Example sentences of "i [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord and my spirit exults in God my saviour because he has looked upon his lowly handmaid Yes , from this day forward all generations will call me blessed for the Almighty has done great things for me . |
| 2 | Carel Weight visited Wimbledon and encouraged me to try for the Royal College . |
| 3 | I asked for the usual guarantees — that the object would n't endanger my ship or anyone on it , and that carrying it would breach no SenFed laws . |
| 4 | I applied for the occasional post that I thought might be interesting , but never heard anything back . |
| 5 | I mean for the actual Christmas period , Christmas Day , Boxing Day and so on . ’ |
| 6 | I mean for the first time there 's a erm a sort of Asian wholesale supermarket . |
| 7 | But I mean for the first year she wo n't be in , if she goes into student , she 'll be in college |
| 8 | Well I mean for the first year she wo n't be in if she goes in as a student she 'll be in college . |
| 9 | But I mean for the other people it 's just , it 's just rejection in n it , you 're not good enough |
| 10 | But you 've got to make a mental leap , because I mean for the last five years , things have been pretty horrible , since eighty seven really , I mean we 've only had the pick up in the last year . |
| 11 | ‘ I realised for the first time that I have never been wanted : it really was such a revelation . |
| 12 | Anyway , I was congratulated once more and I realised for the first time that I was actually doing some good . |
| 13 | At that moment I realised for the first time that not a single word had been uttered on the subject since the accident happened . |
| 14 | I lived for the six weeks almost as one of the Community except that I did not sleep at the Manor . |
| 15 | When Eva had gone and I lay for the first time in the same house as Charlie and Eva and my father , I thought about the difference between the interesting people and the nice people . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | This he did , and it was then that I experienced for the first time his unexpected propensity for one-liners , conjured out of thin air . |
| 18 | where R represents the number of correct responses for the right ear/visual field and I stands for the left ear/visual field . |
| 19 | This afternoon , the trial was halted when the Judge , Mr. Justice Auld , called in the jury after several hours of legal argument and told them , ’ I apologise for the long delay . |
| 20 | ‘ Monsieur Dacourt , ’ Francis announced in perfect English , ‘ I apologise for the tardy arrival and abrupt interruption of your eloquent speech by Akim and his cats . |
| 21 | ‘ I head for the nearest jewellery store , ’ she said lightly , ‘ which gives me all the more incentive to get this door open . ’ |
| 22 | Determined not to re-enter blind institution life , I headed for the nearby technical college who would n't have me either . |
| 23 | I headed for the white gleam of a village in the distance and was grateful to find that the one and only store sold iced drinks . |
| 24 | We talked about other things , and I told for the first time the story of how I lost the job at Drummonds , which made us both laugh so much the nurses came running with shocked looks to shut us up . |
| 25 | This was when I learnt for the first time how experts conducted dealing for Jim came from a family of dealers . |
| 26 | How many times had I prayed for the impossible ? |
| 27 | So what guidance can I give for the actual writing of the crime short story ? |
| 28 | In 1979 I interviewed for the first ( and last ) time the newly elected Prime Minister , Margaret Thatcher . |
| 29 | I developed so much skill that I could put together a 50 or 60 break and when I moved to York I played for the local Conservative club and reached the final of the York and District competition . |
| 30 | Starving and tired I prepared for the next day . |