Example sentences of "i [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Staying would also be impossible in the long run but that young man would let me stay for a little while — until the restaurant closed , anyway . |
| 2 | ‘ Ca n't think of anywhere myself , let me think for a minute . |
| 3 | ‘ Let me think for a while . ’ |
| 4 | on an underground train which could n't decide if it 's going to move or not , it did eventually move I got a taxi at one point and I was so sick and tired and they put me outside Liberties , I gave the man a twenty pound note and he gave me change for a ten yes , coming back from Oxford Circus from Liberty 's , I thought I 'd better economise , I 've been done out of ten pounds , I do n't think it was dishonesty I think it was just sheer muddle , I , I 'm ten pounds down , I 'm must cut down a bit , so I will come back underground from Oxford Circus to Waterloo to get down to and you 've guessed it , I got into an , an underground train which would not move , it simply stuck , and it would go chugga , chugga , chugga , chugga , chugga , then it would stop in the tunnel for a while , while its . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , perhaps you might allow me to go for a walk from time to time , instead of waiting around in the servants ’ hall . |
| 6 | I thought er that God wanted me to be a doctor and I did n't have a place to go to , I took my A levels having had five chances of places to be a doctor and everybody saying no , we do n't want you and erm I had everybody praying for me at church and quite miraculously at the end of the August , when I should start in the September , I had a phone call at half past ten at night from a surgeon at the London Hospital asking me to go for an interview the next day . |
| 7 | She watched me eat for a while , mumbled something and left . |
| 8 | Let me explain for the benefit of viewers that a sump is like a U-bend in plumbing , permanently full of water , so that the only way through is to dive under the water . |
| 9 | Well , I phoned them up , and I 'd been badgering them , and they told me to wait for a further communication . |
| 10 | Told me to wait for the horse to lift its tail . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | I held it while a hand moved over me checking for the hardware . |
| 13 | My father wished me to try for a history scholarship and I occasionally read as hard as it was possible to do without any interest in history beyond the attempt to memorize facts … . |
| 14 | Carel Weight visited Wimbledon and encouraged me to try for the Royal College . |
| 15 | He turned to a small table by the door , struck a match to light the oil-lamp , and then carefully adjusted it , making me wait for an answer . |
| 16 | What a coil do I make for the loss of my punk |
| 17 | They looked at me apprehensively when I asked for a drink of cider or wine . |
| 18 | I asked for a bowl , there was an embarrassed silence when no one moved to my aid ( thinking I felt sick ! ) — and my waters soaked the kitchen floor . |
| 19 | Each time a guard arrived , either with food or to let me out to the lavatory , I asked for a book , and each time he said ‘ Yes ’ and did n't bring one . |
| 20 | The last time I preached on the New Age before writing this chapter , I asked for a show of hands from those who had heard of it . |
| 21 | Eventually I asked for a transfer , but could n't get one , so I stayed and now I 'm glad I did . ’ |
| 22 | I figured that if I asked for a transfer I 'd either get a rise or would be able to work out a better deal for myself if I went elsewhere . |
| 23 | I asked for a priest . |
| 24 | I asked for a cigarette . |
| 25 | ‘ I asked for a biography of a dead scientist , not a list of missile sites . ’ |
| 26 | I asked for a report on this tragic case this morning . |
| 27 | If the code is kept under review , is there any intention to issue an updated version with any alterations to the 1987 edition which is the one that was supplied to me when I asked for a copy ? |
| 28 | Fortunately we had an alternative target so I asked for a course . |
| 29 | The reason I asked for a preserved pension obviously to see whether there was any preserved benefits . |
| 30 | actually it 's a bit boring down there now but they , they had to put my , my explanation of the price of petrol er down , there 's nowhere to thing , cos th the last time I was down there I asked for a pint of bitter and this guy bought it me and said and I wanted two pound thirty or something . |