Example sentences of "[noun] i [verb] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the hedge marking the foot of the field I have to look for a minute to find a way through . |
| 2 | Then he would qualify these certainties at the end , once the client had agreed to buy with something like : " of course , you 'll appreciate that , as with any shares , I can make no absolute guarantees , but this is the best opportunity I 've seen for a while . " |
| 3 | ‘ He made the ears out of an old pair of mouse ears I 'd used for a previous party , ’ she says . |
| 4 | Gill , 27 , said last night : ‘ Ever since I have been in football I have yearned for a chance to play in Europe . |
| 5 | Of all the opportunities I 'd had for a good chat-up line , simply croaking ‘ Hospital ’ was n't one of my best . |
| 6 | ‘ Marcus is the best young athlete and talent I have seen for a long time , ’ said Allison . |
| 7 | Um and erm I was just wondering y'know kind of erm often when I write questionnaires I like to go for a sort of more kind of rather less declarative statements . |
| 8 | An enormous boxer hurled himself on me in delight , clawing at my chest with the biggest , horniest feet I had seen for a long time . |
| 9 | This is a pity because his book was one of the most interesting textbooks I have read for a long time . |
| 10 | In the spring of 1976 I decided to act on a need I had felt for a very long time . |
| 11 | ‘ It was a real old-fashioned adventure and one of the best films I 've seen for a while . ’ |
| 12 | Sir : After reading a review in your magazine I decided to send for a shareware copy of Return to Kroz . |
| 13 | He 's the nicest man I 've met for a long time . |
| 14 | ‘ I am not pregnant , nor do I suffer from anorexia , ’ she added frostily , ‘ I 'm trying to shake off an illness I 've had for a few months , that 's all . ’ |
| 15 | Inner : one of the best inners I 've seen for a long time . |
| 16 | It was the funniest sight I 've seen for a long while , but hardly fair on the birds … . |
| 17 | ‘ Until the blunders it was one of the best games I 'd seen for a while . ’ |
| 18 | first thing I 've had for a long time is er that . |
| 19 | If you saw it over the weekend I mean there was I think it was group sex er it was it wa was gay sex and it was all going on I mean it was all I thought it was the most exciting thing I have seen for a long time to be quite honest . |
| 20 | ‘ That was the hardest training I 've done for a year , ’ he said . |
| 21 | Facing the loathsome rat-men I tend to opt for a defensive strategy and try and inflict as many casualties as possible at long range . |
| 22 | The guys at ADM Computing suggested at the first meeting that I save a few quid by opting for a Phillips Brilliance monitor instead of the NEC I 've coveted for a year . |
| 23 | Er , it 's a wee problem I 've had for a say about a year now . |
| 24 | Unkindly , I laughed and told him that that sounded just about the worst idea I had heard for a very long time . |