Example sentences of "[noun sg] had [vb pp] it for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In that case the buyer of a new Nissan car had had it for less than three weeks and had made two or three short journeys in it for the purpose of trying it out , before the engine seized up because of a latent manufacturing fault . |
| 2 | My agent had borrowed it for me from a cousin who had gone to New York for six months . |
| 3 | Some man at the college had arranged it for her … she more or less admitted she 'd worked on him . ’ |
| 4 | My violin teacher had recommended it for chamber music , and when I found out that on one of the weeks the famous violinist , Ruggiero Ricci , would be there , I was certain that I would go . |
| 5 | The idea had been in the back of her mind for a few days now and this evening had decided it for sure . |
| 6 | She 'd suspected it for some time , but last week had seen it for herself . |
| 7 | And if the government had provided it for his use , why was it now prosecuting him for using it ? |
| 8 | He had been paid for by his country of origin — reared and raised as capitalist underdevelopment had willed it for the labour markets of Europe . ’ |
| 9 | They 're proud of their DIY achievements , which they often find better — and a lot more satisfying — than if a professional had done it for them . |