Example sentences of "[coord] i [vb past] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 When I came back , I went to the children 's room , to see if they needed me , and I listened for a moment at their door .
2 He produced a pocket-book and I thought for a moment he was going to tip me .
3 ‘ When we heard about poor Alain Gebrec being dead , I had a sudden vision of Dora looking furiously angry … you know how she sometimes glares at Dieter … and I thought for a moment … supposing it had been Dieter who 'd been killed … it might have been Dora who had … oh , I know it 's dreadful of me to think these things , but she hates him so much . ’
4 Bob Platt and I pressed for a bowler as fiercely as we could , but to no avail .
5 ‘ But there were some problem areas , and I went for a swim to get it out of my system . ’
6 The following morning , the scout picked me up and I went for a trial .
7 When the telegram arrived , Joan and I went for a walk so that I could work the adrenalin out of my system .
8 It was pleasant out of doors and I went for a walk , down by the station , along the Wharf and across the promenade . ’
9 We both smiled , and I knew for a fact that she was n't Daine .
10 The shops were opening and I browsed for a while in one that sold books as well as newspapers and magazines , but I failed to find the American edition of Rodriguez 's book .
11 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 .
12 A doctor sometimes sees people with a different eye from other people , and I wondered for a moment whether , despite her beauty and her apparently special position on the island , she was really happy .
13 Lili and I were silent and I wondered for a moment how I would be feeling if I was going to marry the man I loved — had loved , I amended in my mind , for surely even I could n't be so idiotic as to love still where I had met with such treachery .
14 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 .
15 The flat Polish landscape stretched away into the marshes to the south-east , and I stopped for a moment and stared towards them .
16 I was left feeling really dirty and confused , and I cried for a month .
17 But I thought for a girl that 's
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