Example sentences of "i have [vb pp] [adv] for " in BNC.

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1 I 'd suffered enough for my mistake .
2 And then how would I have felt , she asked herself as she hurled the jeep down the motorway , finding that I 'd fallen again for a man as cold and hard as that — finding out when it was too late what he was really like ?
3 I 'd tried hard for many years to get him to stop , in the face of informed professional opinion , but he had always shrugged it off .
4 ‘ I took a plumbers apprenticeship when I left school , ’ he said , ‘ But after I 'd worked here for a while , I decided to stay on full time . ’
5 The extreme poverty of the whole concern is pathetic , and I wished I 'd paid more for the things I bought so as to make life easier for these tanners who look just about ready to give up .
6 He was a good journalist and one I 'd known professionally for many years .
7 As far as I was concerned , when I had been at Bourn a month I felt I had lived there for years .
8 I had wanted to return to Scapa for some time , to refresh my memories of that extraordinary and beautiful place and of the strange life I had lived there for nearly three years .
9 Me , I had reached the bottom of the bottle and figured I had lost enough for one weekend .
10 If I had gone away for a couple of days , I returned expecting almost to have to push the door open but to my amazement , the place was immaculate .
11 I remember my excitement when I had arrived there for the first time from St Aubyn 's .
12 I 've searched everywhere for her .
13 I 've sent away for it .
14 I 've lived here for years , and I 've never heard of a Mrs Rochester ! ’
15 ‘ I already feel as if I 've lived here for months .
16 A tol tolerably well behaved one would say peasant association , I 've lived here for decades tilling my land , I 've never heard of such a thing before and I have managed to live alright , I advise you to give it up .
17 Hurry up now , there 's a small pie here I 've made specially for you .
18 I think it 's the first birdie I 've made there for about nine years , ’ he said .
19 Anyway , I 've finished here for the present . ’
20 I 've worked only for the common good , humbly trying to advance knowledge … ’
21 I 've had first hand er experience of the States because I 've worked there for a couple of years .
22 I 've worked hard for this house over the past three years .
23 In actual fact Rosemary had given her the idea about deglamorising herself , but it was with truth , when , feeling forced to reply , Leith answered , ‘ I 've worked hard for my qualifications .
24 I 've worked hard for my money all my life and I do n't see why anyone should be able to break their way into someone 's home and just take what they want
25 The bloke who was responsible for signing us I 've known now for about nine years , so there was no question about what sort of music we 'd be doing . ’
26 Do n't you know what I 've come here for ?
27 He said , ‘ Bathsheba , I 've come here for you ! ’
28 ‘ I 'll take a bus , ’ I thought fondly , ‘ one of those new little fat C2 buses I 've sat behind for so many hours , wishing them in hell .
29 I 've looked everywhere for a weapon , but there 's nothing of any use , even if I had the strength and skill .
30 I 've settled now for a sort of uniform during the day of a skirt , silk shirt and a jacket , with a three-quarter length cashmere coat over it in winter .
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