Example sentences of "had [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | SAFER THAN I HAD FELT FOR A LONG , LONG TIME |
| 32 | Scientists on both sides of the Atlantic have said that the so-called ‘ Concorde ’ trial confirms what many had felt for a long time , namely that AZT taken on its own is likely to be limited in delaying the onset of AIDS . |
| 33 | During the conference Iraq , supported by Libya , had argued for a minimum reference price of $25 a barrel . |
| 34 | While many , including the majority of the Barclay Committee ( 1982 ) , had argued for a unified view of the social work enterprise , Nottinghamshire social services department had taken the unusual decision to separate out elements of the social work role for essentially practical reasons . |
| 35 | In this document , Mosley had argued for a managed currency rather than the return to the gold standard at pre-war parity as the basis of economic policy , for nationalization of the banks , the establishment of consumer credits to supplement working-class purchasing power , the development of an Economic Council to plan production , and the setting up of a mechanism to check that money supply was equated to production potential . |
| 36 | The only souls who escaped her torments were those who were pure in thought or who had died for a noble cause . |
| 37 | Balcon was the sort of producer the British film industry had needed for a long time . |
| 38 | So we decided we had to look for a new singer . |
| 39 | Eventually , Maryport Council had to apply for a special nuclear waste disposal licence from the Department of the Environment so that it could legally dump the silt back in the sea again . |
| 40 | On Jan. 4 miners ' leaders had called for a temporary halt to the march , after an offer by Prime Minister Yildirim Akbulut to hold talks , but two days later the march was resumed after union leaders had rejected a government offer of a 250 per cent pay rise . |
| 41 | The times had called for a certain mood but it was the genius of American cinema that it could harness the talents of actors and actresses whose every word and gesture rooted the films in the society for which they had been produced . |
| 42 | The SNS chairman Vitazoslav Moric , who on Oct. 25 had called for a civil disobedience campaign against the language law , was in consequence recalled from the Federal Assembly Presidium by the deputies on Nov. 26 . |
| 43 | It was revealed that Prokofiev had called for a central committee plenum to be held on Aug. 20 to remove Gorbachev as general secretary . |
| 44 | Kohl had called for a European federal police force modelled on the US Federal Bureau of Investigation but the UK favoured an inter-governmental rather than a supranational force , although Major himself called for a " strong perimeter fence " around the EC to prevent a wave of illegal immigrants . |
| 45 | By 23 May the Federation had called for a complete stoppage of all port transport workers in London and on the river Medway , including , of course , seamen . |
| 46 | On Jan. 18 the Hungarian government had called for a complete Soviet withdrawal by no later than the end of 1991 [ for Hungarian Defence Minister 's non-committal response to a suggestion to the same effect in December 1989 , see p. 37130 ] . |
| 47 | Prior to Gore 's entry into the affair , some 75 members of Congress and eight of the erstwhile hostages had called for a full inquiry . |
| 48 | The human rights organization Amnesty International had called for a full investigation of the incident , thought to have been a reprisal for recent attacks by the rebel Popular Front for the Liberation of Azawad , which marked the collapse of a peace agreement signed in January 1991 [ see p. 37947 ] . |
| 49 | Earlier reports on Sept. 7 and 10 had claimed that opposition groups had called for a popular revolt against Saddam Hussein , and had agreed on a plan for joint action , with plans for a government-in-exile composed of " various wings of the Iraqi opposition " . |
| 50 | The FSLN and FNT had called for a nationwide campaign of civil disobedience against the austerity measures , urging the population to refuse to pay increased electricity and water prices , to occupy state companies targeted for privatization , and to support a 24-hour general strike on Oct. 1 . |
| 51 | Some parties had called for a national multiparty conference to be held first . |
| 52 | In these circumstances the leadership of the All Burma Student Democratic Front , in exile in Thailand , had called for a mass boycott . |
| 53 | The demonstration 's organizers had called for a mass " anti-fascist " rally on June 22 ( the anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in the Second World War ) . |
| 54 | Garang had called for a constitutional conference , involving all political parties . |
| 55 | The 5Os was a time when the hatred , fears and austerities of wartime Europe were still in recent collective memory , as were the two ounces of mildewy cheese that had to do for a whole week 's ration in those blackout , blitz and Mother Hubbard 's cupboard days of the previous decade . |
| 56 | By 1991 over 4 million people , including a substantial number of women , had opted for a rebated APP instead of SERPS ( Committee of Public Accounts , 1991 ) . |
| 57 | Britain had played a major part in the Bretton Woods agreement which , through the establishment of the International Monetary Fund , led to a major role for sterling as a reserve currency [ Eckes , 1975 ] ; and in 1945 , after considerable debate , it had opted for a large US loan ( $3.75bn plus $650m in settlement of Lend-Lease obligations ) as against tighter domestic restrictions on consumption , to help to overcome post-war shortages of goods and materials . |
| 58 | He had driven to Roker in Sunderland and had walked for a long time on the beach , contemplating suicide , but had driven back to his son 's home . |
| 59 | All of these elements had to compete for a limited number of unfilled vacancies in Mendeleev 's Periodic Table , like contestants in a game of cosmic musical chairs . |
| 60 | She had known for a long time now . |