Example sentences of "'ve [verb] for [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Add options and you are left with a total of £13,190 , which is the most ludicrously optimistic price I 've heard for ages .
2 ‘ I 've come for flowers for my mother . ’
3 ‘ I 've come for refreshments , Sir . ’
4 Third ( to Piers ) , I think you 're the smuggest young layabout I 've met for years and you ( me ) are these your friends ?
5 It 's been based on jobs we 've done for clients in the past , based on pla past experience .
6 If you are like me , and feel hopelessly inadequate having toiled to the top of your favourite peak in what seemed to be ‘ the worst weather I 've seen for years , ’ only to come across a party equipped with jeans , trainers , and Tescos bags , then the Mourne Mountains are for you .
7 I 've said for years that you stop teams infringing by upgrading the penalty to , say , five points , and not be upgrading the try .
8 We 've argued for years about meals on wheel service that there should be seven day a week service throughout this authority , we 've only got it in the City , we want it throughout the authority .
9 My position on the whole thing started to wobble last year when I had some reflexology ( a foot massage ) which made me more relaxed than I 've felt for years .
10 these nice simple laws we 've got for indices .
11 What 's the term what 's another property you 've got for metals there ?
12 seems far more interesting than knowing that they 've rehearsed for hours on end .
13 ‘ Yes , I 've slept for hours . ’
14 And that includes the London School of Economics , where I 've lectured for years . ’
15 ‘ First I 've had for ages .
16 And then when you 're older , scutage , tallage , and how many old goats we 've had for archbishops and popes .
17 Mm the most we 've had for months .
18 I pile the CDs on top of the tapes which balance on my redundant vinyl collection that 's heaped on top of the ancient 78s I 've had for years . ’
19 All I have to wear are the same old rags I 've had for years .
20 I I 've been coming here for forty years so far and and provocative statement I think in your programme this Autumn is the best that you 've had for years it 's a very good combination of classical and and modern plays and I really congratulate you on this programme and I would like to see that standard maintained .
21 The worst they 've had for years , apparently . ’
22 This is the worst snowfall we 've had for years .
23 But that 's , that 's something I 've had for years , but my arms and shoulders
24 Just be very brief , chair , erm could I ask that we have a report before council on this , and I know it will be an extra two hours on the poor council debate , but I think this is so important , and it does affect the planet for hundreds of years to come , and I think if we ca n't have a discussion on this in full council , well , it 's the most important thing we 've had for years probably , and I think we should have a discussion before council sit .
25 ‘ I suspect it 's probably the first decent meal you 've had for days , Melody .
26 One of the best things about doing a talk show is that you get the chance to meet people you 've admired for years .
27 I 've understood for years . ’
28 I 'm sorry but I , I want to be fair to everybody , yeah and I also want to be fair to the debate that 's still to come later this afternoon , but I 've called for questions and I 'd like everybody to start their statement with the question which they 're going to put to the convenor .
29 ‘ I 've known for ages there was something going on .
30 Some of them are sons of friends I 've known for years .
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