Example sentences of "[noun prp] had [verb] for [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In its evidence to the Ashby Committee , the WEA had asked for more grant-aid to finance ‘ a considerable increase ’ in the number of full-time staff . |
| 2 | One of the men Stephen had taken for another policeman in plain clothes came closer , looked at the girl 's open blue eyes . |
| 3 | Elisha was the man that God had equipped for that time in history , in that land , and for the specific needs of individual people around him . |
| 4 | Fedorov had suspected for some time , and now he knew . |
| 5 | Kate had asked for another day of leave to try and get her family affairs sorted out . |
| 6 | Plans for the extension of the war in Vietnam had existed for some time in the Pentagon . |