Example sentences of "[adv] i [verb] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually I asked for a transfer , but could n't get one , so I stayed and now I 'm glad I did . ’ |
| 2 | the very next day anyway I sent for a doctor |
| 3 | Normally I ask for an appointment , but I happened to be passing and saw the lights — and the chopper . |
| 4 | It 's to do with the Government housing policy at national level , but there are certain things we can do , and I remember about two and a half years ago I arranged for a group of people to come and give a seminar to the Housing Committee . |
| 5 | ‘ I gave him half an hour and then I went for a spin . ’ |
| 6 | Then I went for a walk with Mr Sargent . ’ |
| 7 | First I 'll divulge that I went to Bristol — they 'll know that already if they 're bright enough — then I 'll say I went to this Bed and Breakfast — then I looked for a job … |
| 8 | I listened at length to her story , then I talked for a moment about the unshakeable fact of the resurrection , about the city where God will wipe away every tear . |
| 9 | No you see I , see how I go for a minute |
| 10 | ‘ How I long for a return to wingers , all-out attack — and entertainment . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , I do n't mind , ’ said Ianthe , watching an old woman watering plants on a nearby roof ‘ How I long for a cup of tea ! ’ she went on , coming back into the room . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Instead I retreated for a caffeine hit to Reception where Beverly advised me : ‘ Divorce her . |
| 14 | It was when I went for a walk to our old camp . |
| 15 | However I know for a fact that is has done much more than just promote real draught ale . |
| 16 | In Los Angeles , where I lectured for a living , I pursued my fascination for the harmonic patterns and golden-mean ratios which run so consistently through the sacred art , music and architecture of both Western and oriental mystical traditions . |
| 17 | ‘ You have n't even asked me directly why I went for a walk with Flo this evening , for instance . |
| 18 | And I think that there is a very strong argument erm for getting women in the cabinet on the basis that if women are seen to be in the cabinet they are seen as competent , they 're seen as excellent politicians , and that 's why I go for a form of positive discrimination , which is that if you 've got two people who are equally well qualified , and if erm Mr Major decided that a man and a women were equally well qualified , then I think he should have chosen the woman erm |