Example sentences of "[noun] i be [verb] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ With all the money I 'm paying for your education , you should learn more than that ’ … |
| 2 | You see , you know I was talking to you earlier about , about punchlines basically , but I ca n't remember the words I was using for it , times like by the way , right right , or did you know or did I mention to you do you follow me , a lot of key lines that you can think on that you use |
| 3 | ‘ I will bring the shoes I am making for you now , the ones with the amethysts as decoration and I will expect payment for the work I 've done , mind . |
| 4 | ‘ I need your brother back even sooner than that — though perhaps I 'd better not say what fate I 'm planning for him . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ But all that day and the next few days I was waiting for someone to come in . |
| 6 | Well it 's Sunday I was looking for something nothing ? |
| 7 | With the increasing irritation I was feeling for my lover , I was faced with the realization that the early promise of happiness infinitely extended was dramati-cally receding . |
| 8 | Anyway talking of nonsense you should 've seen the bill I was sent for my council tax it was quite pricey . |
| 9 | In myself and other men I was looking for what I was deeply afraid of losing — my wholeness as a man . |
| 10 | every year I 'm looking for it to move forward a little bit . |
| 11 | Some of the reasons they encountered for not losing weight included ‘ I have n't been to the toilet yet today ’ , ‘ I 've been arguing with my husband ’ , ‘ I absorb fat through my skin ’ , ( especially popular with people working in chip shops and serving school meals ) and ‘ it 's the cough medicine I 'm having for my sore throat ’ . |
| 12 | But this time I am prepared for it and wind the reel — a fast-retrieve model fortunately — as fast as possible , dipping the rod-tip to the surface of the lake on my right and applying a massive dose of side-strain . |
| 13 | When it finally stopped I opened my eyes , and though by this time I was prepared for anything I still felt slightly surprised to sec The Butcher threading a needle with a length of suture silk . |
| 14 | 95% of the time I 'm arguing for something I do n't believe . |