Example sentences of "i [vb past] [verb] [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trouble yeah , trouble I got put off for a fortnight , on the dole , then he , I was on the dole for a week and er he cos at that time you had to appear in front of the erm , what they call the Court of Referees at the Labour Exchange , that was their Committee . |
| 2 | I get a bit dizzy lying down on the bench , like I 'm falling backwards and I got to sit up for a bit . |
| 3 | And I tried to save up for a car cos my son was in the army . |
| 4 | I needed to sit down for a minute . |
| 5 | I kept wandering around for a few hours , with no idea where I was or where I was going , then somewhere along the line I chanced upon an open space where there was the odd bench scattered here and there and I used one of these for my lie-down . |
| 6 | ‘ I did pop round for a chat with him earlier this evening and I thought he seemed a bit jumpy . |
| 7 | Born in Cuba to a German-Jewish father and a black mother — ‘ I was sort of kosher , but swinging ’ — he cut sugar-cane in his youth before joining his father , a ship 's steward , on his travels , only to be accidentally left behind on Crete at 12 : ‘ I had to sit down for a minute — almost cried . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ If I wanted to settle down for a quiet read I 'd prefer the Kensington public library . |