Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the right conditions they come into existence at a great rate , but no one of them has existed for long , and all will be destroyed within a few months . |
| 2 | It is that someone among them has taken for himself some of the treasures of the city which were destined for God 's own sanctuary . |
| 3 | In fact , I gave her more thinking time than I 'd bargained for as the crush at the bar was worse than when we 'd arrived . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd hoped for personal service , ’ said Giles . |
| 5 | It might not hold all I 'd hoped for , but … ’ |
| 6 | I 'd hoped for a little money , at the very most , a thousand . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd hoped for so much from that class since I was taking it at an American university , but — ’ |
| 8 | I 'm delighted with the job , it 's the one I 'd hoped for . |
| 9 | I 'd gone for a walk . |
| 10 | She looked me up and down and adjusted my tie an inch or so ( I 'd gone for green silk and I now had two ties ) , then said : |
| 11 | The only time I 've ever frozen in an exam was when I 'd gone for three exams solid without kip , one after the other , and I just brain and the other ones were a real struggle and I had to graft my marks out of solid granite y'know I was chiselling away . |
| 12 | I 'd applied for Mastermind in three previous years but was unsuccessful and even had an audition in 1989 . ’ |
| 13 | I 'd flown for the first time , out to Malta in an old , rattling York aircraft , and then on to the Canal one . |
| 14 | It was the first airedale I 'd seen for years , maybe the first since the two that shadowed my childhood . |
| 15 | ‘ Until the blunders it was one of the best games I 'd seen for a while . ’ |
| 16 | I was standing in the back of a small boat , drifting down some English river I 've never seen — the kind with dappled , overhang-ing leaves reflected in the water — grasping a punt-pole in my hands and propelling the flat boat like it was something I 'd done for years . |
| 17 | I 'd a lump on my head the size of a goose egg ; I 'd been through some kind of hell in the spaces ; I 'd prayed for … it was not what I 'd prayed for at all . |
| 18 | I 'd a lump on my head the size of a goose egg ; I 'd been through some kind of hell in the spaces ; I 'd prayed for … it was not what I 'd prayed for at all . |
| 19 | She came back with what I 'd asked for . |
| 20 | ‘ I was so angry I started to cry , but the stylist insisted it was what I 'd asked for . |
| 21 | ‘ When I was ten , my Dad bought me a guitar for Christmas , which I 'd asked for , but at the same time he enrolled me at the local golf club ! |
| 22 | But erm after I 'd choked for half an hour she went to sleep I eventually went back to sleep again and |
| 23 | The last time I 'd made for the bog he 'd broken my back when he caught me straight between the shoulder blades with a loaf of bread . |
| 24 | ‘ It was the first speech I 'd made for ages . |
| 25 | However , I knew at least a couple of players because I 'd caddied for Roger Fidler in the 1977 British Open while I was still an assistant , and I 'd also carried Florentina Melina 's bag . |
| 26 | I might have felt a little downcast at that point , only the evening had made me feel more encouraged about my prospects with her than I 'd felt for some time . |
| 27 | I had dressed as well as I could that morning , in more or less the same stuff I 'd worn for Grandma Margot 's funeral . |
| 28 | I liked Terry more than anyone I 'd met for a long time , and we talked every day . |
| 29 | A wife I 'd met for the first time filled up |
| 30 | Yeah , well erm , see I advertised it all round cafe as well that I 'd sent for it as well . |