Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] i [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er I 'm a thirty four year old accountant work and I work for a a pi |
| 2 | But sometimes I get cut up by another vehicle as I go for a space — and it 's always a man . ’ |
| 3 | But er I did go with Con when I went for a perm she said oh would you like to , would you like to go and see Valerie |
| 4 | It was about how to deal with a road accident and I arranged for a smashed-up car to be towed into the studio , and for actors to sprawl around , made-up to look as if they had appalling injuries . |
| 5 | Well aware of the undertaking he added ‘ The day before I went for a load of beers to prepare for the ordeal . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I saw Everton more times in the last few months of last season than I have for a long time . ’ |
| 7 | To tell the truth I have only hazy memories of the magazine that I took for a long time and until it ceased publication for reasons that were beyond me . |
| 8 | My mother volunteered to look after the luggage while my father and I went for a short walk . |
| 9 | The ideal should be a circular seat but I felt it would take a considerable amount of timber with a lot of waster so I opted for an hexagonal shape . |
| 10 | Her warm and wide smile greeted me at the door and I forgot for a while the riddles and innuendos which surrounded Brian Harley and hid the killer of Froggy Davies . |
| 11 | Upstream , through the gorge known as the Wachau , runs one of the prettiest stretches of the river and I sat for a pleasant hour on its embankment watching the swallows skim its waters . |
| 12 | Then I was able to er go for my own self , you know and er I went on doing locks , one thing and another , best I could and all that sort of thing and I worked for a , a bloke what was in there er be a little bloke but he was the best locksmith in the shop and I went to help him and er he used to give me all the to do and this and that and the other . |
| 13 | It was cool in the shade and I stayed for a while by the deep pool below the falls before turning back to the path and climbing through the heat of the late morning past Poor 's Land towards Knarlton Knot . |
| 14 | The bar had a headbanging range of Fuller 's beers but I decided I 'd better be in training for the Exhilarator so I opted for an alcohol-free lager , turned my back to the bar and its temptations and scouted for Werewolf . |
| 15 | I doubt either can afford to stay at a hotel and I know for a fact that they 're not at any of the local hostels ; neither , I have been reliably informed , have they put in an appearance at the local ‘ hippie ’ compound . |
| 16 | ‘ I remember being fascinated by the story when I worked for a while in the Royal Library . |
| 17 | Fortunately we had an alternative target so I asked for a course . |
| 18 | It 's also the fact that I know for a fact , I know for a fact that she 's very frightened of his temper when it happens . |
| 19 | They 'd have registered the fact that I work for an advertising agency , and marked me accordingly : ‘ I do think essentially he 's a popular artist , do n't you ? ’ |
| 20 | He produced a pocket-book and I thought for a moment he was going to tip me . |
| 21 | There 's a telephone on the wall just by my table and I think for a bit about who I 'd like to phone . |