Example sentences of "[adj] for have " in BNC.
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| 1 | O my God , I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee . |
| 2 | Three of the eggs were broken , but the rest of the damage was only minor , and Granny was very grateful for having the provisions brought to her . |
| 3 | ‘ Given a pitch more worn than an umpire 's eardrum , ’ he wrote ( if that is the word ) , ‘ 99 was not a straightforward target , and when the temperature was threatening to melt the mercury in the thermometer , Graham Gooch could scarcely have been more grateful for having buried the hatchet with Hampshire 's intrepid aviator . ’ |
| 4 | How many smokers who were hooked when 12 , 13 , or 14 , in their formative years , are grateful for having been subjected to the wiles of the tobacco and advertising industries ? |
| 5 | Ring Cathy and mentioned it , but she was grateful for having interest . |
| 6 | With a central , unified system of negotiations there would be greater opportunity to reduce the wage ‘ spread ’ between industries , not least because then no bargaining group would be relatively disadvantaged for having settled in advance of the others . |
| 7 | He shrugged again , a little embarrassed for having said that . |
| 8 | The modern town is scarcely worth a detour but the church is distinguished for having a very fine and elaborate Romanesque portal ; it has been heavily restored but it remains worth seeing . |
| 9 | It is better that you should go to the doctor and feel foolish for having imagined it than ignore it and face dire consequences , because it is real . |
| 10 | I felt foolish for having mentioned the exhibition and caused the display of ill-temper . |
| 11 | They are the more detestable for having temporarily lost their reason for existence : that is to say , shops full of a disastrous religious trinketry no longer have any customers to sell it to , and whole street-fuls of hotels and pensions are all of them closed until the following spring , making parts of the town seem gloomily abandoned . |
| 12 | I culled the German newspapers for new words and idioms and felt a little smug for having done ‘ something useful ’ . |
| 13 | He seizes him and disposes of him in the river like the previous three bodies , and finally gets his pay , the wife being all the more glad for having got rid of her repugnant husband . |
| 14 | He had one and he just let it run across his hand , a big hairy one , just let it run across his hand , all up his arm , playing with it and people think I 'm sick for having pet rats ! |
| 15 | For instance , in November 1990 two brothers in Abbotabad were each sentenced to six years ' imprisonment and given a heavy fine for having preached about their faith . |
| 16 | The parliamentary leadership was usually assailed by the left for having failed to carry out socialist policies and having compromised with capitalism when in government . |
| 17 | Nearby is Villa Taranto , famous for having over 20,000 plants and trees on display , many of them on the endangered list . |
| 18 | His view became almost a national orthodoxy and Ludwig August Rochau , who is famous for having invented the word ‘ Realpolitik ’ , once declared that German unity was purely a matter of commerce ( ‘ eine reine Geschaftssache ’ ) . |
| 19 | Bluetits may be famous for having figured out how to remove the silver foil caps from our early morning milk bottles , to find a creamy delight beneath , but I remember watching with amusement as one of our local bluetits swooped down upon a friend 's Mercedes sports car parked in our driveway and perseveringly attempted to remove the central silver disc from the Mercedes logo on the front bonnet . |
| 20 | Camacha is also famous for having one of the oldest and best folk-dancing groups on the island , which has performed in many different countries . |
| 21 | It is true that Spinoza is famous for having denied the existence of final causes in nature in the sense in which Aristotle believed in them , that is purposes for which each thing existed . |
| 22 | The two candidates on this occasion were Achille Bonito Oliva , famous for having defined and supported the Transavanguardia movement , and Germano Celant , currently curator of Contemporary Art at the Guggenheim in New York , who was the chief proponent of Arte Povera in the 1960s . |
| 23 | The Great St George team of the 1950s and 1960s , the team that produced Gasnier and the great lock Johnny Raper ( famous for having once walked through the streets of Ilkley wearing nothing but a bowler hat and a tie ) , was the team that introduced scientific cover defence . |
| 24 | Further north is Le Mans , famous for having the finest chevet in France ( 429 ) . |
| 25 | And it makes you realise that , though he may be famous for having an eye for the ladies , he also has an ear for a good song . |
| 26 | ‘ She must feel terrible for having told us that , ’ said Betty . |
| 27 | The chief inspector disliked his arrogant manner , his jocularity at her expense , particularly when the only weapon she had was bluff and she was vulnerable for having pressed on with the case against Spittals ' opposition . |
| 28 | Wall Street is notorious for having scant regard for the future and even less for the past . |
| 29 | She was notorious for having lots of love affairs which she told us all about . |
| 30 | The social exclusivity of private education enables a distinct ‘ superior ’ culture to remain intact , and ensures that this world-view is displayed with the self-assurance and ‘ soundness ’ that is valued by those recruiting entrants to elite occupations ( the elite-educated spies Burgess and Maclean are notorious for having exploited this trust ) . |