Example sentences of "i [vb base] [adv] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | These were indestructible and to this day I regret ever falling for the slick adverts for trendy green ones . |
| 2 | I lay there waiting for the half-hour to pass ; and the silence of the house was still , that day , much more a silence of peace than one of fear . |
| 3 | It is precisely because I want to see political changes of this kind that I support Home Rule for Scotland . |
| 4 | It 's nice , I suppose please come for please I do n't like that . |
| 5 | I never expected it to be easy , but I do sometimes wish for those moments that I experienced in the distant past , when the umpire used to say , ‘ game , set and match ’ , and you shook hands before entering the comparative safety of the changing room . |
| 6 | I thought we could have lunch in the garden after your inspection — I 've already arranged for the fridge to be restocked — and afterwards , if you do n't fancy going to the beach , we could go out in my boat , or I 'll take you for a tour of North Zealand , through the quaint old villages with their farmhouses and gardens full of hollyhocks and the beech woods . |
| 7 | Oh , I 've already qualified for that next year . |
| 8 | Well I 've already paid for mine so I 'm going to get |
| 9 | And I 've already paid for mine , so this I 'll take . |
| 10 | No , I 've already paid for twelve months . |
| 11 | Well , I 've already paid for mine so I 'm going to get |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've already apologized for withholding the information , Chief Inspector , ’ said Charlotte edgily . |
| 14 | Since I 've bleeding asked for them they have n't been in , that was two weeks ago |
| 15 | me a pound after what I 've just done for you out there |
| 16 | I 've just called for her money . |
| 17 | ‘ I feel I 've just auditioned for the part of a human being and I did n't get the job . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 've just come for the skirt your mum 's fixed for me , ’ she said . |
| 19 | And I 've also gone for quality clients , companies I want to work for and who I know will pay on time . ’ |
| 20 | The youngest , the youngest below me I 've ever gone for is three years younger . |
| 21 | The flood of almost 3D colour and composition was one of the finest I 've ever seen for colour flow . |
| 22 | The flood of almost 3D colour and composition was one of the finest I 've ever seen for colour flow . |
| 23 | And I have to say that this is the minimum I 've ever seen for a sales person to have to do . |
| 24 | the only one I 've ever seen for is Wrigley 's |
| 25 | It is extremely light , low cut , very wide fitting — the widest I 've ever found for a long time — and together with an EVA insert into the sole unit , gave me very comfortable walking . |
| 26 | He 's the most professional boat owner I 've ever worked for . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I 've often prayed for death , Ellen . |
| 28 | I mean I normally in the past I 've always gone for experienced keepers because you know I mean they they do n't come to their prime until , I do n't think goalkeepers over twenty six twenty seven onwards . |
| 29 | it is what I 've always thought for a long time that somebody like Brian if he 's not if he 's not showing at our fish at our show , even as an A class judge , I , I fail to see why he ca n't judge at our show it 's , he goes to Skelm and , and judges there and our fish will be there or strange really when we 're struggling for judges that , that we do n't do these things . |
| 30 | But that must be awful I al I 've always thought for a , a woman who wears really loads of make-up |