Example sentences of "i [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 61 | The card background I used for this photo frame was an extremely pale peachy pink , on which I placed some rose leaves , heuchera flowers and green spiky leaves , with ‘ Marjorie Fair ’ and ‘ Yesterday ’ roses forming the central focus . |
| 62 | Cos I punished for stupid things . |
| 63 | He picks himself up and declares about Fedka , later in the novel , ‘ I suffered for ten years on his account , more than he suffered as a soldier , and — and I 'll give him my purse . ’ |
| 64 | ‘ I came for that weekend . |
| 65 | I believed for many years that I could move towards the future and leave the past behind , that there was no need for me to return home . |
| 66 | Having made a new table to replace a rather unsteady card table , there being no local shop which sold green baize , I opted for green Heuga carpet tiles . |
| 67 | ‘ I opted for full hospital care . |
| 68 | I opted for bright summertime colours but for autumn you might have brown hedgehogs shuffling through leaves of russet and gold . |
| 69 | I played for high stakes — and I have lost . |
| 70 | ‘ I also know that Mrs Chapman has arthritis which makes it almost impossible for her to climb those stairs to the little flat , ’ I added for good measure . |
| 71 | I studied for one year at the Academy in Vienna and this year finds me working on my own in my own studio and I am being analysed by Dr Wilhelm Stekel . |
| 72 | ‘ I studied for five years at the Physical Education Academy , so I could go back to Poland and be a school teacher . |
| 73 | In particular , I studied for some while a figure chalked on a great blackboard which stood close to the bench bearing the sheeted body . |
| 74 | My father was not a rich man , but he was able to send me to Cambridge University , where I studied for three years . |
| 75 | I am sure that I speak for all district society presidents when I say that this is just not true . |
| 76 | I believe that I speak for many others , both in my party and outside it , who want to see a successful conclusion at Maastricht and who want political and economic union in Europe to go forward . |
| 77 | Had there been a verification that nuclear fusion did occur in solids at room temperature , here is one theorist , and I am sure I speak for many colleagues , who would have taken up the new field to see what fundamental implications it had . |
| 78 | I 'm sure I speak for most Merseysiders in saying enough is enough . |
| 79 | I await for better selections and performance in the autumn from the so-called ‘ heirs apparent ’ to the Webb Ellis Trophy . |
| 80 | Well , what can I do for this wife today ? |
| 81 | Well , what can I do for this day ? |
| 82 | Well what can I do for this lady today ? |
| 83 | what can I do for this lady today ? |
| 84 | Now , what can I do for this lady this morning ? |
| 85 | Now what can I do for this lady ? |
| 86 | I had I saved for three years . |
| 87 | I wait for fifteen minutes . |
| 88 | Since time is something I do n't have too much of these days I look for other solutions like hats , turbans , scarves or wigs and pieces . |
| 89 | I look for certain features , like the floor . |
| 90 | I look for better ways of doing things |