Example sentences of "i have [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd hoped for personal service , ’ said Giles . |
| 2 | She looked me up and down and adjusted my tie an inch or so ( I 'd gone for green silk and I now had two ties ) , then said : |
| 3 | Adopted just five weeks ago ‘ I 'd tried for other seats but had n't got anywhere ’ he has been staying in Northallerton with Jim Stafford , the cheery and down to earth constituency agent . |
| 4 | I wear them most of the time , otherwise I 'd arrested for indecent exposure |
| 5 | I had hoped for weeping willows , cedars of Lebanon , Lombardy poplars , seaweeds , perhaps deer antlers . |
| 6 | I had never lived there , although in my early childhood I had stayed for short periods ( but then my mind was occupied in forming pictures ; the time had not yet come for looking at those pictures , for interpreting them ) . |
| 7 | ‘ I told him how I had to go for special lessons and how other kids would sometimes laugh or pick on me . |
| 8 | My breath smoked and I began to feel the wind-chill even through my sailing jersey and the special anorak I had bought for southern latitudes . |
| 9 | I almost wish now that I had settled for chronic asthma with which to punish Miller , dispensing with the limp and the sausage fingers altogether . |
| 10 | To the west , I 've gone for hot reds , yellows and oranges , planting a red-stemmed Cornus alba ‘ Westonbirt ’ to make a fiery contrast with the golden conifer . |
| 11 | The work I 've done for other people , getting things together , making things happen , sheltering the homeless , getting them fed — and as often as not , paying for it . |
| 12 | I 've worked for German Intelligence twice in this war . |
| 13 | During the twelve years that I 've been head teacher at this school I have waited for promised improvements at the crossroads , and in particular the Lane junction . |
| 14 | Yes , I have changed insurance companies and , yes , I have asked for written confirmation of cover . |
| 15 | And I have g I have paid for English lights just for the sake of a week |
| 16 | I have worked for Christian Aid , the ecumenical aid and development agency of the Protestant churches in the UK and Ireland , for seven years as Co-ordinator in the North West of England . |