Example sentences of "[adv] i [verb] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However little I care for the way you live , I shall concede that as long as you get your facts right , sense flavours and textures with accuracy and discrimination , think out the implications of your choices , are not deceived about your desires and ambitions , you may do as you please . |
| 2 | Eventually I asked for a transfer , but could n't get one , so I stayed and now I 'm glad I did . ’ |
| 3 | Delicately I reached for the telephone . |
| 4 | So I reached for the senator 's hand , and thereby couched my lance to face the dragon 's fire . |
| 5 | That sounded great to me so I opted for the hike . |
| 6 | And so I waited for the darkness of the Tongan night to lift , my fingers tightly crossed . |
| 7 | So I think for the time being , if you allow us , we will find out which tables we want and then we will fund raise for them and get the money for them , okay . |
| 8 | So I settled for the fact that you ca n't devote the time which I feel you would need to give to the job . |
| 9 | the very next day anyway I sent for a doctor |
| 10 | Indication can be quivertip or butt indicator and generally I wait for the reel to revolve slowly so I know it is not a line bite . |
| 11 | Normally I ask for an appointment , but I happened to be passing and saw the lights — and the chopper . |
| 12 | Home I went for the Christmas vac with the ragged tatters of what should have been a well-moulded start to a brilliant career ! |
| 13 | The more I did for the Trust , the more I learnt about pregnancy , birth , breastfeeding , motherhood and myself . |
| 14 | Calmly I paid for the pod 's berth and walked away , neither too fast nor too slow . |
| 15 | Now I work for the Family Planning Association because they pay a salary as well as a bonus for each sterilisation . |
| 16 | Today I called for the gravy dinner plus two vedge and a carafe of red — which for me , rotting veteran of Pizza Pit and Burger Shack , of Doner Den and Furter Hut , is the equivalent of a handful of brown rice and a glass of effervescent Vitamin C. ( There are health-food joints around here , run by aged hippies or unsmiling Danes . |
| 17 | Well I work for the organization Crossroads , and I think what I find in in my contacts with carers is that they need help in the way , and when they need it however , our organization is restricted by lack of funding |
| 18 | Well I pay for the copper ! |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | A year or so ago I motored for the fun of it through Latvia and Estonia , from Riga to what was then still Leningrad , and never thought to encounter such ramshackle roads again . |
| 21 | Then I waited for the evening to come , but the hours passed very slowly . |
| 22 | ‘ I gave him half an hour and then I went for a spin . ’ |
| 23 | Then I went for a walk with Mr Sargent . ’ |
| 24 | 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 … |
| 25 | He just ca n't put it forward , so you have to get a book and do it yourself , and then I ask for the syllabus so I can make sure |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Because the way that I erm , I 've been working on this procedure and in fact I sense this too , and I have most of what was currently there for research project , project related sub-contracting , in other words sub-contracting with B P or if necessary , which I felt that more or less covered and what it was n't covering was when a Marie type situation on software , where I was going to put a different section , which is where the report , when it 's on research project related company facts , then I pay for the software . |
| 28 | No you see I , see how I go for a minute |
| 29 | How I longed for the ruler to point to me ! |
| 30 | ‘ How I long for a return to wingers , all-out attack — and entertainment . ’ |