the boys , ’ she said , aware that her gratitude sounded stiff and forced .
5 ‘ Just about everything I 've done for film and TV .
6 Whatever you 've done you 've done for science and not for me personally , whether you see it that way or not .
7 Now remember I am the leader of a party that has been in the front line against his violence for twenty years , and have been at many risks , as have been members of my party , but when I say that that dialogue is the best hope they 've seen for peace for twenty years .
8 And you 've seen for example in central , Sheila , that their , their productivity level has improved
9 But if you quite like sleeping with the offending partner for other reasons , you 'll need earplugs , a light where it disturbs nobody and a good book till the warm drink you 've made for consolation lulls you back to the Land of Nod — pending the next onslaught .
10 That 's why I 've applied for school in September .
11 But in the short-term AS-levels are the only instrument we 've got for change . ’
12 I 'm happy with the five hundred thousand pounds suggestion , but my view when you come to the papers , if we are able to hold on to the two hundred thousand contingency we 've got for community care for the elderly and , and the hundred thousand we 've got for bad debts and other figures .
13 Right , thanks the , some of the names they 've got for food .
14 Erm , we 've got for friendship , Harlow 's name is mentioned .
15 You wan na see the games they 've got for sale in London at Christmas and I have n't .
16 Is that all the jam left I 've got for tea ?
17 and er , it helps me to , it 's only a hobby , you know , but er , it 's one that I 've had for donkey years , I want to er keep going with it as long as I can
18 Yes Chairman i it relates to the the body of the policies in the structure plan and if Aida 's plan generally conforms then we must er issue a statement of general conformity er however if there is a , a problem that we 've had for example about the wording of the reference to the erm East Worthing access road , then although that it 's quite proper for this committee to be concerned about that wording and ultimately possibly even to object to the plan on the basis of the wording , it does n't affect the extent to which the plan conforms or does n't conform with the structure plan overall .
19 Customs men raided Timbmet 's yard at Bicester this afternoon … impounding twenty-four tons of Allerce … a Chilean hardwood which they 've had for sale on their books since nineteen ninty .
20 Am I allowed to set my own tests , which we 've used for donkey 's years ?
21 We have released sites er in the countryside and we expect the countryside protection policy to apply outside the urban areas and outside of the sites that we 've allocated for development .
22 Erm within Ryedale we 've got thirty odd hectares of land which we 've allocated for development in the period up to two thousand and six
23 ‘ We 've gone for promotion all along this season , ’ said Gibson .
24 I 've gone for quality service : if clients say jump , we jump .
25 ‘ We are happy to support local schemes which wo n't worsen our mainstream business , and while hitherto we 've waited for passenger executives or consortiums to come to us with a proposal , we might in the future consider taking more initiative . ’
26 Books you 've read for pleasure .
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