Example sentences of "for [art] [noun] i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was really too cold for the clothes I had brought , so I fell back on a recommended resource . |
| 2 | ‘ In some ways , ’ he said yesterday , ‘ Python does look very old-fashioned now , yet when I arranged a compilation of all 45 shows for the BBC I found that we had on the Not The Nine O ’ Clock News unintentionally pinched a number of things , putting the signature in the middle of the programme , parodying famous TV interviews . |
| 3 | He described a life so different from my own that I could not have imagined it — ‘ She loved me for the dangers I had passed , and I loved her , that she did pity them . ’ |
| 4 | For me that was vindication for the disagreements I 'd had with Sydney Newman and Donald Wilson , both of whom saw the music and titles after they 'd been done and said they did n't like them . |
| 5 | But even if he chose lucky and came straight for the exit I had taken , I reckoned I could make at least twenty yards before he would open the door behind me . |
| 6 | In readiness for the event I made all the arrangements I possibly could before the baby was born to make my return to work as smooth as possible , including hiring a nanny , and I thought that this was going to be easy … |
| 7 | but for the tree I thought well I 'm gon na make some I 'm gon na make six , like the colouring we did erm the erm wa black , red and white |
| 8 | As for my own research , there are some areas of it in which quantification has not been used because in these areas it was not necessary or appropriate for the purpose I had in mind ( see for example the discussions in chapter 5 ) . |
| 9 | I suppose it is not impossible that , if I had needed to make application to the authorities to undertake a dash to and from London for the purpose I had in mind , the brother-in-law 's request might by some happy chance have ‘ married up ’ with my own application . |
| 10 | They would repay me for the dowry I wasted on you , but I have no wish to be reminded of you . |
| 11 | Cos I 've got ta make up for the sleep I lost erm yesterday . |
| 12 | I always voted for the person I thought less crooked because I did n't , and do n't think , there is much difference between the parties . |
| 13 | I could n't get the money for the film I wanted to make . |
| 14 | Well I was t taking piano lessons , studying for the exams I went over the top , I had to give it up and I did n't go to school then for another eighteen months . |
| 15 | The I saw an advert for the machine I wanted , with the software I wanted , but it cost too much . |
| 16 | " 10 is for the shit I blew over you and 10 is for the shit I am just about to blow over you , Good-day sir . " |
| 17 | That was particularly true for the generation I grew up in . |
| 18 | Although Margaret knew I would not support her , I was on reasonable terms with her-so much so that during the battle for the Leadership I attended her constituency annual dinner and dance as guest of honour . |
| 19 | The top rail is joined to the uprights by dovetail housings and to cut the mortises for the laths I found that it was best to hold the rail in the vice with blocks to pack it out and then to cut down vertically . |
| 20 | ‘ I want to say sorry for the mistake I made . |
| 21 | Stoutstroke dipped and bit and sliced and dug , building a huge triple-deck dam , the main section of which backed up the water in the North Burn for eighty paces ; not far off the record for the position I had chosen . |
| 22 | I do n't know wen I 'll see you agen , but I 'm sorry for the things I did , and I 'm ashamd . |
| 23 | I began to see that I could ask for the things I needed . |
| 24 | The extreme poverty of the whole concern is pathetic , and I wished I 'd paid more for the things I bought so as to make life easier for these tanners who look just about ready to give up . |
| 25 | Before turning in for the night I telephoned Fred Workman to say I would be back at my desk by mid-morning and would be covering the visit of Mr Gladstone Murray to our city , his meetings and his broadcast speech , for the next day 's evening edition . |
| 26 | I will grow old gracefully , as we are advised ; and as I made ready for the night I tried to see myself as the little girls must have seen me . |
| 27 | When my jealousy put me upon such a vindictive conduct to you I took a bond for the money I had caused you to be troubled for . |
| 28 | And , since we 're talking about it , I want to make amends for the way I treated his mother . |
| 29 | I do n't blame my parents for the way I turned out , I 'm the one responsible . |
| 30 | As I knew this , there was no excuse for the way I behaved . |