Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [to-vb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It means , simply , that I intend to look for another job . ’ |
| 2 | Yes , I mean I run a series for one of the local newspapers on past Lewes mayors and the amount of work that I had to do for that meant that I picked up all sorts of pieces of information about what other mayors had tried in the past , and things that had been successful and things that had been disasters , and as it was the centenary I went to a lot of trouble to look up exactly what had happened a hundred years ago and to try and recreate the ceremonial connected with that , and then when we elected erm two people honourary freeman of the town I got in all of the other mayors from Sussex , asked them to come along with their robes and mace bearers and so on , and we had this very sort of grand ceremonial procession in the Assembly Hall , which was sort of packed out with about four hundred people . |
| 3 | Yes , I mean I run a series for one of the local newspapers on past Lewes mayors , and the amount of work that I had to do for that meant that I picked up all sorts of pieces of information about what other mayors had tried in the past , and things that had been successful and things that had been disasters , and as it was a centenary , I went to a lot of trouble to look up exactly what had happened a hundred years ago , and to try and recreate the ceremonial connected with that . |
| 4 | The answer I tend to get off a lot of places is that I have to wait for twelve years |
| 5 | She went out of one door but then a sheet of flame came down and blocked me , so I had to look for another way out . ’ |
| 6 | My family and I had to wait for three weeks in Bombay before getting a boat for England , but during that time I was able to do some useful PR work with newspapers and radio . |
| 7 | And I want to apologize for last night , I made an awful ass of myself , I am sorry . ’ |
| 8 | I had done well in my O-levels , but I had already won the Under-16 British squash championships , and I decided to go for broke and turn professional and see how I got on . |
| 9 | The illness did , however , convince me to accept another of the points Mrs Hill had made and I decided to apply for social security money . |
| 10 | Do you know what the total price of the tickets would have been if I had to pay for this , one hundred and ten pounds |
| 11 | ‘ Ah , but I need to know for sure , you see , because I have some doubts , and before you ask me why I should be so concerned I will assure you that this time it is partly for my own self-esteem that I would like to know . ’ |