Example sentences of "i [verb] [to-vb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I say I think I 'll sum up and have a vote , and then I intend to break for lunch on conclusion of this item . |
| 2 | Its use is very simple — you tell the manager which cells hold the values you want to change , and they 're added to the scenario , which you name ( I tend to go for Disaster , Real and Brill — all self explanatory ) . |
| 3 | Er , it 's like , it 's like the foreman on the shopfloor for some reason , there 's a er , in the systems or whatever , er , the warehouseman er , the night porter er , when he takes over , he knows what he 's doing , he knows what I want , because I 've spoken to him about it , erm , he knows what items I want to leave for stock people , erm , and Sue , the checkout manager , she 'll know if I want extra people on the shopfloor because we 're quiet , or I expect it to be quiet , erm , she knows where they 've got to be , and I 'll come back and review it with her . |
| 4 | Afterwards I continue to argue for rugby , feeling ever more like the devil 's advocate . |
| 5 | Without the aid of any sort of therapy , and certainly without the sympathy and understanding which should attend it , I managed to opt for life . |
| 6 | In the morning I went to look for Heathcliff . |
| 7 | It was with deep regret that I had to leave for home later that evening . |
| 8 | I had to go for consumption . |
| 9 | Just a few miles North of Annesley the engine failed on the Tibshelf bank , so I had to go for assistance . |
| 10 | The company chief , who also has a £1 million manor house at Seend , Wilts , took the microphone to say : ‘ I had to file for bankruptcy yesterday . |
| 11 | We shall just have to pretend it 's not there , there 's not , there 's not quite as bad as when I had to speak for Amnesty on Radio Essex last year and it was live , as every word , every word I spoke was being you know being heard by a lot of people and that 's , that was very , that was very intimidating . |
| 12 | I had to apply for access — access to my own daughter who I 'd lived with all her life . |
| 13 | Still active in the students ' movement , I continued to struggle for recognition of our oppressions as women , lesbians and gays , and people with disabilities . |
| 14 | ‘ Oz , ’ Joe interrupted , ‘ this is the only day in the year when I need to ask for help from my neighbours . |
| 15 | I promise to sing for Hochhauser as well as I can . |
| 16 | I found a pattern of hers , jacket in white in that bag what for a cardigan I wanted to do for school |
| 17 | I wanted to ask for help with the relics , and I wanted some moral support , but it felt wrong somehow , sort of like sneaking to an adult ; an adult I did n't even believe in . |
| 18 | And one of the reasons I wanted to run for president is to open the floodgates for debating ideas so that we could try to change in the appropriate way . ’ |