Example sentences of "i [verb] [pron] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 And I fought it for a long time and I wanted to get kick-started back to where I was before , because I felt under a cloud .
2 I earned quite a lot of money by showing my Lilliputian animals to people , and in the end I sold them for a high price .
3 I sold it for a reasonable price .
4 ‘ For every improvement to the guest-house , I make something for the local people , ’ Anne said .
5 ‘ I did n't know at the time it had been in the Quakers boardroom but it was a good , handmade , solid oak table and I got it for a reasonable price , ’ he said .
6 EPIPHONE ET-270 , 3-a-side headstock , you 've got , I want it for a reasonable price .
7 I know you for a pure creature .
8 ‘ And is n't it fortunate that I know you for a blind fool ? ’
9 Well I stuck it for a long time , Di went to sleep and I got out and I had a look and I , the only thing that I could see , and it was two o'clock , half past two this morning , er the er the one side of the big house over there was full of lights , they had all the lights on and there were two cars outside with their lights on .
10 Whenever I am working with someone I know and trust I ask them for a quick trim .
11 In fact I knew her for a tough-minded young woman with feminist leanings and rather more interest in student politics than would be helpful in her academic work .
12 I lived with my husband for er , three and a half years , and I knew him for a good number of years before then , so we made a joint decision after that period of time that we were , wanted to commit ourselves
13 I use it for a wide sleeve gathered in at the bottom and I have knitted the main part of the garment with a 2x1 welt .
14 Soon after I got him I noticed a lump under his tummy , so I took him for a thorough check-up .
15 Yeah , I said yeah I am , I said I 'm gon na drive up and see , so we got in , went up to Wendy 's , you could n't see through the door Pen , Penny and Kev said well we 'll drive round as well , I said well she 's had us up and down , cos one minute she was quite strong then the next she could n't cope , I said Wendy all I want you to ever know is that I 'm there , if ever you want me phone me , I do n't care whether it 's middle of the night , middle of the morning or whatever , so she says alright , anyway Penny went up , she said she could n't see anything she thinks she 's gone a bed and then me and Rudy went up , it must have been quarter to one cos I took him for a little walk and I got out the car and walked round the back and then , I could see her curtains were open and I could see a light on , so I went round the front and I shouted through the letter box , Wen it 's only me I 've come to wish you a happy new year , let's hope next year will be better than this one and she come to the door and she was broken hearted
16 No , no , I said to Richard is , is , Debbie not feeling well enough to come here , no I took her for a little ride round the .
17 I respect them for the medieval certainty of their beliefs and for the casuistical cunning of their arguments .
18 " I know you come over a little shy when I talk about you this way , Chuck , but I do it for a good reason , " continued the senator , lighting a Havana cigar with elaborate care .
19 ‘ Signorina , will you be all right if I leave you for a little while ? ’
20 I LIKE The Cult , I admire them for the sheer daftness of their post- ‘ Electric ’ output — all gung-ho riffing and ludicrous lyrical conceits — and even found much to savour in the absurdly ambitious ‘ Sonic Temple ’ , where they attempted to sound like all their favourite bands all the way through each song , but ‘ Ceremony ’ is an extremely dull affair .
21 I denied it for a long time because I was so determined to make this marriage work , but the reality was that we did n't really care for each other any more , or at least somewhere among all the battles our love had been well and truly buried .
22 I thank him for a speedy and compassionate response .
23 No I 'm not , erm if I , if I take her for a long run .
24 I said I wanted it for an amateur production of James Saunders A Scent of Flowers — a play I knew well and which required a coffin to be positioned downstage during the entire action .
25 He was asking me to respect him for an astute and informed observer , an impartial and honest man .
26 ‘ First let me thank you for the great job you are doing with the ‘ Nottingham Graduate ’ .
27 Here 's me taking you for a prancing little parson when all the while the cloth is a covering for a frustrated sex maniac . ’
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