Example sentences of "[v-ing] for [noun] and i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The Jockey Club are looking for action and I hope what I devise will be practical and can be implemented . ’ |
| 2 | JOHN MAJOR yesterday officially launched Manchester 's bid to stage the 2000 Olympics with the prediction : ‘ We are going for gold and I believe we will get it . ’ |
| 3 | We are going for gold and I believe we will get it . ’ |
| 4 | I had to keep the fire going for example and I had to go and get er some e Eccles cakes for Uncle Jonathan for his tea . |
| 5 | You know given that life is as it is are you okay and he said yes so I went round the gardens and I came back to him and I had a friend coming for lunch and I thought this is ridiculous , I 'm going to have something to drink and I 'm going to have a meal so I made him an enormous great wad of cheese sandwiches and some apples and a piece of cake and some biscuits and a cup of tea and I went downstairs with the milk and the sugar and cup of tea and all this stuff and I went into the gardens and this poor child he looked very defensively a second time and I said well I thought you might like some breakfast and I wrapped the second lot up so if you 've nothing later on , why not put it in your pocket and eat later in the day and I did n't know whether you took milk or sugar , so I thought I 'd better just ask you and do you know I thought he was going to cry . |
| 6 | Well they said what you having for tea and I said well we 'll have to have you can have a few beans or something |
| 7 | I I just appealing for MPs and I know you have the radio on just to see if I 'm being rude about you , and of course I never am because I 'm a I 'm a nice person . |
| 8 | Do you know I 've been dieting for week and I feel |