Example sentences of "and i [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | I am sure de Macon had his hand on his dagger hilt and I realised for all they knew I could be a member of the Luciferi . |
| 32 | And erm then after erm I had done my training as nun , I did teacher training , and I taught for twenty years , before becoming a social worker . |
| 33 | Now , like all my other gadgets , it is a real friend and I reach for it several times a week to help ease and speed up specific tasks . |
| 34 | I had no choice but to leave and I made for the kitchen carrying the dollar on the tray like a trophy anchored by a thumb . |
| 35 | He produced a pocket-book and I thought for a moment he was going to tip me . |
| 36 | ‘ When we heard about poor Alain Gebrec being dead , I had a sudden vision of Dora looking furiously angry … you know how she sometimes glares at Dieter … and I thought for a moment … supposing it had been Dieter who 'd been killed … it might have been Dora who had … oh , I know it 's dreadful of me to think these things , but she hates him so much . ’ |
| 37 | And I thought for fuck 's sake , and he is like that , his mum as well is like that . |
| 38 | As the Dutchwoman and I waited for the musicians to gather themselves up she commented on the sea symbols of fish and anchor in the nave . |
| 39 | The man at Capital told me to hold on , and I waited for a very long time . |
| 40 | Marius and I waited for twenty minutes and then walked into Mike 's room , only to find him snoring loudly , unconscious . |
| 41 | ‘ He asked me what I could say of you , Callanish , and I waited for your signal knowing that when he was wiser and ready I could tell him . ’ |
| 42 | He closed the curtains and I waited for him to come out to his car . |
| 43 | for two days Signe and I waited for Harvey Newbegin to return . |
| 44 | Destiny has fled and I settle for you |
| 45 | But I move my motion , and I ask for those in favour to please show |
| 46 | This motion condemns rise in unemployment caused by the incompetent handling of the Tory government 's economic policies and I ask for support of the T U C campaigns for the unemployed , but I would beg really that when we do campaign , the T U C gives us more than two days to notify us of rallies and meetings . |
| 47 | Bob Platt and I pressed for a bowler as fiercely as we could , but to no avail . |
| 48 | Her crew danced to their tasks , and I understood for the first time the meaning of the Indonesian words for " crewman " — " anak prahu " , literally " child of the prahu " . |
| 49 | And I rung for an ambulance and it came and we took her up and sat with her , and they kept her in for four days . |
| 50 | ‘ As your commanding officer , I 'm the senior member of the Board and I speak for the others . |
| 51 | I should think that all politicians , and I speak for myself , we all face this temptation . |
| 52 | Er i it was insulting to you and I apologize for that . |
| 53 | ‘ I 've nothing to add except to say that I 'm surprised no one 's tried to squeeze more out of me since and I apologize for the fact that there 's only one chair here so I ca n't ask you to sit down . ’ |
| 54 | Chair , if I could move on then to the budget proper , and I apologize for the numbering . |
| 55 | Erm , the one , two , three and four refer to quarters , it seems a strange way to do it , and I apologize for that . |
| 56 | I would need to read the whole of that alarming corpus over again before I was quite sure of it , and I apologize for this extra quarter of an hour . |
| 57 | ‘ It was the old Linfield spirit that carried them through because it was n't a great Linfield team , compared to the sides Trevor and I played for in the 80s . |
| 58 | Of course , there was always Agnes , and I lived for the nights when I joined the Ralembergs for their simple meal . |
| 59 | He lingers over that and I wait for him to ask why I was visiting a Communist state . |
| 60 | ‘ Her father and I wait for the day she grows out of it , but — ’ |