Example sentences of "[pron] have [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | During this ceaseless pursuit of the right métier for my particular brand of foolishness , I had already pitched up for a Telethon trailer to flamenco dance for the cause . |
| 2 | After an evening of pleasure and profit with my friends in Bank Street , I had clearly gone out for a drink or two . |
| 3 | It felt fragile at first , but it was as if I had finally come up for air after nearly drowning in a pool of lies . |
| 4 | I was unable to pay more than the $100,000 I had just forked out for his British rights , so he sold Leslie Waddington a batch too . |
| 5 | It would n't be much good telling them I had just popped out for a breath of air this street led to both the bus and railway stations and it would n't need a genius to rumble my little game . |
| 6 | But I had neither stumped up for a bale of fluffy bathroom towels , nor chipped in to the Qantas ticket . |
| 7 | Well you see and I 've also put in for a job for the the marina at Northampton which is another mental home . |
| 8 | We do within P Way Design , which is probably the best office I 've ever worked in for that . |
| 9 | I 've actually put in for twenty thousand pounds ' worth of grants at this point , however , let's see whether I 'm fortunate to achieve that . |
| 10 | I 've only popped in for a few minutes . |
| 11 | I 've only popped by for five minutes . |
| 12 | " I 've only popped down for a cup of tea . " |
| 13 | The theatre of La Scala was completed by 1778 by Giuseppe Piermarini following the decision by City Governor Ferdinand Hapsburg not to rebuild the theatre in the Palazzo Reale which had just burned down for the third time . |
| 14 | Getting this ingredient off the drawing boards and into bricks and mortar — not to mention details such as Donald Duck doorknobs — was indeed the stuff of dreams for Stern , who has always stood up for emotional content : ‘ In my view , whether you are engaged in a theme park , a hospital , or a court house , the building should elicit some excitement . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Diana is an Uptown girl who has never gone in for downtown men , ’ observes Rory Scott . |
| 16 | The Princess of Wales may not have been quick to learn at school — possibly because her lessons did not interest her much — but she has certainly made up for lost time since her marriage . |
| 17 | And as often as you tell yourself she 's not your type , that you do n't like blondes , your taste tends towards the browns , even redheads but not blondes , no ; and what 's more , her face is round , but you do n't like round faces ; and you 've always gone in for a bit of shape and she 's flat as a pancake . |
| 18 | ‘ If you were , you 've certainly made up for it since . |
| 19 | She said she could n't stay , that she had just dropped in for a minute . |
| 20 | Aware that there was no accepted path for women in deacons ' orders in the Church of England , she had nevertheless looked around for a curacy which would put her in possession of solid parish experience . |
| 21 | In one blinding flash then , she had realised how much she had actually given up for Paul in a futile attempt to avert his jealous outbursts — friends , family , social life , even smiling … |
| 22 | But it was a tersely worded compliment , and as he turned to take an olive from the tray of hors-d'oeuvres already laid out on a side-table , her stabbing disappointment told Belinda that he was the person she had really dressed up for today , though what she wanted to prove to him she did n't quite know . |
| 23 | We 've already seen how carefully planned customer flow can encourage the shopper to leave with a loaded basket when she had only popped in for a loaf of bread or a pint of milk . |
| 24 | Proud and pleased to be playing opposite Frank Donovan who had once stood in for Hayden Coffin . |
| 25 | ‘ I take it then that you have also come in for your share of press flights of fancy ? ’ |
| 26 | The muted stripes can be worked with any quantity of yarn making up the total , just add in the colours where you will , provided you have enough left over for borders . |
| 27 | Incidentally , it does n't include the disposal of Smithmark We 've also er we 've also gone in for other cost reduction exercises , for instance at er Dalton with a review of warehousing and distribution er , we should save about a million pounds in a full year and we 've been ramming home to our chief executives the need for annual payroll reviews to be geared to the profitability of the company rather than t rather than to the rate of inflation er , or even , er in , even the market place . |
| 28 | Diana seemed distressed , rushing around in a distracted way — oblivious , it seemed to me , of the work we had all put in for her brother 's wedding . |
| 29 | Recently , we had enough saved up for a nice flat after having lived in one room for a year . |
| 30 | But I think they 'd just gone back for the money creed and once you get that well erm they do n't realize that they could be falling into the trap unless we blokes stand firm now to maintain this standard of living . |