Example sentences of "have [vb pp] for [noun] " in BNC.
Previous page Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 31 | But because of the bad experiences , when the drug companies have said for years , trust us , we 've researched it , we 've developed it , you know it 's it passed the F D A rules , and then there 's Atavan and Valium and all the things that we had Halcyon and there 's a horror story at the end of the day . |
| 32 | Nevertheless , that I may be privileged to tread upon flagstones that worshippers have trod for centuries is a joy . |
| 33 | The two pieces I have written for WCM are adapted from A Cuckoo in the Bodyline Nest which is almost completed and which I hope will be published later this year . |
| 34 | Consider , then , what geography and generation together have done for Darwin 's understanding of the problems of organic diversity and the origin of species . |
| 35 | May I join in the admiration and respect which all concerned , including J. 's mother , have expressed for what the foster parents have done for J. |
| 36 | They congregate in favoured places such as Quendale Bay , Ronas Voe and north of Hascosay , as they have done for generations , and here they complete their moult into their smart summer dress , to replace the drab dark grey and white . |
| 37 | IN a quiet , residential street in the suburbs of Edinburgh , a family argues over the state of society today , as families have done for generations . |
| 38 | Indeed , the Conservative Party did begin to widen its potential appeal by issuing a plethora of pamphlets in the 1920s : Aims and Principles ( 1924 ) , What Unionists have done for Workers ( 1925 ) , What the Conservative Government has done for Education ( 1928 ) and What the Conservative Government has done for Health ( 1929 ) . |
| 39 | It had started as an evening of fun , said Harper 's defence team , 5 young people doing what young people have done for centuries . |
| 40 | As people have mathematicians have done for centuries . |
| 41 | ‘ I just concentrated on the job in hand and felt better than I have done for months . |
| 42 | In over ten years of supplementing fish food with earthworms , I have not been able to relate fish death to earthworm feeding as I have done for tubifex . |
| 43 | Arguably , however , many do and have done for years . |
| 44 | I always cry at the doctor 's , have done for years . |
| 45 | If I may take one more minute just to convey this when I was a child in South Africa and we demonstrated and the police would come you know , ready to fire ready to kill if necessary and you had to calculate how you can avoid that situation and then you try in your normal life after the demonstration to do something against the regime to organize people and so on , and then like a juggernaut the state comes and destroys all the work that you and others have done for years and you just see it as a child of what your parents and others had done . |
| 46 | I would still prefer to see the priority being a quick release of the ball to the backs , purely because they are looking as dangerous now as they have done for years . |
| 47 | This is the sort of thing Reader 's Digest have done for years , of course , on great enormous computers . |
| 48 | This is the first inhabited home we have seen for miles . |
| 49 | A judge 's verdict of one plot was ‘ by far the best allotment I have seen for years . ’ |
| 50 | ( n contrast the ‘ prophets ’ of L'Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales , the doctorat du troisième cycle , and research and cultural production have struggled for autonomy . |
| 51 | Separate figures must be available for information not only for those selling and serving , but also for those who have prepared for ages beforehand in greenhouse and kitchen , in Davidson Room and Undercroft cupboard , and out at Currie where philately rules for a considerable time . |
| 52 | For example , a clue may be obtained from the time that the parties have stipulated for delivery and/or payment . |
| 53 | Some policy statements , such as the 1974 " Integrated Population Policy " , have argued for women 's integration into the workforce and for increased educational opportunities , on the grounds that women 's status is positively correlated with a reduction in fertility . |
| 54 | They have argued for decades as to whether we are a result of our environment or our genetic inheritance , and there are always supporters for each extreme as well as for every position in between . |
| 55 | ‘ For some time , independents have argued for intervention on behalf of a British film industry : an initiative based around support for films with low production budgets , which neither copy American styles , nor turn into Euro-puddings . |
| 56 | Fiscal reformers — including members of the present government — have argued for years that it should be . |
| 57 | Unions have argued for staff increases , claiming new legislation requiring claimants to prove they are ‘ actively seeking ’ rather than just ‘ available for ’ work is labour-intensive . |
| 58 | As economic pressure has been tightened up against Serbia , the French and the Russians have argued for carrot as well as stick : the prospect of an easing of sanctions in return for Serbian pressure on their Bosnian brothers to make peace . |
| 59 | Five newcomers have applied for promotion to the Sealink level and the two front runners are Holyhead Town and St Asaph City , the respective Gwynedd and Clwyd League champions . |
| 60 | ’ Information on the private housing arrangements or plans of those Army personnel who have applied for redundancy is not held by the Ministry of Defence . ’ |