Example sentences of "to have [vb pp] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now began the long-drawn-out tragedy of the Congo which , according to General H.T. Alexander , ‘ produced a fundamental change in Ghana 's position vis-à-vis the West ’ , while Basil Davidson observes ‘ experience in the Congo … seems to have formed for Nkrumah the final demonstration that policies of ‘ tact ’ , of ‘ continuity ’ , of conformity with Western wishes had nothing more to offer . ’ |
| 2 | The best friend of Princess Diana 's brother was said to have arranged for bullion to be secretly exported to India . |
| 3 | The words ‘ office ’ and ‘ employment ’ are not further defined anywhere in the Act , and , somewhat surprisingly , appear rarely to have fallen for consideration by this court . |
| 4 | Admiral Lord Nelson is said to have stopped for tea in the local Anchor Hotel on his way to join the British Fleet at Trafalgar . |
| 5 | ECOMOG appealed for emergency food and medical aid to alleviate the suffering of civilians in and around Monrovia , and claimed to have registered for evacuation 7,000 people , mainly from Nigeria , Ghana and Guinea . |
| 6 | He seemed to have sat for hours mulling over people 's recollections of events on Friday . |
| 7 | Abu Bakar Kamara , the Second Vice-President , was reported to have resigned for health reasons , being replaced by John Bandala Dauda , hitherto Minister of Trade . |
| 8 | AN INVESTIGATION is to be mounted at BAFTA into the award of a prize to the Granada drama Prime Suspect after four of the seven jury members claim to have voted for Channel 4 's GBH . |
| 9 | AN INVESTIGATION is to be mounted at BAFTA into the award of a prize to the Granada drama Prime Suspect after four of the seven jury members claim to have voted for Channel 4 's GBH . |
| 10 | ( b ) The small promontory on the left is the site of St Patrick 's Chapel ( no ruin survives ) , built 6th to 10th century on the spot from where St Patrick is thought to have sailed for Ireland . |
| 11 | Given also that the Petits violons du roi seem to have performed for ballets even more than the Grands violons did , and because a relatively small ensemble seems more appropriate to a mascarade of this nature , the Petits violons may serve as our model . |
| 12 | The Company 's office at 114 Lower Church Street was closed and leased away to Reeves the furnisher , together with the adjoining Market Hall , which the Company was supposed to have demolished for road widening in 1906 ! |
| 13 | In talks with both President François Mitterrand and Chancellor Helmut Kohl , Miyazawa was reported to have discussed economic and trade issues , but also to have appealed for support in Japan 's territorial dispute with Russia . |
| 14 | Although possible , we think it unlikely for this to have occurred for risk factors such as smoking and parity . |
| 15 | Friends are always saying how frustrated I must feel , how unfulfilled , never to have played for England . |
| 16 | The man hitherto thought to have played for Australia in the first two test ( meaning international ) matches on record , at Melbourne in 1876–77 , now turns out to have been quite another Hodges . |
| 17 | Nick Chatterton is the son of Palace 's former groundsman , Len Chatterton , and these two are the only father and son besides Johnny and Shaun Brooks to have played for Palace sides . |
| 18 | Once again , by failing to opt clearly enough for peace , he seems to have opted for war . |
| 19 | The resolution was repealed on Oct. 21 , although some Chechen families were said already to have left for Grozny ( capital of Chechnia ) . |
| 20 | Such a stroppy strategy appears to have worked for Bloomberg Business News , a New York-based financial news service . |
| 21 | This study appears not to have allowed for transactions costs . |