Example sentences of "for i do not " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have never completely resolved my own dilemma , for I do not think it has a simple resolution . |
| 2 | And I have resolved in my heart to hear your complaints two days in the week , on the Monday and the Thursday ; but if causes should arise which require haste , come to me when ye will and I will give judgment , for I do not retire with women to sing and to drink , as your Lords have done , so that ye could obtain no justice , but will myself see to these things , and watch over ye as friend over his friend , and kinsman over his kinsman . |
| 3 | For I do not think it possible to study philosophy profitably without entering fairly deeply into the history of the subject , and for this there is not time at school , nor could it be a subject that would interest more than a very few pupils . |
| 4 | ( Note here that I am doing my best to avoid speaking of conventional meaning , for I do not wish to beg the question yet against the second scenario . ) |
| 5 | One of them — a little old-fashioned perhaps , for I do not see many people doing it nowadays — is to walk around it guide-book in hand , best of all with one of those old Murray 's Handbooks for Travellers , the most catholic , the most informative , the most solid guide-books ever written in this country ; still well worth buying though the last one came out nearly fifty years ago and one must hunt for them with increasing difficulty in the second-hand bookshops . |
| 6 | Let us pretend that it is only that Grainne is too far above me , and let us continue the pretence , for I do not think I can bear it any other way . |
| 7 | For I do not think they will talk to me , not without encouragement . |
| 8 | I am not attacking the intellectual and musical meritocracy of Oxford and Cambridge for I do not wish to become embroiled in a political argument . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Karelius slowly , ‘ so do I. As you say , the letter would have to be composed very carefully , for I do n't suppose the Grand Army have any more respect for the privacy of the mail than you people . |
| 10 | ‘ Pity , it may have been your last day off for I do n't know how long . ’ |
| 11 | The matron , seeing my Lady took an interest in the place , pointed out a girl to her , named Rosanna Spearman , and told her a most miserable story : which I have n't the heart to repeat here ; for I do n't like to be made wretched without any use , and no more do you . |
| 12 | ‘ For I do n't think any clinician has ever had the privilege of witnessing such a complex example of hysteria . |
| 13 | What for I do n't know . |
| 14 | ‘ Now , ’ he said , after inspecting Effie again , and taking McAllister out of earshot , ‘ listen carefully to me , for I do n't want to repeat myself later when things get difficult . |
| 15 | Within Royal Ordnance which I have resumed the responsibility for I do n't know , Mr Chairman , I convened a meeting of the convenors to introduce myself and to familiarize myself with the movement and the industry only for the company to announce thirteen hundred redundancies , as we were meeting . |
| 16 | The the laws for I do n't know I mean I get a bit fed up . |
| 17 | ‘ And now I know who I 'm looking for I do n't need any from you , ’ he responded succinctly and , pushing himself to his feet , disappeared back into the cockpit . |
| 18 | well there 's only , only enough bit then for I do n't |
| 19 | But also tomato fertiliser apparently is useful for I do n't know . |
| 20 | for I do n't think advice er , what time you said will be in use ? |
| 21 | and it 's everything just to stop you getting at what , well get it then yeah , I 've , I do n't mind some of it , I 've not had a bit of marzipan for I do n't mind these erm almond slices , I quite like them , but I think it must be the texture of the marzipan |
| 22 | I bought it for I do n't really like it . |
| 23 | My plane ticket 's even paid for I do n't pay a cent to be here . |
| 24 | This is carrying on a long tradition of Eastern Centre get-togethers for E H Os , we 've done residential courses every two years for I do n't know how many years . |
| 25 | It was my view that float fishing would not be a good idea anyhow , for I did not know of any big bream swims close enough to the bank for a float cast . |
| 26 | And when their voices dropped and silenced , I put my fingers in my ears , for I did not want to hear that , either . |
| 27 | I chewed the bread and took the wine in one long gulp to control my trembling for I did not wish to disgrace myself . |
| 28 | I desire compassion and not sacrifice , for I did not come to call the righteous but sinners . |
| 29 | I looked at his face , which was something I did seldom , for I did n't like it , and saw that he did n't believe me ; that he found it inconceivable that I should n't love him ; that , ageing and unmarried though he was , he believed himself to be irresistible . |
| 30 | I had no idea when we might be going to Dili , so I was unable to time my campaign , to know when to bring it to a climax , to know when I could afford to cool things down , to be nice to her , for I did n't want to be thrown out of the house there and then , did I ? |