Example sentences of "'ve [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's six foot two , blue eyes and curly hair , and all the girls are mad jealous because we 've fallen for each other . |
| 2 | " I 've come for one of your children . |
| 3 | I 've come for that , Timothy . " |
| 4 | That 's what you 've come for most of you you see . |
| 5 | I 've looked for that |
| 6 | I 'll tell him who you are , and what you 've done for Russian art , etc . |
| 7 | What you 've done for six long years , and more especially what you 've been doing to me ever since we met again ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm not leaving here until we 've done for that bastard . |
| 9 | When I think what I 've done for that boy . |
| 10 | After all you 've done for that family . |
| 11 | The work I 've done for other people , getting things together , making things happen , sheltering the homeless , getting them fed — and as often as not , paying for it . |
| 12 | What I 've done for this ----ing . |
| 13 | I said no , she said you wo n't leave the union will you , I said no , she said alright we 'll buy one at Haydock , still in the Lancashire region and the reason why the union is my second love , obviously my first love is me family , is what it 's done for me , but I also think what I 've done for those people who represent me and yourselves in Parliament . |
| 14 | Now you are actually going to be guinea pig for me because I 've been doing these for about ten years and I 've decided for ten years is getting perhaps a little stale . |
| 15 | This is the first proper daylight I 've seen for two months . |
| 16 | I 've struggled for most of my career , and would n't have survived without self-belief . |
| 17 | Oh they they 've applied for that at the bottom of Road is n't it ? |
| 18 | So you go into the guy you sell it to him and then you 've lost you 've got for two years you can do nothing with that person . |
| 19 | because if one division , we know how many , each d i if we 've got for each division the number of agreements , the number of sessions , the number of staff we 've got three common factors , different numbers obviously |
| 20 | I 've got I 'll tell you what I 've got , I 've got for nineteen ninety two confere Register of Conference Accommodation , from national office whe where they tell you to book ! |
| 21 | I 'm happy with the five hundred thousand pounds suggestion , but my view when you come to the papers , if we are able to hold on to the two hundred thousand contingency we 've got for community care for the elderly and , and the hundred thousand we 've got for bad debts and other figures . |
| 22 | I get very alarmed when people plan to shed all they 've got for this fleeting , ephemeral happiness . |
| 23 | With my father agreeing to give me £2,000 , and adding , ‘ This is the third plane ticket I 've bought for that man ’ , I flew back to England and finished painting the house white , thanking God that I liked the art nouveau and Edwardian furniture David had been buying , because otherwise it could have been tricky , having received the letter and realising that it might actually be love , it might actually be something serious going on . |
| 24 | I 've got a pewter-coloured Strat Plus which I 've had for two years now . |
| 25 | May I thank you both for the most delightful afternoon I 've had for many years ? ’ |
| 26 | " We think Silverweed is one of the best poets we 've had for many months , " said Cowslip . |
| 27 | All the replies got eleven or so replies that I 've had for that questionnaire . |
| 28 | And the pain I 've had for three years was far worse . |
| 29 | In fact , the light weight , the attractive looks , the easy-feeling neck and the light , low action make it one of the most pick-up-able guitars we 've had for some time . |
| 30 | Once you 've injected for any length of time , there 's no point in snorting or chasing . |