Example sentences of "[noun] i [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used a variant of it in a pastiche of the 1930s story I wrote for the fiftieth anniversary of Collins Crime Club in 1980 . |
| 2 | In Guildford I saw for the second time the travelling exhibition ‘ Architecture in Context ’ , staged by the RIBA 's South East Region . |
| 3 | I did not usurp power but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power , in other words this is the modesty part I acted for the public welfare , I acted for the common wellbeing of all our people whenever and in whatever manner was necessary unless prevented by direct constitutional or legislative prohibition Roosevelt suggested that the president subject only to the people of the United States and he identified himself with Andrew Jackson and with Abraham Lincoln . |
| 4 | Yes , I have the slip somewhere , and my father I did n't keep it but my father must have kept it , but I discovered it one day and it was seven and thruppence I think for the first week 's pay . |
| 5 | I had never been a member of the Labour Party , and on the first occasion when I could claim a vote I voted for the Liberal candidate in the Hampstead constituency . |
| 6 | The first piece I wrote for the New Statesman , almost exactly four years ago , began : ‘ People keep asking me , ‘ On what platform will you be standing for deputy leader of the Labour Party ? ' |
| 7 | I consider the and figure should be discounted down to eighteen , which is the figure I adopt for the whole life multiplier . |
| 8 | In one such mood I turned for the first time to Marcus Aurelius . |
| 9 | The type I recommend for the average player is one that has 12 to 13 degrees of loft , deepish in the face , and toed-in slightly . |
| 10 | At that moment I realised for the first time that not a single word had been uttered on the subject since the accident happened . |
| 11 | But our to avoid that situation I left and went to work with which kept me in the Edinburgh branch and within three or four weeks I stood for the local organizer and had not been successful . |
| 12 | At this point I saw for the first time , a really good reason for my being in Thailand as PCV . |
| 13 | For many years I consulted for the American GE in Schenectady and the thing that struck me there was the way that when they wanted to attack a particular area they could mount an army of people on it , all of whom were pretty good . ’ |
| 14 | I use to dread going in to work — in the two years I worked for the Inland Revenue I do not think I worked a full month — and in the end I left . |
| 15 | As I came down into Salisbury that day I knew for the first time that I had been happy . |
| 16 | I think these proposals not only are a way forward but also in light of what is actually happening in the area of Highfields with er the high numbers of unemployment , with the high rate of people underachieving in education I think for the last two and a half years there has been no clear guidelines or structure that has systematically brought about any results in the two centres to move forward where people have lost out by this issue being bureaucratic and a political football that 's being kicked about and I think it 's about time where we now have cross party consensus that we move positively forward and work towards these proposals . |
| 17 | As father said at the beginning of gruelling sessions in the vacs , the techniques I needed for the next few years — apart from those concerned with sport — dealt not so much with manual skills but with communication , both written and oral . |
| 18 | Erm and it cost me two quid I think for the four . |
| 19 | ‘ Whenever the far end of an active edge A and the near end of an inactive edge I meet for the first time , if I satisfies A 's conditions for extension , then build a new edge as follows : |
| 20 | Alone in bed I wondered for the first time whether the girl had been truly dead when we threw her into the river . |
| 21 | Glancing through a book I wrote for the Daily Telegraph in 1970 , I was struck by the gloom with which many men and women — but especially men — viewed the prospect of what could be their happiest and most satisfying years . |
| 22 | I developed so much skill that I could put together a 50 or 60 break and when I moved to York I played for the local Conservative club and reached the final of the York and District competition . |
| 23 | P.S. I work for the Inland Revenue — am I still allowed to be a punk ? |
| 24 | those there , cos those are the ones I had for the European elections |
| 25 | I had my ideas worked out by the time I left for the 1960–61 Tasman series , and on the 24-hour flight to New Zealand I sat with a slide rule and drew the car as a pin-jointed structure , stressed it and arrived at all the tube sizes . ’ |