Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] [vb pp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had more Christmas cards than I 'd ever seen for one person ; every surface was a forest of them . |
| 2 | I had n't ridden for three years . |
| 3 | After a while I did something else I had n't done for several months : I began to rough out a poem . |
| 4 | He was just checking that I had n't left for good , was glad that I had n't , and was that real coffee he could smell ? |
| 5 | When the Secretary of State was enjoying himself for about 10 minutes claiming that a large number of us supported CND , he offered some rays of hope and sunshine that I had not seen for some months . |
| 6 | I had not asked for that and , even if I had , my chances of obtaining them would have been zero . |
| 7 | Diarrhoea , which I had now had for five days , finally drove me from my bed at six-thirty . |
| 8 | Oh , I 've already qualified for that next year . |
| 9 | No , I 've already paid for twelve months . |
| 10 | ‘ These are words I 've not used for five years . ’ |
| 11 | I mean I normally in the past I 've always gone for experienced keepers because you know I mean they they do n't come to their prime until , I do n't think goalkeepers over twenty six twenty seven onwards . |
| 12 | No I 've never campaigned for that , and I 've never supported it in that sense . |
| 13 | A nurse rushes forward tut-tut — tutting , and in the confusion , people bending over and so on , I somehow knock over Stewpid 's orange juice , distributing it quite evenly over him , the nurse and the bed , to say nothing of the chocs , which I 've never cared for much anyway . |
| 14 | ‘ I have n't asked for any , and they have n't sent them . ’ |
| 15 | I have n't asked for any favours from you . ’ |
| 16 | Getting pissed off trying to apply for jobs ( I have n't applied for any yet and I 've missed loads of deadlines ) just thought that somebody out there may have a high flying job for a graduate ( preferably in leeds ) that pays loads of money . |
| 17 | Obviously I get the odd pains from it because I 'm doing things I have n't done for 15 months . |
| 18 | There 's so much I have n't done for this exam . |
| 19 | ‘ I tell you this , Mr Millet , two or three years ago I would n't have had the time to sit down and chatter about a chap I have n't seen for more than a year . |
| 20 | That 's not to say they are things that are happening this month that , that I have n't planned for three months ago . |
| 21 | I have n't slept for two years |
| 22 | One is secret and compartmented , and another is sort of boyish and boastful , and it would be in character for him to say , I wo n't be here tomorrow , I will be down south , and then for him to say , Yes , it was a quick trip and I flew all night and I came back and I have n't slept for 48 hours , always complaining about how busy he was and how terribly overworked . |
| 23 | I 'm going away on Monday so I have n't allowed for all this so I 'm trying |
| 24 | I said , ‘ I have n't come for that . ’ |
| 25 | I have n't worked for 30 years , since my first child was born . |
| 26 | So I map out a route over familiar country near home which takes in some old hedges and one-time mushroom pastures , hoist a gathering bag over my shoulder — and then curse the fact that the mid-October day that I have carefully planned for this expedition turns out to be the most dismal of the autumn so far . |
| 27 | ‘ I have not prayed for twenty years , ’ he told Elliott , ‘ and on Sundays I plan how to kill Portuguese . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I did not show today because I have not trained for three weeks , ’ he said . |
| 29 | I have now settled for two types of float for bream fishing . |
| 30 | I have long yearned for this meeting — even before the king my father 's passing . |