Example sentences of "i [verb] [to-vb] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It means , simply , that I intend to look for another job . ’ |
| 2 | I failed to realise for some considerable time the importance of commitment from the top down . |
| 3 | By working co-operatively , long-term , with the people around me , I hope to continue for some time yet . |
| 4 | By working co-operatively , longterm , with the people around me , I hope to continue for some time yet . |
| 5 | She said , ‘ What am I going to wear for this old party tomorrow ? |
| 6 | I decided to apply for some help , so my daughter Lilya ( Aliki ) and I wrote a letter to Andropov and Brezhnev , and I explained in these letters that what had been stolen was a large number of works from the collection that I had intended to give to the Tretyakov Gallery . |
| 7 | I needed to study for several months to make a woman monster successfully . |
| 8 | I start to think for some reason about the idea of being all right . |
| 9 | All you had to do as an employee in all honesty , was get up in the morning , and you had , the decision you had to make is , how do I get to work for half past eight ? |
| 10 | Yes , I mean I run a series for one of the local newspapers on past Lewes mayors and the amount of work that I had to do for that meant that I picked up all sorts of pieces of information about what other mayors had tried in the past , and things that had been successful and things that had been disasters , and as it was the centenary I went to a lot of trouble to look up exactly what had happened a hundred years ago and to try and recreate the ceremonial connected with that , and then when we elected erm two people honourary freeman of the town I got in all of the other mayors from Sussex , asked them to come along with their robes and mace bearers and so on , and we had this very sort of grand ceremonial procession in the Assembly Hall , which was sort of packed out with about four hundred people . |
| 11 | Yes , I mean I run a series for one of the local newspapers on past Lewes mayors , and the amount of work that I had to do for that meant that I picked up all sorts of pieces of information about what other mayors had tried in the past , and things that had been successful and things that had been disasters , and as it was a centenary , I went to a lot of trouble to look up exactly what had happened a hundred years ago , and to try and recreate the ceremonial connected with that . |
| 12 | I had to wait for another performance to see . ’ |
| 13 | She went out of one door but then a sheet of flame came down and blocked me , so I had to look for another way out . ’ |
| 14 | Do you know what the total price of the tickets would have been if I had to pay for this , one hundred and ten pounds |
| 15 | Erm so that 's a figure if you like you have have up here in your noodle and say I need to go for that anyway . |
| 16 | So er can I suggest that we actually ask the the Recreation Ground Committee to look at these problems over the er I do n't think there are any significant problems actually after the , after the Easter weekend fortunately , but just to have er in reply to the city football club , because they are concerned , and have been I have to say for many years , so it 's not unusual . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's mostly my gardener I have to thank for that ’ , said the doctor modestly , ‘ but , yes , I do take an interest . |
| 18 | I have to pay for this . |
| 19 | ‘ I wanted to apologise for that , ’ she said . |
| 20 | I wanted to apologise for that . ’ |