Example sentences of "[adv] they have [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | They do n't realise how much they 've done for me . |
| 2 | Dan became apologetic , taking the guide 's side , saying how much they had looked for her , instead of being protective and angry as he should have been . |
| 3 | And the amount of statutory maternity pay to which they 're entitled also depends on how long they 've worked for the same employer . |
| 4 | Most people are likely to judge the reforms on how long they have to wait for treatment — the issue behind the ‘ Jennifer 's ear ’ controversy during the election campaign . |
| 5 | If only they had asked for Donald Duck , a character I hold in great respect ! |
| 6 | So they had opted for Wales . |
| 7 | yeah so they 've agreed for me to take fifteen pound a week instead of ten |
| 8 | The Palace Girls , needless to say , were hungry to start with ; nevertheless they had to exist for seventeen long hours on bananas and chocolate picked up at wayside stations . |
| 9 | Already they 'd dusted for fingerprints but found none that should n't have been there . |
| 10 | The former chairman of the board of governors of Longlands College in Middlesbrough is a quietly spoken man , who when he was elected in November said he was determined to serve all the people of Langbaurgh , whether or not they had voted for him . |
| 11 | Each time the yen slips , the larger these dollar-based assets loom in the banks ' balance sheets — and the more they have to scrounge for additional yen-based equity at home in order to prevent their capital-adequacy figures from slipping back below the BIS requirement . |
| 12 | The call was a few minutes in coming through — probably they had to look for Seddon at the other end . |
| 13 | Started at that 's right , yes and er I did and er they put me in the machine shop filing keyhole and Those times they had to be all cast over the rim locks and all that , now they 've made for us and all that . |
| 14 | From then on they had to shift for themselves . ’ |
| 15 | so she just told me that so I 'll have all the news of Colin tomorrow they 've gone for a week |
| 16 | Here they have to prepare for the unexpected . |
| 17 | Here they have to prepare for the unexpected . |
| 18 | Round about the time of the miners ' ballot , hospital workers were holding meetings in South Yorkshire hospitals where only months earlier they had voted for all-out strike action . |
| 19 | Then they had to stop for a rest because they were so tired . |
| 20 | If taxpayers wish to make gifts to such trusts then they have to look for their exemptions elsewhere . |
| 21 | As one delegate to the discussion put it ‘ The women still do n't understand what the real world is like when it comes to their commercial value but at least they 've realised for the time being that they have bitten off more than they can chew . ’ |
| 22 | We went down there they 'd arranged for us er place to sleep and everything , and we went to this meeting it was quite a big hall I think they were all like Trade Union delegates and that . |
| 23 | Instead they have called for the diversion of subsidies paid to the nuclear power industry--one of the reasons why coal-based electricity is " uncompetitive " --to the development and improvement of technologies which burn coal more efficiently and more cleanly . |
| 24 | Instead they have voted for a man who promised change , who believed in change and who recognised that change had to come . |
| 25 | That was when they had sent for Captain Freddie , and after what he described as a long , sometimes ‘ vair ackermonious diskussion ’ , and after a good deal of long distance telephoning , fax instructions had finally come through that allowed the Chileans to accept his decision as to what was required . |
| 26 | Preferring to carry only a light rifle , such as a .22 , and ammunition , but unburdened by other supplies , even water , they chase goats from about 7 am until noon , when they have to quit for the day Sometimes they will put down their guns and stalk a goat , leaping on it to deliver the final coup de grace with a knife . |
| 27 | The movies , as Dr Dale had suggested , had ‘ the entire world as their range ’ and yet they had settled for a very restricted section . |
| 28 | I think where people are more at risk is where they 've gone for TESSAs in th er you know that 's the tax-exempt savings plan , and they 've chased the rate through the papers you know the erm and they see that the s the Wolverhampton Building Society or the Tipton and |
| 29 | The Harris say they 'll fight on to stay in the house where they 've lived for 17 years . |
| 30 | My own tears , hot noisy gulping that burns and blotches , that neither you nor any of the women in the group is going to offer to staunch , tears of anger for myself and all of us , anger with the women in the group for making me face up to what I 'm doing to you , for making me want to take out those dusty bundles of old stories from where they 've lain for my lifetime tied up with pink ribbon and reread them and throw them away . |