Example sentences of "we 've [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We are happy to support local schemes which wo n't worsen our mainstream business , and while hitherto we 've waited for passenger executives or consortiums to come to us with a proposal , we might in the future consider taking more initiative . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ We 've waited for years to have a Formula One world champion like Mansell — and now it looks as though we wo n't be able to use him . |
| 3 | This is the beginning we 've waited for . ’ |
| 4 | We 've argued for years about meals on wheel service that there should be seven day a week service throughout this authority , we 've only got it in the City , we want it throughout the authority . |
| 5 | He 's six foot two , blue eyes and curly hair , and all the girls are mad jealous because we 've fallen for each other . |
| 6 | Praise indeed , and you 'll find the traditional inns that we 've selected for your accommodation are every bit as good as the food they serve ! |
| 7 | The the sort of thing that that I would be if I were in running your function Terry , would be to say , look at this package that we 've developed for P T E stations . |
| 8 | ‘ But if we are not able to obtain all the slots we 've applied for at Heathrow we may have to consider cutting back , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Then , for the following one we bought the first meals on wheels van so that with all the money that we 've collected for Harlow day we bought something out of the money . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm not leaving here until we 've done for that bastard . |
| 11 | They 're very pleased with what we 've done for them ! ’ |
| 12 | It 's been based on jobs we 've done for clients in the past , based on pla past experience . |
| 13 | As you know I 've er been holding a number of er small meetings with staff er and one of the questions I 've been asking is whether or not there has been a need for the building presentation that we 've done for a couple of years er and generally there was the view expressed that yes it was desirable but perhaps in a different format . |
| 14 | We know all the damned silly things we 've done for a thousand years , and as long as we know that and always have it around where we can see it , some day we 'll sop making goddamn funeral pyres and jumping into the middle of them . ’ |
| 15 | Approaching the crags we 've seen for a couple of days . |
| 16 | We get paid and promoted for rushing round and solving problems wh that we 've created for ourselves . |
| 17 | You can tell she 's in a good mood from the number of bitchy remarks : from Glenys Kinnock 's dress sense ( ‘ Silly girl to be wearing Yves Saint Laurent ’ ) to the election campaign ( ‘ It 's been just like an American election : no ideas ’ ) to John Major 's now certain victory ( ‘ It 's conserved everything we 've stood for ’ — we , doubtless , in the sense of I ) . |
| 18 | We will have a skip on site , so that any rubbish that accidentally sneaks through , can be put in there , and that 's something we 've budgeted for , the fact that we will have to remove rubbish . |
| 19 | As befits a member of the millionaire class , we 've arranged for your family 's private jet to take you to Moscow . |
| 20 | Since then I 've been in contact with Kate Noble of Age Concern and we 've arranged for her to give a short presentation at the next meeting of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council on Thursday 21st January at 7.30 p.m. in Scorton School . |
| 21 | Bollards as we 've asked for across the frontage as well , and the back . |
| 22 | In ninety two , three by point six seven and in the budget we propose tonight we 've asked for four point five five million . |
| 23 | because the rules that we 've made for ourselves in maths , er we will , we 're about to break those . |
| 24 | Perhaps this is the new weather system that we 've made for ourselves . |
| 25 | We must let them steal the shuttle we 've prepared for them . |
| 26 | Arthur said he 'd never had their second message , and the fuss all died down , but he 's always come when we 've sent for him . ’ |
| 27 | " You know why we 've sent for you , do you ? " |
| 28 | Figures we 've obtained for the first three months of this year show astonishing variations in cautioning rates across Kent . |
| 29 | ‘ We 've gone for promotion all along this season , ’ said Gibson . |
| 30 | I speak on behalf of Playback not as Playback itself , but as Playback being part of the Regional Council that can a bit , now I was at a meeting this morning where I , I sort of absolutely had to read the riot act about Playback because they do not have a set budget whether you know this or not , they do n't have a standard budget as they should have , we 've fought for this for years , what we do is , we survive through crisis to crisis , now some money has been extracted from the Playback budget and whilst I have to share two bits of Playback , you know , the , the actual Playback charitable , voluntary bit , and the Regional Council , I mean they , I , I can say that they do not have a backing of money that they can fall back on , too many backs there , but I mean really I would say that I would be concerned if it was Christmas before we were ready , I , I ca n't help but think if we could and I mean , very , very happy to work with , with anybody and everybody on this to try and get these things pulled up quite quickly , I mean if it 's forms to be filled in then |