Example sentences of "for i was " in BNC.
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| 1 | In effect , I kept a suitable silence and avoided direct confrontation , for I was well aware that the ultimate punishment under the regulations is expulsion or dismissal from the force , forfeiture of a considerable salary and pension , and , of course , the resulting immediate acquisition of true outsiderhood ! |
| 2 | Jay 's life had not exactly prepared her for falling In Love , still less for I was never in love with you . |
| 3 | Our friendship had been noticed , as I had hoped it would be , for I was so proud of having a friend . |
| 4 | For I was still struggling in the web you had woven , like a helpless insect wanting to escape , yet hypnotized into acquiescence and adoration by the spider 's malefic eyes and enveloping threads , wound slowly one by one round my resistless mind : |
| 5 | I never went down to meet you , for I was always afraid those right-wing student bullies might be waiting for me — you they could not touch , but I was an easy prey . |
| 6 | ‘ Ah , now that you will not remember , ’ Eleanor said , wagging her finger , ‘ for I was just twenty and you can not have been born . |
| 7 | And I said — for I was permitted to answer — that I had no desire for marriage , but wished to live unwed and happy with my dear brother and no other . |
| 8 | Not outstanding success , for I was still missing nine out of ten bites , hut enough to suggest I was on the right track . |
| 9 | — I remember , & never shall forget , my father 's face as he looked upon me while I lay in the servant 's arms — so calm , and the tears stealing down his face : for I was the child of his old age . |
| 10 | For I was most sincere , most disinterested ! |
| 11 | Either the mental strategy worked or the weather became slowly but imperceptibly better , for I was not air-sick and have usually been a ‘ good sailor ’ by air or by sea ever since . |
| 12 | This extravaganza was directed by Max Reinhart and it gave me my first experience as an impresario , for I was commissioned by the MGM office for Canada to ‘ organize the promotion ’ of the film in our area . |
| 13 | In this I may be vulnerable , for I was on the lookout for miracles and it was while watching Nancy , listening to her and eventually breaking my own icy shield and talking to her , that I came close to seeing what I was looking for . |
| 14 | I thought they might be going to pay their rents , for I was told it was about the settling-time . |
| 15 | My friends who lived nearby were all envious for I was the only one who had ever been down into the depths of the mysterious cellar . |
| 16 | As Holy Communion was by tradition the first food and drink of the day , the tea left a feeling of guilt for I was told never to tell anyone although I expect it was a common practice amongst lady communicants . |
| 17 | A shop that had an annual visit from me was Higgins the Chemists in Blue Boar Row , for I was sent there regularly on Boxing Day . |
| 18 | As soon as we got there , I started yelling for I was really scared , thought I should drown , but the grown-ups just laughed and off we slid , down the steep slope to hit the water with a mighty splash , then gently floated to the other side of the pool to disembark . |
| 19 | This would not have been so impressive if he had not previously said — for I was also with him at Murphy Radio before the war — ‘ Some people have to work , but some can run barefoot across the grass ! ’ |
| 20 | I loved it when we went to Granton , for I was always hoping I 'd see Uncle Bill . |
| 21 | With black hair , and moods to match , for I was more capricious , my blue-grey eyes mirrored the sullen nature and restlessness which ever simmered within . |
| 22 | Poor Elmer now became visibly uncomfortable , for I was nearby in my ‘ official ’ capacity as checker . |
| 23 | For I was a small boy . |
| 24 | ‘ That is fortunate , ’ said the emir , ‘ for I was of a mind to present you with none . |
| 25 | It was not Billingsley 's physical size that provoked that fear , for I was of a size with him , nor was it his profession that gave me pause , but rather the aura of incipient violence that he radiated like a blast furnace . |
| 26 | Thessy asked me what McIllvanney had wanted , but I said it had been nothing very much for I was too disgusted with the man to tell Thessy the truth . |
| 27 | I did not respond , for I was feeling nothing but astonishment . |
| 28 | I kept my voice friendly , for I was determined not to be drawn by his provocation . |
| 29 | To my surprise — for I was a very minor political fish — the news of my resignation was given widespread coverage , The Times calling it ‘ startling ’ and other papers ‘ sensational ’ . |
| 30 | In the lobby , I braved the stares of the milling guests , for I was in long skirts again and long skirts on a Western woman at ten in the morning were a bit peculiar , even in that centre for strangers in a strange land . |