Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On one of them , where I farmed for 45 years , while my employees who belonged there spoke Gaelic , I also from time to time employed Scots speakers from Alyth , splendid fellows , in whose speech I could recognise classical Scots words which occur in the poetry of the Scottish Chaucerians . |
| 2 | My father was not a rich man , but he was able to send me to Cambridge University , where I studied for three years . |
| 3 | I pulled the door shut and almost ran to the front door and into Langdon Crescent garden , where I stood for five minutes breathing in the fresh air . |
| 4 | However , after being in the ‘ Rena ’ for a week , I became seriously ill with septicaemia and was moved to St. Peter 's Hospital , where I stayed for three weeks . |
| 5 | My fear is that I am not likely to serve on the Standing Committee , although I volunteer for such duty if the opportunity be there . |
| 6 | I believe that I speak for many others , both in my party and outside it , who want to see a successful conclusion at Maastricht and who want political and economic union in Europe to go forward . |
| 7 | I am sure that I speak for all district society presidents when I say that this is just not true . |
| 8 | As to coming together for further talks , I think that I speak for all those who were involved in the talks in the summer , which we concluded , when I say that those who took part in them felt that they were valuable and looked forward to the possibility of being able to hold talks again . |
| 9 | So now I always and so I , I 'm thinking that it might be that , that I that erm maybe you know like I used to be anxious about something like that and I used to wake up and the dream used to happen , but now that I 've double checked that I know for sure that , that I 'm safe you know for the night it does n't happen any more by cutting off possibility |
| 10 | I have to say that I know for definite that the force at that time only possessed two shields , er we kept one shield in the South of the county at and one shield North of the county and and hence that is why I went to the headquarters in the morning . |
| 11 | It follows that I award for this period of care by the plaintiff 's parents the sum of fifteen thousand pounds which equates to an award of three pounds hourly for five thousand hours . |
| 12 | My doctor had also prepared a report for the judge , about various medical problems which I hoped might be taken into consideration , along with the fact that I had for some time been re-building my life and now had very little to do with the lifestyle that brought me into contact with drugs . |
| 13 | Of these , the set that I selected for careful examination within the main projects is the ( pull ) set , which deals with alternation between [ u ] and [ Δ ] in a set of lexical items such as pull , put , foot , shook . |
| 14 | He even got himself a VC in the most alarming circumstances , but that did not stem my tears that I shed for this man . |
| 15 | No I do n't , I think I can , you witness that I paid for this wo n't you ? |
| 16 | Not in the sense that I work for any authority . |
| 17 | He will realise the concern that I have for disabled people , who would be hit by such an increase in petrol tax . |
| 18 | I can not say that I care for these self-perpetuating societies . ’ |
| 19 | I was feeling much happier than I had for two years . |
| 20 | The deal included the offices attached to one of the hangars , so I arranged for some of these to be converted into laboratories for the processing of flight data and cockpit voice recorders . |
| 21 | He had my old measurements and I apologised for all that I was doing to his calculations . |
| 22 | It is very important indeed to ensure that the staff of G C H Q are not subject to potential conflicts of interest and as I said earlier the Prime Minister and I listened for some considerable time to the s to er to the points put forward by the trade unions to see whether or not that overriding er national objective could be maintained but we were not convinced , we were not convinced that erm the trade unions could overcome those potential conflicts of interest and it behoves ill the party opposite to try and put a different gloss on the fact that we in this country thanks to our legislation , have put harmony in place of strife and we are not prepared to allow the opposition to put that major achievement at risk . |
| 23 | It is difficult to come to terms with the fact that I mean it 's people that you 've worked with for a week , at a time and I mean for three and a half years every second week you 're working with that guys in a confined space , you get to know them really well . |
| 24 | And I applied for that job , and I got it . |
| 25 | It was pure showbiz , and I noted for later that Allan 's shorts , which were similar to those that some Americans and Italians were wearing , had played a not inconsiderable part . |
| 26 | I thought about telling him the arrangement Laura and I had for that night , then decided against it . |
| 27 | I am sure de Macon had his hand on his dagger hilt and I realised for all they knew I could be a member of the Luciferi . |
| 28 | And erm then after erm I had done my training as nun , I did teacher training , and I taught for twenty years , before becoming a social worker . |
| 29 | Marius and I waited for twenty minutes and then walked into Mike 's room , only to find him snoring loudly , unconscious . |
| 30 | But I move my motion , and I ask for those in favour to please show |