Example sentences of "that we had [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Sir Henry joined us , Holmes told him that we had to leave for London immediately after breakfast . |
| 2 | He said that was fine and that he knew that the sails would be as good as the last suit that we had made for him . |
| 3 | As the crest broke over my head I just wished that we had gone for plan B which was to have used a tandem bicycle for this trip . |
| 4 | For this to work though , it was absolutely essential to get them to their spot a minute or two ahead of her , and to achieve that we had arranged for Mrs Thatcher to pause for a cup of coffee with the VIPs in a small room just outside the terminal door . |
| 5 | WE got so much that we had asked for from Norman Lamont yesterday that it might seem churlish not to give his Autumn Statement an unqualified welcome . |
| 6 | Klaasen 's contention that ‘ the only integration that has gone on so far has been among the top officials ’ seemed to be borne out by the fact that we had to wait for the penultimate game of the tours to seen the first nonwhite player take the field . |
| 7 | Sometimes I wish that we had to work for our reception . ’ |