Example sentences of "and i [verb] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't let this frail old man go In there and maybe get knocked down and savaged , and I looked around for a means of protection . |
| 2 | She went back into the house and I waited outside for a while enjoying the cool breeze . |
| 3 | There 's rows of benches in front of it and I sit down for a bit to look at the tree . |
| 4 | I feel much better when I 'm back on the platform , and I sit down for a breather . |
| 5 | And when I come here and I lived here for a few year and then really saw what it was like , I thought , God , never again . |
| 6 | Eventually the dinner broke up and Claud , Roger Hollis and I went off for a pub-crawl which after sundry indecorous adventures ended up at the Hypocrites where another blind was going on . |
| 7 | And I went there for a little bit , and then we moved on , moved off from there , do you see ? |
| 8 | ‘ I had a cartilage operation three and a half years ago , and I went in for a tackle just before Christmas and damaged it again . |
| 9 | The gear had held and I hung there for a moment , taking stock . |
| 10 | I hated being on social security and I tried everywhere for a job . |
| 11 | There are ninety nine pupils , the total staff is one hundred , of course that does not for a moment mean that er , there is one member of staff attendant on each pupil at all times , and I do n't for a moment suggest that . |
| 12 | That 's routine , and I do n't for a minute expect there to be any complications . |
| 13 | We sailed into a murky , airless dawn veiled by the thin drizzle of a Scotch Mist , and I turned in for a few hours . |