Example sentences of "[adv] i [verb] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually I asked for a transfer , but could n't get one , so I stayed and now I 'm glad I did . ’ |
| 2 | the very next day anyway I sent for a doctor |
| 3 | Normally I ask for an appointment , but I happened to be passing and saw the lights — and the chopper . |
| 4 | It 's to do with the Government housing policy at national level , but there are certain things we can do , and I remember about two and a half years ago I arranged for a group of people to come and give a seminar to the Housing Committee . |
| 5 | ‘ I gave him half an hour and then I went for a spin . ’ |
| 6 | Then I went for a walk with Mr Sargent . ’ |
| 7 | First I 'll divulge that I went to Bristol — they 'll know that already if they 're bright enough — then I 'll say I went to this Bed and Breakfast — then I looked for a job … |
| 8 | I listened at length to her story , then I talked for a moment about the unshakeable fact of the resurrection , about the city where God will wipe away every tear . |
| 9 | actually it 's a bit boring down there now but they , they had to put my , my explanation of the price of petrol er down , there 's nowhere to thing , cos th the last time I was down there I asked for a pint of bitter and this guy bought it me and said and I wanted two pound thirty or something . |
| 10 | Instead I retreated for a caffeine hit to Reception where Beverly advised me : ‘ Divorce her . |