Example sentences of "had [verb] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But B of course if you did badly in those elections in May the government might have done badly in May , then morale would have been rock bottom of having to go into an election , he would have had to go for an election six weeks later or they 'd run out of time , yeah .
2 Or whether you 've had to wait for an hour in the rain for the bus to come along , whether you 're in a good mood or a bad mood .
3 They would have been less well advised to move from temporary obligation to redemption if they had had to wait for the money which the peasants owed them , but the government realized that peasants were in no position to redeem their obligations overnight and advanced most of the money to which nobles were entitled in the form of interest-bearing bonds .
4 It is ironical that the Court composers should have had to wait for the establishment of the Commonwealth before their songs were published .
5 How long would America have had to wait for the Community to pull all its members behind a common policy ?
6 Her solicitor , Warren Reed , from Ratcliffe and Co , said yesterday : ‘ Helena Bonham Carter and her parents very much regret that they have had to arrange for the issue of a writ against Andrew James Farquharson .
7 ( It is presumed that either Galt or Gilkison named the River Irvine ) William had a mill and a general store built , sold off plots of land to settlers , and established a community which he named Elora after a sailing ship which his youngest brother , Captain John Gilkison of Irvine , had just had built for the trade with India .
8 ‘ There is a possibility that this chap will move to another university next year , but for the time being I 've had to look for a way to take the heat off .
9 Then there were Heather and Katie , inseparable friends , who bolstered each other by their mutual devotion ; never had they known a Moment 's shame of friendlessness , never had they had to look for a partner in dancing or in gym , never had they walked alone from classroom to classroom , and their confidence overflowed and imposed itself upon all beholders .
10 X.desktop had the edge over VUE because of its availability under VMS , aside from any uncomfortable feelings DEC might have had opting for a product from one of its biggest competitors .
11 In fact , this was the only spectacle which Mrs Goreng had not had to contrive for the benefit of her guests .
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