Example sentences of "have [art] [noun] for [det] thing " in BNC.

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1 When I told Constanza , she who has a memory for these things said , ‘ Good Lord , not M. J. Devaux who came over with the French team after the war ? ’
2 As Mark has a fascination for all things electrical , he decided on an electronic watch that ‘ spoke ’ the time .
3 As Mark has a fascination for all things electrical , he decided on an electronic watch that ‘ spoke ’ the time .
4 I did not really have the heart for such things , but I knew I should be interrogated on my return , and I was aware that she was merely trying hard to push me into normal post-war life .
5 ‘ We never had the money for such things , ’ Nora replied .
6 Cos we said them young kids that had the trumpets for that thing , I bet she had a go at them and all not to knacker them .
7 It was a good room , she decided , severe , yet opulent She already had an eye for such things .
8 Its pastries and ice-creams are excellent , though I have no taste for such things .
9 ‘ I have an instinct for these things , Lucien .
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