Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] have [adv] for " in BNC.

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1 There were , of course , the inevitable forms to fill in and letters of condolence to answer , but I realized that I had not for a moment , since before the previous Christmas , given a thought to the prospect of life for one .
2 Not that I am old or likely to fall , not that I have ever for one moment been unsteady on my feet .
3 They 'd been friends , companions , they 'd got on well together , but , now that she knew what real love was , she knew that she had never for one moment loved him .
4 Burma is fortunate in that she has enough for her own needs , though she was only just able to ensure this during the last harvest .
5 Not that he 'd ever for a moment think of … taking advantage , so to speak , of a young woman of loose morals like Mrs Heatherington-Scott . ’
6 Though before she could get in with a quick plea for an interview , Vendelin Gajdusek revealed that he had not for a moment forgotten the way in which the Dobermann had attached himself to her ankle , by decreeing , ‘ You 'd better come into the house and have some antiseptic put on that wound . ’
7 When Zen judged that he had enough for his purposes he pointed to the Fiats .
8 I do n't trust them and I have n't for the seven and a half years I 've been inside jail .
9 I 've already told him I 'm gon na get my arse kicked cos I have n't for eight you see .
10 Well that 's the only thing , I have to go with my mum cos I have n't for ages !
11 Ignoring the suddenly bright gleam in his eyes , she bent and grabbed the hem of her shift , tearing the flimsy material easily until she had enough for a bandage .
12 Er , the Police Authority last year I think actually had to have an extra nine hundred thousand pounds of spending , the budget was funded by the constituent 's authorities , erm , and we 've already for next year in fact , made available effectively six hundred thousand pounds worth of extra spending by erm , various means , so I would hope that erm , the authority does use as , as much prudence and restraint in its financial affairs as possible , because of the , the effects on all , all concerned .
13 Members held raffles and donated cash until they had enough for the Olympic bar .
14 But the preponderance of evidence about the computer business shows that the IBM name no longer has its old magic … and it has n't for the past few years .
15 She had read of this sort of thing often enough ; she had heard of its happening to other people — even to people she knew — but she had never for one moment imagined that it could happen to her .
16 I know that my father did use it for a while , lighting the stove with it , but he has n't for a while .
17 Yes , Dorothea thought , I would enjoy her company , she would take me out of myself , for she has never for one moment lost her grip upon life , her grasp of a situation , her confidence .
18 I was going to Grant Development have come here er because they are interested in our views , er I think as far as the access goes I take your point that visibility is required , but I would imagine that that the highways department will have stipulated what is required , as they have indeed for the development next door , er where the hedge , the present hedge is going to be er set back , erm I I ca n't tell you whether , what stipulation has been made , perhaps these two gentlemen
19 This would not have had the same meaning as it has today for the term park originally meant land enclosed to keep beasts for hunting or ornamental purposes .
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