Example sentences of "for [pron] i [vb past] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Non , Inspector , everyone had the same — oh , save for the Prince of Wales for whom I made a special soup . ’ |
| 2 | When the Second World War broke out in Europe , it was difficult to get supplies of helpful books , and when the Japanese came into it after the disaster of Pearl Harbour , I myself , as well as the clergy and students for whom I had a pastoral responsibility , felt the need of prayers to meet the threatening danger , as well as the provision of prayers which would express a Christ-like spirit about war , enemies in war , dangers in war and sufferers in war . |
| 3 | They were the faces of two entirely separate people , and try as I would to superimpose them they would n't focus into a single man for whom I had a single , straightforward feeling . |
| 4 | a lot of the people used to come in and they 'd be in in his hotel , boozing rather than being at the pub you know , he says it for me I got a bottle and everything there . |
| 5 | Another gift that was well received was a book of poetry for which I made a pressed flower bookmark . |
| 6 | The last time 1 wanted a telephone number in the US , I dialled information in New York for a number in Washington , for which I had no address . |
| 7 | He and I were present at the recent opening of its new school building , for which I had the pleasure of being the Minister responsible for making available the necessary resources . |
| 8 | He took all my clothes , my underpants , my toothbrush and razor , in return for which I received a clean set of fatigues , underwear and a wash kit . |
| 9 | I was lending a hand in the store of one of my compatriots ; for which I received a miserly stipend and a corner of a room in the warehouse already occupied by two young Chinese . |
| 10 | Another day we hired bikes and rode through the forests , seeing the Blue Lake and the Green Lake , and William and I went to Buried Village ( where we found a nice cafe with a superb carrot cake , for which I got the recipe ) . |
| 11 | I implored him not to , but he was adamant , thus following Rear Admiral Poland who had resigned from Muirfield in consequence of my being blackballed there ( ‘ it makes no sense at all ’ , he wrote to the secretary , ‘ that he can be accepted as a guest but blackballed as a member ’ ) : both were sacrifices for which I felt a personal responsibility and which caused me much distress . |
| 12 | It was dick-work , routing out pests , for which I paid a fair price . |
| 13 | ‘ When I auditioned for him I made a great impression — or so I was told . |
| 14 | I think a medical problem different say for instance for myself I got an awful bash on the nose playing badminton and they thought it was broken , however it mended and I wished it had broken because its mended a bit , but I do not believe in spending money on cosmetic surgery because I think if you make the best of what you have and think of all the people were mutilated by disease |
| 15 | for my biscuit today and for myself I had a dinosaur , Miss gave me a whole dinosaur and I had the head arms , erm , the head of the big one |