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

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1 The assistant changed the battery and told me to monitor it for a week for any problems .
2 On the day Sir Hubert arrived in Rangoon he sent for me to thank me for the way in which this delicate matter had been handled .
3 but when I asked them for a crayon ,
4 At this point I thought she might be distracted by the kid whose chair was sticking out , so I asked him for a second time to move back even further .
5 I asked him for an instance of the difference between bookselling in Knightsbridge , London , and Union Street , Glasgow .
6 Kevin : Well , I 'd jist got my Giro , So I asked her for a Biro — If she
7 I made them for a friend a couple of years ago and she 's still talking about them !
8 I made it for a dancer ( Nijinsky ) who can soar like a spirit , but who has the strength to dance with the Wilis [ as in Giselle ] and live to dance again . ’
9 Yeah I mean she for a bit she was the party was n't she ?
10 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 .
11 Whenever I believed I had come up with something , I probed it for every sort of oversight , tested it through from all angles .
12 She said : ‘ I met her for the first time this week . ’
13 I met him for the first time ever when he took over the leadership of the party from the recently deceased Hugh Gaitskell in February 1963 .
14 My sister had a baby about three months ago , and I met it for the first time when I went home . ’
15 That was when I met you for the first time , last week , at the consciousness-raising group that we started at the women 's centre a few weeks ago .
16 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 .
17 I sold them for the same price that I had paid myself .
18 ‘ Then I sold it for a Telecaster , which I hated , because the Tele did n't have any knobs ; it was a real simple guitar and I did n't like it , so I bought a Les Paul and I loved it .
19 I sold it for a reasonable price .
20 ‘ For every improvement to the guest-house , I make something for the local people , ’ Anne said .
21 I make them for the shops to sell , ’ she told Virginia .
22 no I were gon na do , I got them for the days
23 ‘ You are so right , ’ the stranger said , always with that look of persiflage upon her face , ‘ there is nothing to a degree , unless you are a complete clod , I got mine for a bet — ’
24 ‘ 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 .
25 All the perennials are bought in containers and I grow them for a year in their pots to see how they cope with the conditions , then I plant them out in the garden . "
26 But I do n't think in gender terms at all when I interview someone for a job .
27 But might I trouble you for a cup of hot water ? ’
28 He went and bought a pack of cigarettes from the machine behind him , searched his pockets , then asked : ‘ Could I trouble you for a light , Miss ? ’
29 ‘ Could I trouble you for a receipt ? ’
30 One afternoon I summoned up my courage and as casually as I could I invited him for a drink after work that evening .
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