Example sentences of "had [to-vb] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had to perform for them with the spotlight on her and she knew that no trick would be good enough . |
| 2 | She wanted desperately to reach out to him , but she knew that she had to wait for him to make the first move . |
| 3 | I was a bit annoyed actually cos I even had to wait for him |
| 4 | had to wait for her to get her claim . |
| 5 | Anyway I had to push this thing and had to wait for it . |
| 6 | Whatever she [ mother ] needs , it 's there regardless … if her money did n't amount to whatever she needed , she would get it , even if I had to borrow for it , she would get it from somewhere . |
| 7 | I was no expert , but I would know enough to make a preliminary diagnosis and summon an ambulance if I had to arrange for her to be taken into hospital . |
| 8 | You had to go for it . |
| 9 | The County Council er w would train you but you 'd do your erm year 's training and then you had to work for them for a year , I think it was a year or eighteen months . |
| 10 | ‘ And Connie , ’ pursued Camille , ‘ lives in a house the same as this and she never had to work for it . ’ |
| 11 | In his first term he had to write for him an essay on the art of poetry . |
| 12 | ‘ I had to jump for it . |
| 13 | But in the end she had to choose for him . |
| 14 | It must have been very galling for Major , when he established membership of the A-Team to write the election manifesto , that he had to choose for it those very men who are most likely to profit from his failure . |
| 15 | We felt that if smokers were going to use smoking rooms phones would n't be covered and it would cause resentment amongst non-smokers who had to cover for them . |
| 16 | Blacksmiths were the thing on the side of the road , did n't he do all the wheeling , mend your wheels , and all horse , all iron wheels , and things like that , wo n't years ago , and you had to send for him to come and do 'em , w well , he had men that he 'd , that he 'd taught like boys , apprentices . |
| 17 | She had to send for him New Year 's Day for Vince ! |
| 18 | Charles knew he had to fight for them . |
| 19 | De Niro had to fight for him to co-star in GoodFellas , but that was the picture which changed it all . |
| 20 | ( Indicating costumes ) We had to run for it just as we were . |
| 21 | No sooner was I off the train than the guard blew the whistle and the train started and I had to run for it . |
| 22 | He had to run for it . |
| 23 | She slipped hurriedly out of the saddle , and then had to grab for it when her legs threatened to buckle . |
| 24 | Once upon a time , of course , when you craved new clothes , you had to save for them — a quaint custom almost as outdated as horsedrawn carriages and farthingales . |
| 25 | she knew she would save Billy , even if she had to die for it . |
| 26 | Peasants were to be given their household plots , but had to pay for them . |
| 27 | Speaking at a National Society for Clean Air seminar , Barton , head of a Department of Trade and Industry research establishment , warned that high recovery recycling initiatives were unlikely to be implemented if local authorities had to pay for them . |
| 28 | You had to pay them five shillings a visit to the doctor , and then your spectacles or any dental treatment you got , you had to pay for them . |
| 29 | When told he had to pay for it , he said he was ‘ just warming it up ’ . |
| 30 | The means-tested payment for home helps meant that some clients who needed such help were refusing it because they had to pay for it . |