Example sentences of "have [vb pp] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 FOR EXAMPLE , LAST WEEK I WAS LISTENING to my favourite recorded of Paganini 's First Violin Concerto , which I have treasured for many years , largely due to the soloists extraordinary playing .
2 The best description I have heard for this position is ‘ well plugged on ’ — a plug will not go into a socket if it is crooked , that is the baby should not be twisting his or her neck .
3 As has dogged the fate of any political candidate I have favoured for any office or position , he was unsuccessful .
4 I have pressed for better freight links , which is another argument , but we must start with a reasonably fast passenger link to Europe .
5 This is something for which my hon. Friends and I have pressed for some time .
6 Both the Inter-Regional Standing Committee for Art and Design Education ( IRSCADE ) and NATFHE have pressed for some form of national validation of foundation courses and the former organization , having collected views from the colleges offering the courses , has listed five future possibilities .
7 Nevertheless , the intelligence that we have developed for other reasons may well ensure that we find the right answers to these questions .
8 In some respects they use new language and embody in a formal text rules that have not been specified in that way before ; this has indeed been the way the laws of war have developed for 150 years .
9 European astronomers have collaborated for many years through the European Space Agency , which provides some space-science programme .
10 Sealions have departed for cooler waters and in some places seals lie dying on the rocks in their fur coats .
11 Workers at the Trustee Savings Bank have voted for selective strike action in a staffing dispute .
12 ‘ The constructors and team-managers have enjoyed for some years now such unrealistic power and influence , have commanded so much attention , they have begun to think of themselves and their cars as the stars .
13 For a year , birthday preparation committees throughout the nation have toiled for this moment .
14 Since the 1970s fertility rates have dropped for all women in the UK irrespective of country of origin .
15 Birth rates in Eastern Europe have stagnated for 30 years .
16 Mr Raynor asks if this column can help in identifying the origin of this poster which his family have owned for many years — doubtless readers can help !
17 Secondly , they have looked for cheaper sources of deposits .
18 At all times in the past , certainly as far back as the Neolithic period , there have been particular places to which surrounding settlements have looked for specialised goods and services .
19 ‘ I have come for three hours while Joe is selling the pigs . ’
20 planning applications and er er items relating to Poor Lane , er and also the traffic on Station Road later on , er I think it 's rather complicated to talk about all of these at at one go , because I know er different members of the public have come for different reasons and perhaps , for the moment , I 'll not ask for any comments about Mr Smith 's proposals on Poor Lane , er nor er comments about Station Road , er but I will ask you if you want to refer to planning applications , er we have three planning applications , one is to extend the car park behind the pub , one is for a change of plan to one of the houses on the development adjacent to us , er and the third one is er er the plans submitted by Grant Development at Thorney , erm , I suspect most comments will be about the last , er perhaps I should ask first if anybody wants to make any comments about proposals behind the reindeer in , or at Chapel cottage site , does anybody , er in the public want to mention those erm , well we will go on to the one at Thorney then , and you 're Mr Walker ?
21 I HAVE noticed for some time now that the Amnesty International Mandate has not been changed to include ‘ people imprisoned for their sexuality ’ .
22 It reinforces the need for ex-employees to be very careful not to use non-literal elements from programs they have written for previous employers .
23 In this heart-warming play , an elderly couple spend the summer , as they have done for many years , at their lakeside home in Maine .
24 If you had stood as I have done for five hours in a draughty ante-room of a courthouse sticking sixpences into one of those things to see how frequently it paid out , you would n't be so keen to chuck your money away , son .
25 All European Members would have liked to pay tribute to the splendid work that she and the Government have done for overseas development .
26 IF some of the jurors had suffered from rheumatoid arthritis , as I have done for 33 years , the verdict would have been emphatically in favour of Dr Cox .
27 Yes my children do go to school now and have done for some months now .
28 Yes my children do go to school and have done for some months now .
29 ‘ I am sure that both Prince Charles and Princess Diana will feel a tremendous sense of sadness and of failure too , as they have done for some time .
30 I have done for some time . ’
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