Example sentences of "[noun pl] i [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | the reasons I think for doing it . |
| 2 | My deeper antipathy to Germany and Germans I restrained for a while , on the absurd grounds that it was somehow unreasonable to abominate each of two mutually ill-disposed nations . |
| 3 | We bypassed Shaibah of the famous and immortal song Shaibah Blues — which will be belted out by our sons and their sons I hope for evermore — and on to Bahrain where we landed and had a bit of a briefing by the CO of No 84 Squadron based at Shaihali , and so on down the Gulf to look for the City of Glasgow . |
| 4 | In the summers I rode for hours on a white pedal car with a hooter and real spark plugs . |
| 5 | And and many times I apologize for asking where various places are , because I just ca n't visualize Most of the other things from school come without being beckoned , er one thinks of er the economy , they taught about us about various things of the economy . |
| 6 | We killed 9 Manura [ sic ] superba 3 of which I have in brine for dissection , 2 for skeletons , the rest in skin , a pair of which with several other fine birds I intend for Lady Franklin . |
| 7 | ‘ The goals I scored for Charlton and Wednesday were basically created by other players but I think it 's just a matter of time before they start going in again and it should help my game when Geoff Thomas is fit , ’ he added . |
| 8 | Over the long haul , my penis might be more of a curse than a blessing and it might fall short of the goals I set for it . |
| 9 | name name dropping the supporters I mean for to those Tories telling them that the that the association for county councils for example is a backer probably counts more than telling them that that is a backer . |
| 10 | The worst thing was my Bible and books I had for Pat McDonald were gone too . |
| 11 | I thought was one of the other books I ordered for you with regard to what they call it |
| 12 | The two books I chose for my study are ‘ Fahrenheit 451 ’ by Ray Bradbury and ‘ Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep ’ by Philip K. Dick . |
| 13 | ‘ A lot of thanks I get for doing a good deed , ’ she said . |
| 14 | ‘ That 's the thanks I get for takin' ye out of a bloody hovel and givin' ye a proper place to live . |
| 15 | The words I dreamed for you , |
| 16 | But when I did so , the words I uttered for the record were that I could not accept that the proper constitutional practices , as I understood them , were being observed . |
| 17 | There was n't much point in pressing the bell so I fooled around with a small bunch of keys I keep for occasions like this and finally felt the tumblers turn in the lock . |
| 18 | On Wednesdays I train for hockey in the local indoor leisure centre . |
| 19 | I have to get down all the colours or elements I want for the poem . |
| 20 | I did n't own the companies I worked for . |
| 21 | ‘ Every morning , ’ he writes , ‘ I left my mother 's place and went straight to Brion 's , we had a cup of tea and a puff and days after days I left for home at five … |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Getting back to this they 're starting , the first two weeks I 've for timetables , administration etcetera that 's the which was agreed whenever . |
| 24 | But our to avoid that situation I left and went to work with which kept me in the Edinburgh branch and within three or four weeks I stood for the local organizer and had not been successful . |
| 25 | I know perfectly well what responsibilities I have for the Home Office and for the actions of Home Office officials and the Minister who handled the case , and I know my own responsibility in this matter . |
| 26 | Arch supports I have for my feet |
| 27 | For many years I consulted for the American GE in Schenectady and the thing that struck me there was the way that when they wanted to attack a particular area they could mount an army of people on it , all of whom were pretty good . ’ |
| 28 | During the eight years I worked for Fred Workman he never lectured me on the practice or ethics of journalism , and in assigning me to a story he never told me what to do . |
| 29 | I use to dread going in to work — in the two years I worked for the Inland Revenue I do not think I worked a full month — and in the end I left . |
| 30 | There were also a number of questions I had for them . |