Example sentences of "i [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I mean for this market research one , we ought to finish this tonight because if she comes tomorrow |
| 32 | And what will I earn for this work ? ’ |
| 33 | It would n't be an exaggeration to say I lived for that owl during that very intense period of training . |
| 34 | I lived for many years in the north of England . |
| 35 | Good Friday is about punks at Hastings , where I lived for many years , seen feeding a hot-cross bun to pigeons . |
| 36 | Someone in the New York Times said I was opening in Berlin , where I lived for fifteen years . |
| 37 | In order to observe this and to try to understand something of what life in the movement was like at first hand — and , of course , to try to observe the operation of sociological variables such as social control — I lived for several periods of a week or so , over a span of six years , in Unification centres and participated in various of their functions . |
| 38 | I fought for them two , to get that home for her , so I said no , the only way you 'll do it , and I , when she were on her own , I said , not that I do n't trust Nigel , I do , but you do n't know what 's gon na happen in ten , in ten years time , I said I fought for that house for you , if you exchange it , you exchange it in your name |
| 39 | I lay for several days in a small wooden room , convinced for some reason that I was on an ocean-going ship . |
| 40 | I joined Dateline then and went out with one person I met for two years , but then I moved away with my work . |
| 41 | Am I forgiven for last night ? ’ |
| 42 | I planned for year-round interest and used such plants as climbing roses , clematis , jasmines , honeysuckle and Japanese quince . |
| 43 | My ambition at the moment is to make sure I qualify for this year 's Open Championship . ’ |
| 44 | I cared for that child myself . ’ |
| 45 | ‘ My God , ’ he choked , ‘ how I long for that day ! ’ |
| 46 | I long for Anglican churches to be more confident in their expression of the Good News . |
| 47 | Well I wan I tried for two days to talk about Lady Thatcher . |
| 48 | My Lords , before the Noble Lord sits down , perhaps I could ask him to remember , he was saying s how , how splendidly the Lord Chancellor and the Chancellor of the Duchy appointed magistrates and I entirely agree , but they appoint them , not from a list that they 've constructed themselves , they appoint them because the keepers of the roles for respective counties propose names to them which they very carefully er selected by the very special and an an and complicated process of of er of er of of examination of people whose names come forward , I find in my case that only one-third of the people whom I interview for this purpose with my Committee er are the ones which I 've I propose . |
| 49 | One as I say for seventy crackers . |
| 50 | But like I say for seven years he just sat and did n't want to do nothing . |
| 51 | Make a secret I test for each character ( Dwarf -10 , Halfling -30 ) . |
| 52 | I apologise for that omission erm it 's er erm one of those things that er er does I 'm afraid from time to time happen . |
| 53 | I apologise for any offence given but there has been another death , though one which may resolve the mysteries which have plagued us . ’ |
| 54 | I apologise for any inconvenience caused . |
| 55 | I apologise for any confusion . ’ |
| 56 | I apologise for any confusion caused . |
| 57 | I apologise for this error . |
| 58 | ‘ I apologise for this mess , ’ said Dotty . |
| 59 | Guess what I want for next year ? |
| 60 | The Seagate drives I used for this article required 2 jumper connections made on the master drive , and all the connectors removed from the slave drive … |