Example sentences of "i for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I remember Glyn and the kids were very young I think some of the were born in Blaenau erm and they were dismantling an old quarry at there his brother W R from Harlech had bought it usa like a machinery merchant and Glyn then borrowed a lot of tools off me for dismantling it then we started we we 'd done a lot off and on together we 'd been in er I enjoyed working with him , he was the type of man very hard worker himself but he wanted his pound of flesh . |
| 32 | ‘ Only a few years ago he criticised me for speaking to the press and said I should never do it again . |
| 33 | I 'm bound to say that I meet a lot of people who praise me for speaking up , but do n't speak up themselves . |
| 34 | So it 's a very great honour and privilege for me to address you today because at the end it may be difficult for you to understand but when I return to South Africa , and forgive me for speaking personally I also realize the full meaning of the support of British trade unions and the labour movement and the churches because it was because of your political material and particularly in the case of the G M B , financial and material support that it gave us the means to do what some of us wanted to do about our country and our situation , and bring about change if we could peacefully . |
| 35 | Matey will be back soon , and — oh , what would she say to me for seducing you as I did ? |
| 36 | " Excuse me for bothering you . " |
| 37 | I have seen little of her work myself , and she wo n't thank me for mentioning it . |
| 38 | And the cruise she was on at that time — well , that was to convalesce after a very serious operation , although , ’ he added wryly , ‘ she would probably kill me for mentioning it . |
| 39 | ‘ And please forgive me for butting in on you like this . |
| 40 | Well , pardon me for belching , but what we 're talking about here is a virtually unparalleled ( in this musical medium , at least ) honesty and open-ness that so far has hampered the Kitchens ' career like a rucksack full of rocks . |
| 41 | Pardon me for thinking they were important , pardon me for feeling beautiful and lyrical , pardon me for loving you . |
| 42 | I had the uncanny feeling that the ghost of Sigmund Freud was chiding me for thinking this and she was clearly incensed that I could suggest that her father could have had any interest in religion whatsoever . |
| 43 | Have you forgiven me for calling you ‘ carrots ’ ? ’ |
| 44 | Had General Francis not had his two sticks propped against his chair as a tangible reminder of his condition , and had he not , as had now been explained to me , been making this social call to thank me for nursing his son after paying a second professional visit himself to Bernard Remington-Hart , his appearance and that Rolls outside would have frozen Margaret into a prissy caricature of her normal self . |
| 45 | But wider , deeper and larger considerations had to be taken on board and at this stage I do n't know if any of the money will be available to me for replacing Batty if he goes . ’ |
| 46 | Forgive me for assuming my role of dyke agony uncle once more , but really , lovey ! |
| 47 | So it 's cost me , it 's cost me for ordering the bloody thing |
| 48 | Erm , the final point on the shortfall of funding is as I 'm , keep emphasising , forgive me for repeating this , this is going to be year two of a four year transition . |
| 49 | The women who were working there looked at me in a kind curious way at first and then took me for granted . |
| 50 | But not when he 's taking me for granted . |
| 51 | ‘ If you have been taking me for granted , ’ Mr O'Hara argued , ‘ then that is my fault . |
| 52 | I have told him he is n't the same man I married any more and he just takes me for granted . |
| 53 | ‘ What makes you think you 're taking me for granted ? ’ |
| 54 | ‘ I warned you not to take me for granted , Kathleen . |
| 55 | It 's just that sometimes — well , I do n't even know if we have a relationship , and I do n't want him thinking he can take me for granted . ’ |
| 56 | I also discovered that Granpa used to switch suppliers regularly , ‘ just to be sure no one takes me for granted ’ . |
| 57 | But at the funeral , in a fit of hysteria , she turned on me and blamed me for causing her father 's death . |
| 58 | ‘ Oh well , ’ he said with a sigh , ‘ in the face of such force majeure , he may forgive me for capitulating . ’ |
| 59 | Come kiss me and tell me you forgive me for exposing you to so much danger and distress . |
| 60 | Jean-Claude would be pleased with me for staying out of the attic . |