Example sentences of "i [verb] [to-vb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I say I think I 'll sum up and have a vote , and then I intend to break for lunch on conclusion of this item . |
| 2 | In the end we compromised , Singh apologised and I agreed to pay for repairs to his sidelight . |
| 3 | Its use is very simple — you tell the manager which cells hold the values you want to change , and they 're added to the scenario , which you name ( I tend to go for Disaster , Real and Brill — all self explanatory ) . |
| 4 | Er , it 's like , it 's like the foreman on the shopfloor for some reason , there 's a er , in the systems or whatever , er , the warehouseman er , the night porter er , when he takes over , he knows what he 's doing , he knows what I want , because I 've spoken to him about it , erm , he knows what items I want to leave for stock people , erm , and Sue , the checkout manager , she 'll know if I want extra people on the shopfloor because we 're quiet , or I expect it to be quiet , erm , she knows where they 've got to be , and I 'll come back and review it with her . |
| 5 | I want to compete for Great Britain and myself . |
| 6 | I did that one day when things got hairier than usual , went down to where some bandit was trying to rip us off and practically rubbed beards with him and shouted into his face I Want To Work For Christ 's Sake Let Me Work , but Vic said that was n't being helpful . |
| 7 | If it 's too painful for her to accept that I want to look for Elaine , then I sha n't . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ In October 1983 , I came to work for Cambridgeshire County Council as an Assistant Solicitor . |
| 9 | ‘ What am I going to do for beds ? |
| 10 | After I had written my letter of acceptance to Bedford I began to look for digs nearer the university : I was determined to show some independence . |
| 11 | Afterwards I continue to argue for rugby , feeling ever more like the devil 's advocate . |
| 12 | Froggatt , who has an Irish mother , said : ‘ I decided to play for England after speaking to my father . |
| 13 | Without the aid of any sort of therapy , and certainly without the sympathy and understanding which should attend it , I managed to opt for life . |
| 14 | I go to a gym regularly and I use to swim for Liverpool so swimming still keeps me fit . |
| 15 | Then I went to look for Anne . |
| 16 | In the morning I went to look for Heathcliff . |
| 17 | I preferred to look for Suzie by myself . ’ |
| 18 | I learned to read for drums first and then to sight sing choral music and then I learned to read music in general . |
| 19 | I had to mourn for Sesostris so I went back to his house . ’ |
| 20 | But I had to search for Vietnam . |
| 21 | It was with deep regret that I had to leave for home later that evening . |
| 22 | I had to understudy for Prospero , one year , and still remember large chunks of the beautiful Tempest verse . |
| 23 | ‘ Sorry to be so long — I had to wait for Tom to finish a phone call . ’ |
| 24 | I had to go for consumption . |
| 25 | Just a few miles North of Annesley the engine failed on the Tibshelf bank , so I had to go for assistance . |
| 26 | Later my father decided it would be useful and character-forming for me to know all the measurements as well as he did , so I had to sit for hours with the Measurement Book ( a huge loose-leaf thing with all the information on the little stickers carefully recorded according to room and category of object ) , or go round the house with a jotter , making my own notes . |
| 27 | The taxman had his slice , I carried out further improvements on the house and , of course , I had to provide for Suzie and the children , Chloe and Clare , for two winters , with no other work . |
| 28 | The company chief , who also has a £1 million manor house at Seend , Wilts , took the microphone to say : ‘ I had to file for bankruptcy yesterday . |
| 29 | We shall just have to pretend it 's not there , there 's not , there 's not quite as bad as when I had to speak for Amnesty on Radio Essex last year and it was live , as every word , every word I spoke was being you know being heard by a lot of people and that 's , that was very , that was very intimidating . |
| 30 | I had to make for Wallasea Ness , which marks the entrance of the River Roach to the estuary of the Crouch . |