Example sentences of "[coord] i [verb] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't let this frail old man go In there and maybe get knocked down and savaged , and I looked around for a means of protection . |
| 2 | I remember he laughed and I noticed properly for the first time what a lovely blue his eyes were and a little thrill went through me . |
| 3 | She went back into the house and I waited outside for a while enjoying the cool breeze . |
| 4 | I 'll tell you , Crilly , about my first trip to Scotland and the men in chip shops who call you ‘ Hen ’ and the lads wearing green Celtic scarves at lunchtime and broad pointy-horned cattle and graveyards macabre with the tilting of tombstones caked with moss and weeds , sheep grazing and weaving amongst them , and a coastal fishing town in Harris where a night sky shimmers only to itself and I am without friends from , the real world and I listen only for the sound of the tin whistle while the boats rock gently in the jetty and the sky rages from beige to black and craggy mountains dart until forever and a fisherman stands , stunning and alone , strong and unnamed , and leads me slowly into that everchanging sea . |
| 5 | There 's rows of benches in front of it and I sit down for a bit to look at the tree . |
| 6 | I feel much better when I 'm back on the platform , and I sit down for a breather . |
| 7 | And when I come here and I lived here for a few year and then really saw what it was like , I thought , God , never again . |
| 8 | Dr Tehyi Hsieh took five curtain calls after that lecture , and I went back-stage for an interview afterwards . |
| 9 | And I went right for the flag . |
| 10 | Eventually the dinner broke up and Claud , Roger Hollis and I went off for a pub-crawl which after sundry indecorous adventures ended up at the Hypocrites where another blind was going on . |
| 11 | And I went there for a little bit , and then we moved on , moved off from there , do you see ? |
| 12 | Amy and I went out for the day . |
| 13 | ‘ I had a cartilage operation three and a half years ago , and I went in for a tackle just before Christmas and damaged it again . |
| 14 | But then I thought , ‘ I 'll show him , ’ and I went in for the Pub Entertainer of the Year contest . |
| 15 | When Kalchu and I set out for the headman 's house several mornings later it was bitterly cold . |
| 16 | Anyway , being in the fortunate position to be able to drive along the road to Corrour , although my car suspension did n't agree it was so fortunate , a companion and I set off for the first peak , Beinn Eibhinn from halfway along the road , above the river Ghuilbinn . |
| 17 | The gear had held and I hung there for a moment , taking stock . |
| 18 | From there he fly a Learjet , acting as pathfinder for the Skyhawks , and I believe once for the Super Etendards . |
| 19 | I hated being on social security and I tried everywhere for a job . |
| 20 | There are ninety nine pupils , the total staff is one hundred , of course that does not for a moment mean that er , there is one member of staff attendant on each pupil at all times , and I do n't for a moment suggest that . |
| 21 | That 's routine , and I do n't for a minute expect there to be any complications . |
| 22 | The next morning he had left us to rejoin his regiment , even before Granpa and I started out for the market . |
| 23 | We had a very impromptu meal which was brought out from somewhere near Bahrain because our landing area was in a small offshore sand strip where the Nos 55 and 84 Squadron aircraft ( also a Valentia from No 70 Squadron , which was our support aircraft ) were all based overnight and I went to sleep in this hot and humid place , The humidity factor at Bahrain was very high indeed , in the 90s , but I went to sleep quite comfortably on a groundsheet having dug a little hole for my not very considerable hips , weighing very little above 9 stone , and I settled down for the night . |
| 24 | I do n't trust them and I have n't for the seven and a half years I 've been inside jail . |
| 25 | We sailed into a murky , airless dawn veiled by the thin drizzle of a Scotch Mist , and I turned in for a few hours . |
| 26 | but I went straight for the directory . |
| 27 | They said twelve , but I think really for the humour alone they needed to be about fifteen or sixteen because they did n't understand it . |