Example sentences of "[noun] i [verb] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My deeper antipathy to Germany and Germans I restrained for a while , on the absurd grounds that it was somehow unreasonable to abominate each of two mutually ill-disposed nations . |
| 2 | concrete stairs and , George nearly killed himself on them one morning , but er , and we tried everything to get out of there you know , no one would exchange a two bedroom maisonette for a house and of course I longed for a garden , but , and er George got a job in Hatfield and they offered this three bedroom house The Commission for The New Town , rent was cheaper than here , so we moved over there , but er , as I say we were only there two , three years and we came back again , we were over here , we used to come over here three times a week , when we lived there did n't we ? |
| 3 | A psychological astronomer , I calculated its apogee at approximately 2 to 3 o'clock , unless of course I stopped for a drink . |
| 4 | Unless one supposes there to be two categorially different kinds of appearances presented to the mind it will then seem that this flat circle must be the only object of visual perception , and the round globe I seem to see , the epistemic appearance , must really be a judgement I mistake for a sensation . |
| 5 | Like here in the north of Australia , I 've been waiting for two days for the light I need for a shot of some valleys . |
| 6 | After lunch I went for a walk in the little market town , now being hardened to being a subject of great curiosity , with people gaping at the sides of the road , and children following us up and down the street . |
| 7 | LAST FEBRUARY I WENT FOR A WALK in the snow on Wimbledon Common . |
| 8 | ‘ They had some panelling I wanted for a boat I did up , and some antique bathroom fittings . |
| 9 | When he disappeared behind the dunes I sat for a while , scratching my crotch as the wind played with my hair and the birds returned to their nests . |
| 10 | All week I prayed for a miracle , but it was not to be |
| 11 | Everytime I receive Wimpey News I look for a mention of where I work . |
| 12 | Waking bright and early the next morning I reached for a copy of Delicacy as the most economical means of establishing whether I was still alive . |
| 13 | At the top of the stairs I turned for a moment and found out . |
| 14 | It 's got a lot of history , partly to do with its railway background and ’ When I was a girl ’ was set in that world ; red brick , terraced housing and it 's really unique in that sense I think for a town in the south of England . |
| 15 | After all , the main reason I asked for an assistant was because of the danger of an epidemic of polio . |
| 16 | Shortly before dawn I slept for a while on top of the wheelhouse . |
| 17 | The last time I went for a smear and a blood pressure check and various things sh I , I said are you doing cholesterol checks ? |
| 18 | Every time I go for a wee I en she comes with me and pulls a load off to bloody blow her nose ! |