Example sentences of "have [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] for " in BNC.

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1 Typically , Gedge has since gone in for his usual strict self-criticism .
2 Lucker has obviously come back for me once , as there is a fresh note on the bed .
3 ‘ It has all worked out for the best , yes ?
4 The most tantalising of opportunities has thus opened up for Mr Takeshita : the chance to be prime minister again .
5 He said : ‘ I am delighted it has finally worked out for them after all these years . ’
6 A disused Victorian toilet block has just gone up for sale .
7 ‘ I think everyone is probably making far too much fuss , and Angela has just taken off for a few days ' holiday . ’
8 The conflict has already dragged on for five years ; thousands have died .
9 The hardest hit Americans included Ed Ruscha , Donald Sultan and Frank Stella though Anthony Grant at Sotheby 's stresses that demand has already bounced back for top works by Julian Schnabel and others badly mauled in 1991 .
10 One way would be for the Common Open Software Environment firms , HP , IBM , Sun Microsystems Inc , Santa Cruz Operation Inc , Unix System Labs and OSF — plus arbiter X/Open Co Ltd — to endorse an API that Tivoli has already offered up for their use ( UX No 429 ) .
11 One way would be for the Common Open Software Environment firms , Hewlett-Packard , IBM , Sun Microsystems Inc , Santa Cruz Operation Inc , Unix System Laboratories Inc and the Open Software Foundation — plus arbiter X/Open Co Ltd — to endorse an Application Programming Interface that Tivoli has already offered up for their use .
12 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 . ’
13 The arts community has always gone in for manic attention-seeking , of course — the oxygen of publicity ( to borrow a phrase ) being crucial to its survival .
14 Mr Gonzalez has also come in for criticism from within his own party .
15 Mr Gonzalez has also come in for criticism from within his own party .
16 ‘ This has really taken off for us in a big way , ’ George told Sunday Life after a sports luncheon at Belfast 's Europa Hotel on Friday .
17 The debate has now gone on for thirty minutes .
18 Palin may not have travelled much as a young man , but he has now made up for lost time .
19 None of the European resorts has yet gone in for the wholesale investment in snow-making which we see in the United States , mainly because the capital outlay is enormous and the running costs extremely high .
20 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 .
21 ‘ Diana is an Uptown girl who has never gone in for downtown men , ’ observes Rory Scott .
22 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 .
23 ‘ Steve ! ’ she cried in amazement as he let himself into the apartment , grinning all over his silly face as if he 'd just popped out for a paper that morning and found he 'd won the state lottery .
24 Having just shelled out for yet another year 's subscription to fabbo Guitarist magazine , I was raisy-eyebrowed to see under ‘ Postscript ’ in September 's issue : ‘ … will not only win that automatic free year 's Letter of the Month subscription … blah , blah , blah , blah … ’
25 But it 's clear from the level of concentration on the brows of the muscular young men and the shoulder-padded young women in the front row that they would have happily forked out for the privilege of being present .
26 I 've only popped in for a few minutes .
27 " I 've only popped down for a cup of tea . "
28 I 've only popped by for five minutes .
29 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 .
30 She was ready now for the sight of the chair , the pipe , the feeling that her father had only popped out for a minute and would be back before she could leave .
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