Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I did it through the love , fo , that I had for the couple , and that because they had waited sixteen year before they eventually found out they could n't have children ! |
| 2 | I must admit the Hockin style was inclined to be more racy than that I used for the Gazette . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't know that I care for the idea . |
| 4 | Dad Tam : " You promise me you will never tell anybody " til " am deed that I stood for the man who made that statue . " |
| 5 | I decided to go for the pills first , but after three months I was still in agony so I went for the laser operation . |
| 6 | in the endland It was too far to go every day , so I went for the week , came home to the flat at weekends , She had squash , groundnuts , rows of beans on nylon lines She had me for the weeding . |
| 7 | I tend not to read long interviews with top celebs , as much to avoid discovering that they are dickheads as anything else , so I look for the news , gossip and reviews . |
| 8 | I ducked so fast I was n't sure whether he 'd seen me or not , but it gave me a prickly feeling just to imagine it , so I scuttled for the door and legged it up the spiral stairway three steps at a time , just in case . |
| 9 | I had no choice but to leave and I made for the kitchen carrying the dollar on the tray like a trophy anchored by a thumb . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've nothing to add except to say that I 'm surprised no one 's tried to squeeze more out of me since and I apologize for the fact that there 's only one chair here so I ca n't ask you to sit down . ’ |
| 11 | Chair , if I could move on then to the budget proper , and I apologize for the numbering . |
| 12 | ‘ Her father and I wait for the day she grows out of it , but — ’ |
| 13 | And they said so at the er at the district council , went up to district and I asked for the support of the district council and er probably John immediately said , you have the full support of the district council for it he says and I 'll ensure that you get support with the result I also received four posters direct from the Edinburgh District Council with John photograph on it and with the caption st stating every old age pensioner should be signing here . |
| 14 | Sunlight reflected from a window among the palm trees to lance a sliver of dazzling light at our cockpit , then the reflection was gone and we were at sea level , engines screaming , and I fumbled for the camera , prayed it had not broken when it fell from the ceiling , and took another picture just before Maggot lifted the aircraft 's nose so that we swooped up and over the palm trees that edged the beach . |
| 15 | and I worked for the council so he spoke to me one day and he said , Will you cut the roads with a tractor and a mower . |
| 16 | As an entertainer I run in bright colours and I run for the public . |
| 17 | And I learned to drive — mum and dad paid for my driving lessons and I paid for the driving test . |
| 18 | It was time to find Graham Fearnley and I headed for the champagne tent . |
| 19 | I mean if I knew for the fact that I was gon na get this job at the hospital I 'd pay for it |
| 20 | ‘ And what if I call for the steward ? ’ |
| 21 | Would it be alright if I stayed for the rest of the afternoon ? |
| 22 | But I went for the downstairs one because of the bath . |
| 23 | So they are probably very useful erm toys , educational toys , to have in the home , but I think for the child to get the maximum from them they do he often does require an adult with him . |
| 24 | So they are probably very useful erm toys , educational toys , to have in the home , but I think for the child to get the maximum from them they do he often does require an adult with him . |
| 25 | I was so disappointed to find out that , because I work for the company , I could not send off for three free tea towels and a £1 gift voucher being offered as part of a Hovis and JS combined promotion . |
| 26 | Department managers , new checkouts , do all the bits and pieces on , and wanted me to do , while I wait for the shift to come in , and they start at seven . |
| 27 | I might eat a bread roll without the butter while I wait for the meal to arrive , and slimline or diet drinks act as a wonderful filler . |
| 28 | A very cold lump formed at the back of my spine while I waited for the rest of it . |
| 29 | Hour after hour the legions marched past , walking as much over each others ' bodies as over the ground , while I waited for the queen . |
| 30 | ‘ While I waited for the doctor , worried stiff , a girl arrived , advanced in labour . |