Example sentences of "for a [noun] [conj] [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think it might be an excellent idea if you forgot about everything else for a minute and let me hold you . ’ |
| 2 | I believed her on both counts , especially when she visited me for a weekend and gave me a bottle of ‘ Denim ’ aftershave which she had shoplifted from a Chemist in mid Wales . |
| 3 | Putting a hand on her arm , he said gently , ‘ Would you like to sit for a while and tell me about it ? ’ |
| 4 | Well yeah , I 've had a come for one day , pay for a day and hope I can sneak in on the two day . |
| 5 | I put my arm across his shoulders , and as he leaned against me for a moment and sobbed I wondered if he had ever been able to cry like this — like a little boy with somebody to comfort him . |
| 6 | So we were able to tell how many tickets of certain classes were sold each day but not route by route , we 'd lost that that facility because the waybills just were n't big enough and of course the , wa everything got mechanical but now I mean I do n't profess to know anything about what happens now but I was introduced to it when I went down there for a retirement and believe me it 's , it 's all electronics now they can tell how a ticket machine is issuing tickets at any particular one day by this , this electronic business , this computers . |
| 7 | ‘ But actually , being in that situation really helped to develop my ear , because a guy would come for a lesson and ask me to show him a lick from some song or other , which kind of put me on the spot ! |