Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] [vb pp] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was waiting for Professor Avenarius whom I 'd occasionally met here for a chat . |
| 2 | For years I carried a secret guilt that when I had been wounded — and seven of my men killed — I had not done enough for them or those that remained . |
| 3 | I felt a little ashamed that I had never cared enough for any of my father 's relatives to give even a thought to their reactions to the prospect of an irregular addition to the family . |
| 4 | Edwards said : ‘ The most I had ever scored before for Wigan was four tries — I never dreamt I 'd score ten . |
| 5 | Thorstvedt said : ‘ I 've never played better for the club . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I think we can do better than that , ’ he returned smoothly , and , making her heart spurt with activity again , ‘ I 've merely returned home for some papers . |
| 7 | I 'm not an expert — I 've only lived there for a couple of years . ’ |
| 8 | you know when Les , oh she says there 's been about half a dozen people at that paint shop , sends chops and changes she said she said , she said I have n't lived there for three and a half years |
| 9 | I said , I have n't come here for that . |
| 10 | ‘ I have n't come here for a history lesson , ’ said the Doctor . |
| 11 | I have never cared much for men who are all man : they are the ones who smugly believe they must be irresistible to me , and take elaborately cautious steps to protect their priceless male virginity from what they seem to imagine will be my marauding hands . |