Example sentences of "for a [noun] i [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a second I get so excited , I have to calm myself down . |
| 2 | For a second I think she must have gone mad , then she makes a really loud rude-noise with her lips , winks at me , points at the Monster and laughs . |
| 3 | My Adam 's apple swells in my throat , and for a second I think I 'm going to join her in tears . |
| 4 | Well I 'll wait here for a bit I mean you 'll queue at the others if I turn round . |
| 5 | Alright , leave the car there just for a bit I want to go over and see |
| 6 | I 'm I 'm stuck for a word I 've I 've asked Angela , I ca n't explain to her what I mean it 's awful when you , when you got a word at the back of your mind it 's one of those words where ki , a kid ham anybody , any person can er , realise that something needs doing and do it without being told to do it . |
| 7 | Lovely , would n't mind fucking going with her for a night I tell ya . |
| 8 | It do n't mean anything at all , but then nevertheless , I mean they always want somebody to do these sort of things it 's all , all for a purpose I suppose |
| 9 | I 'm for a lager I think a lager |
| 10 | I mean for a while I think it was maybe my glasses , but these are just new |
| 11 | ‘ A shilling … no , two shilling for a wager I 've in mind . ’ |
| 12 | How the sensor transmits the pulse into a usable driver for a tacho I do not know . |
| 13 | I grab him by the lapels , and as my fingers scrabble for a hold I drop my little micro-transmitter into his breast pocket . |
| 14 | But I mean I think the feeling of the the miners were out for a year I mean time and time again I 've heard people say , Oh how d how do they do it and look at the money they 're sending us and look at what they 're doing for us and how ho . |
| 15 | Paul 's gon na bum around for a year I reckon |
| 16 | But when I 've paid for a newspaper I expect all the pieces that I 've paid for . |
| 17 | Well , you 'll just have to tell them that it 's missing but when I 've paid for a newspaper I expect to get all the pieces that I 've paid for and I 've already paid for mine , so this I 'll take . |
| 18 | I 'm growing mine at the moment for a part I 've been playing , which accounts for its condition . |
| 19 | Listen for a guy I do n't know and he did , he does |
| 20 | He hesitated only briefly before he said , ‘ Because it asked for a reservation I have no wish to make . |
| 21 | if I 'm going out for a meal I prefer to try something different , you can have a steak at home , I mean |
| 22 | somebody comes to look at it just for a view I mean , I say , I , I 'm quite happy coming like I said th if you motion behind there , make the bar presentable we 'll fill it out with stock then that 'll look better |
| 23 | To find employment my father moved to Peterborough and although I have since lived at Rathcoole for a period I have found my childhood friends difficult to trace . |
| 24 | Bonanza Boy , one of my old favourites , has been a remarkable horse over the years and I am a touch sad in having to desert him for a horse I consider to have a better chance . |
| 25 | when I pay for a paper I want it to be complete , so I want that piece and I want that , that piece . |
| 26 | For a moment I wonder if he 's set all this up to sharpen our reactions and test us out , but I know it 's not that . |
| 27 | Isabella turns away , and for a moment I think she is about to refuse . |
| 28 | I can hear Andy 's muffled shouting ; for a moment I think I 've lost them and run past them somehow ; then I see them , almost straight ahead . |
| 29 | For a moment I think I am dreaming . |
| 30 | I wake up and for a moment I think I 'm at home or at Caroline 's . |