Example sentences of "have [verb] for [det] " 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 | But , you might find the trip you want is full , and you have to go for another . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | As has dogged the fate of any political candidate I have favoured for any office or position , he was unsuccessful . |
| 5 | I think , I think we have to wait for the letter , I suspect you 'll probably find both those changed to some extent after that so er I think we really have to wait for that . |
| 6 | It 's the first time so many have gathered for such a prolonged period . |
| 7 | They are all welcome but my right hon. and hon. Friends — together with responsible interests outside the House , such as the British Medical Association and other medical authorities — have pressed for such a policy for some years . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | This is something for which my hon. Friends and I have pressed for some time . |
| 10 | One is certainly not enough , when you consider the number of cars and drivers who use this stretch of motorway each day.It 's unwise for people tol have to drive for more than an hour and a half without taking a break . |
| 11 | ‘ I have arranged for that . ’ |
| 12 | Video 8 , with its inability to dub audio separately , inserts both new pictures and sound , the latter being whatever was being picked up by the camcorder 's microphone while the title was being recorded — unless you have arranged for some other sound to be fed onto the tape ! |
| 13 | ‘ It 's mostly my gardener I have to thank for that ’ , said the doctor modestly , ‘ but , yes , I do take an interest . |
| 14 | ‘ But ladies and gentlemen , ’ he went on , ‘ who is it we have to thank for this great blessing that has come upon us ? |
| 15 | European astronomers have collaborated for many years through the European Space Agency , which provides some space-science programme . |
| 16 | Somehow you have to provide for these additional demands , and many more , within the annual budget voted each year to the service . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . |
| 18 | For a year , birthday preparation committees throughout the nation have toiled for this moment . |
| 19 | Since the 1970s fertility rates have dropped for all women in the UK irrespective of country of origin . |
| 20 | Have to work for that . |
| 21 | 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 ! |
| 22 | Those dealing with heart disease have looked for such clean-cut results in vain . |
| 23 | I HAVE noticed for some time now that the Amnesty International Mandate has not been changed to include ‘ people imprisoned for their sexuality ’ . |
| 24 | For thousands of years a few men have searched for these human fruits ; they have filled their minds with the lovely ideas and have taken up their long search and watch on the lonely shore of the other world . |
| 25 | In this heart-warming play , an elderly couple spend the summer , as they have done for many years , at their lakeside home in Maine . |
| 26 | New physics and astronomy have done for all that . |
| 27 | ‘ 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 . |
| 28 | I have done for some time . ’ |
| 29 | Yes my children do go to school now and have done for some months now . |
| 30 | Yes my children do go to school and have done for some months now . |