Example sentences of "of i for " in BNC.

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1 I sat with a tomato juice in front of me for some time straining my ears to hear what Nigel was saying .
2 As the white cliffs of Dover receded and the coast of France drew near , the inimitable excitement of ‘ abroad ’ took hold of me for the first time — the only really positive emotion I had felt for twenty-six months .
3 Do you think less of me for that ? ’
4 J. decided he wanted a photograph of me , and although I did tease him a bit about this — what did he want a photograph of me for when I was there in front of him most of the time ? — at his insistence I finally went and had it done .
5 ‘ I sent him ahead of me for the six-month quarantine , and the day he got out was one of the best days of my life . ’
6 He 's a friend of the family , and although I was surprised to see him , Mum explained that he 'd come to take a few photographs of me for the family album — after all , it 's not every day you become a teenager .
7 ‘ I 'll say this for old Wix , ’ he went on when the spasm had passed , ‘ though he does n't approve of me for not toting a gun , he 's bloody good to the old man . ’
8 What 's she got to be scared of me for ?
9 He had n't the truth out of me for going on three days .
10 The kindness of my Kildalton friends in thinking of me for their minister is encouraging as showing that no truly earnest , honest .
11 Take a photo of me for her .
12 ‘ Do you think you could possibly curb your dislike and mistrust of me for that one evening ?
13 ‘ Dr Neil , ’ she said , and her manner was almost shy , ‘ I hope you do not think the less of me for raising such a delicate matter . ’
14 So consequently I can never look to see what is in front of me for long .
15 No , I had decided that whatever I washoping to do , I was going to do on my own so if anyone was going to be proud of me they were going to be proud of me for legitimate reasons .
16 The part of me which made the mistake with the buck , letting it get the better of me for a moment , might still be around if that acid test had n't found it out .
17 I did the business with my camera , now there was plenty of light with the barn doors open , and was in the process of replacing the tarpaulin when the alarm bells went off and scared the hell out of me for the second time in five minutes .
18 excuse me but a ninety pound deal sort of like knocked the stuffing out of me for
19 He listens , he listens to it afterwards and he goes no I ca n't understand , well now I can , now I can understand why they take the piss out of me for my voice .
20 the way Jimmy goes , Jimmy goes understand why you always take the piss out of me for my voice
21 Substitution of I for E so instead of forget you know I for E So instead of saying forget you 'd say forgit .
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