Example sentences of "for [conj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , I considered most carefully what might be the most opportune occasion to bring the matter up with him ; for although I would not for one moment , as I say , suspect Mr Farraday of inconsistency , it nevertheless made sense not to broach the topic when he was preoccupied or distracted . |
| 2 | For although I am sure he never had the chance to encounter a tiger beneath the dining table , when I think over all that I know or have heard concerning him , I can think of at least several instances of his displaying in abundance that very quality he so admired in the butler of his story . |
| 3 | Were it not for the material in the reports of Hansard to which your Lordships have been referred , I , too , would still be of that view , for although I recognise that in popular parlance with provision to one individual of a service which is , in any event , being provided for reward to many others may be said to cost the provider little or nothing , ‘ cost ’ in accountancy terms is merely a computation of outgoing expenditure without reference to receipts . |
| 4 | Then , quite out of the blue , there had come the offer of a job at Marlborough ; for although I had resolved to abandon teaching , I had found , like so many others , that of all the means of earning one 's bread , freelance authorship was among the most precarious . |
| 5 | And yet , though I feel so sure that we shall spend a lovely but short time together somewhere alone , yet when I think calmly I grow despairing , for if I went to stay with you , anywhere in the same house and alone , nothing would induce mother to believe me really innocent and pure in heart . |
| 6 | Somehow I must get up the Library steps , for if I can get in there before they reach me , they wo n't be able to duff me in . |
| 7 | Sure I have to , Nellie , for if I did n't give it a redd up at least once in a while he 'd have the place like a right midden . ’ |
| 8 | Any errors could ruin the fishing , for if I snag on the overhanging branches or the roots , the subsequent pulling to free the tackle , or to break it , will not go unnoticed by the chub . |
| 9 | It was always hard to get going , for if I did n't carry my own sins , and hence guilt , then my dad 's sins were always about to be draped around my neck like a dead albatross . |
| 10 | For if I had believed the opposite of 2 , my belief 1 would not be justified unless I also believe something like 3 . |
| 11 | If you say something to me I check that I have understood your message by saying it back to you in my own words , for if I repeat your own words exactly you will doubt whether I have really understood you . |
| 12 | That was that , for if I now refused my mother would see to it that I regretted my foolishness . |
| 13 | I tell you the truth : it is to your advantage that I go away ; for if I do not go away , the Paraclete will not come to you ; but if I go , I will send him to you . |
| 14 | ‘ It is to your advantage that I go away , for if I do not go away the Paraclete will not come to you . |
| 15 | For if I can do that — if I can get people to begin to comprehend the universality and the depth of our perversion — I would have achieved something rare and precious for the starving and dispossessed two-thirds of mankind ( sic ) from whose ranks I come , and for whose cause I must now fight . ’ |
| 16 | For if I should wish to love you and no other except for my wedded husband I shall not fail to tell you . " ) |
| 17 | For if I have my way , when this custody suit is over you 'll never set eyes on Kirsty again . ’ |
| 18 | For while I felt a terrible failure and I used to read endless books and articles on divorce . |
| 19 | For while I did not know , there was still some hope . |
| 20 | For while I have it in my power , I must put an end to Frankenstein 's monster . |
| 21 | Having succeeded in making your formulae work for Lotus 1-2-3 and for As-Easy-As I tried to do the same in Excel . |
| 22 | You need have no worry your son is well cared for as I trust you believe . |
| 23 | For as I say , as I motored on in the sunshine towards the Berkshire border , I continued to be surprised by the familiarity of the country around me . |
| 24 | We must have been closer friends than I recall , for as I go through my library 40 years later , I find quite a number of splendid books inscribed ‘ in friendship ’ from Andrew in his scrawling hand , including Henrik van Loon 's ‘ Book of Lives ’ , ‘ One Men 's Meat ’ by E.B. White , ‘ Women in Love ’ by D.H . |
| 25 | For as I have already explained … |
| 26 | For as I observed in Chapter 3 , the underlying meaning of both folk and expert discourse about sex difference is a political one . |
| 27 | It was as fine an afternoon as you could wish for as I slowly descended to Malham Beck , the Cove coming into view on my left as I walked down . |
| 28 | They did n't make me wash my hair which I was very grateful for as I hate having to wash my hair in the bath . |
| 29 | Frankly , this surprised me , for as I told Gerry , ‘ an inability to speak English never hampered Ian St John 's football career . ’ |
| 30 | Though these measures are not due to necessity , as the people here are glad to be of service to us and treat us with courtesy in which not a little deference is admixed , for as I say they count many simple things great wonders : my fine paste shoe buckles ( the only part remaining after some native rats that are very large and like to be tame devoured the rest of the appurtenances ) inspired much clicking of teeth and clucking of tongues till I thought I should have to part with them . |