Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] [vb pp] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 'd schooled very well and although I had hoped for a lead for a bit longer , we had to go on where we did . |
| 2 | SAFER THAN I HAD FELT FOR A LONG , LONG TIME |
| 3 | I cried to come down more insistently than I had pleaded for a ride . |
| 4 | Paul and I had gone for a walk along the sand , northwards on a calm , bright autumn day after a ferocious storm the night before that had ripped slates off the roof of the house , torn up one of the trees by the old sheep-pen and even snapped one of the cables on the suspension foot-bridge . |
| 5 | When the pass came and I had arranged for a fortnight 's holiday I travelled to the Pacific coast in a day coach : overnight to Calgary , and on for another 24 hours through the glorious panorama of the Rockies to Burrard Inlet , English Bay and Stanley Park , Vancouver . |
| 6 | Life became so stressful that when I was making The Power Game the doctor put me on Mogadon and I became hooked for a while . |
| 7 | When I was two my mother had bought me a number of premium bonds and ever since I had hoped for a little win . |