Example sentences of "to have [verb] 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 And then in the third leg of the yankee , the eighth race , this is the nine sixteen , third quarter final erm and here I 'm going to have to go for Ned Supreme in trap one , trained by Kenny Linzell at Romford in Essex .
6 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 .
7 He seemed to have sat for hours mulling over people 's recollections of events on Friday .
8 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 .
9 It was relaxing for each not to have to strain for approval in the parade of love .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 No way was Suzie going to have to answer for Svend 's behaviour .
13 ( 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 .
14 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 .
15 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 !
16 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 .
17 Although possible , we think it unlikely for this to have occurred for risk factors such as smoking and parity .
18 Friends are always saying how frustrated I must feel , how unfulfilled , never to have played for England .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 Once again , by failing to opt clearly enough for peace , he seems to have opted for war .
22 They are going to have to compete for jobs , even in the UK , with their contemporaries who have trained elsewhere in Europe and who are competent to work in English .
23 The resolution was repealed on Oct. 21 , although some Chechen families were said already to have left for Grozny ( capital of Chechnia ) .
24 Such a stroppy strategy appears to have worked for Bloomberg Business News , a New York-based financial news service .
25 This study appears not to have allowed for transactions costs .
26 It would be humiliating for England 's title-holders to have to scrap for survival at the foot of the table .
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