Example sentences of "i [verb] [pron] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope that I shall not embarrass the Minister if I commend him again for his imaginative efforts and the time that he has spent abroad trying to develop inward investment . |
| 2 | She thought , Now he 'll say what he was going to say last night , except that I made it hard for him , I was so unloving , so unresponsive . |
| 3 | I think I made it once for my parents-in-law . |
| 4 | I grind it deep for Dixie . |
| 5 | Ouch , I thought , that really hurt , and I clenched it tight for a moment to stop the pain , before looking to see the damage . |
| 6 | I taped it mainly for you . |
| 7 | I want you there for the speedboat race . ’ |
| 8 | It 's five past seven , I want you home for twenty to eight . |
| 9 | I want it just for us . |
| 10 | Yeah this is what I put them there for . |
| 11 | ‘ Can I do anything else for yer Dad ? ’ |
| 12 | I admired him greatly for his bravery and his cheerfulness . |
| 13 | ‘ Will you take the dog back with you or shall I keep it here for a while ? ’ |
| 14 | I like them particularly for Chunky machines which of course do not have a garter carriage . |
| 15 | It was as if I owed him financially for everything he 'd given me , he 'd drawn up a sort of balance sheet , setting adoption against the chances he 'd given me ; because he 'd taken me on I owed him . |
| 16 | I felt that this conversation was adding little to my , or my listeners ' , knowledge of how to buy a coffin , so I thanked him kindly for his time and said goodbye . |
| 17 | ( I remember it well for the sun shortly afterwards disappeared and we did not see it for weeks . ) |
| 18 | I could have held him tight and told him I was proud of him and that I loved him just for being there , but he would have struggled free . |
| 19 | I 'm just learning to drive at the moment and I find its more for my independence than any thing else |
| 20 | That does n't mean I feel anything else for him . |
| 21 | I 'd tell the father what he 'd done and what I brought him home for . |
| 22 | I chose them specially for you … ‘ |
| 23 | I kept everything inside for months . |
| 24 | I kept you here for as long as I could but I ca n't do that anymore . ’ |
| 25 | Next day I took him outside for a long walk in the fresh air . |
| 26 | ‘ I took her there for a last relaxing evening before we threw ourselves into the election campaign . |
| 27 | Then I put him away for two years . |
| 28 | I bought them just for the bag though . |
| 29 | ‘ I bought them really for someone else . |
| 30 | ‘ I bought it just for a laugh . ’ |