Example sentences of "have [verb] [pron] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One that has plagued me for some while . |
| 2 | Even so , striking on or soon after January 15th would help Mr Bush underline , for the benefit of critics at home and abroad , the clear legal authority the UN has given him for military action . |
| 3 | A GRATEFUL reader who would like to thank her daughter for the surprise of a lifetime has nominated her for this week 's bouquet . |
| 4 | But while the British media 's account of World Cup preparations in Italy has been dominated by the prospect of violence , British domestic youth culture has primed itself for other possibilities by looking to the Latin-influenced culture of spectatorship and style . |
| 5 | But he will have to wait to get into the action — an ankle injury has sidelined him for two weeks . |
| 6 | I have to say that nothing in my career so far has prepared me for this kind of work . |
| 7 | The heroic all-rounder visited a specialist in London yesterday about a shoulder injury that has dogged him for some weeks . |
| 8 | And it was then she finally asked me a question that has bothered her for twenty years . |
| 9 | HELENA Bonham-Carter , the actress , was yesterday granted a High Court injunction in London against a fan who has pestered her for several years . |
| 10 | Miss Bonham-Carter , whose great-grandfather was the Liberal premier , Lord Asquith , has claimed that Mr Farquharson , 27 , has pestered her for several years . |
| 11 | Much heralded , the comics renaissance of the last five years has worn its For Mature Readers Only label like a badge of honour and serious intent . |
| 12 | His friend Razumikhin , a truthful witness , has known him for eighteen months . |
| 13 | The £6 million Juventus player has finally been forced to accept that the cartilage damage which has troubled him for several weeks requires surgery . |
| 14 | I have set down the following experience as one that has haunted me for many years . |
| 15 | ‘ He has coached me for many years and will certainly do so again , ’ admitted Gooch . |
| 16 | She 'd suspected it for some time , but last week had seen it for herself . |
| 17 | I 'd done it for four years on the trot . |
| 18 | She 'd had it for seven years , and it had been a few years old when she and Tony had bought it . |
| 19 | I think it was a car that she 'd had for was well looked after her dad used to see to it for her but it was she 'd had it for some years and she was always poodling about in you see . |
| 20 | Hagans said he 'd known her for two years and they 'd met by appointment . |
| 21 | She and Sheila had had disagreements before — not really surprising when you 'd known someone for twelve years , since the first day they had peered at the college noticeboard together . |
| 22 | Lucy knew she had to tell him something , so she said , ‘ She got mad with me when I admitted you 'd taken me for two bush walks . |
| 23 | The race was the brainchild of Chay Blythe , he 'd planned it for 4 years and raised the money for 10 million pound yachts . |
| 24 | She 'd chosen it for that reason — and because it was the colour of wine . |
| 25 | Ludlum 's so wealthy he has n't had to write anything for three years ! ’ |
| 26 | And why not have placed them for safe keeping in a pocket , satchel or valise ? |
| 27 | Slater glanced at Graham , " Sara and I were next-door neighbours for a while , I do believe our parents may even have intended us for each other at one time , without actually saying anything about it , of course . " |
| 28 | The wasp will remember exactly what to do at each burrow , according to its stage in the cycle , and the number of caterpillars it already contains , even though she may not have visited it for several days . |
| 29 | But I 'll have done something for four years . |
| 30 | He would n't have done it for most people . |