Example sentences of "[subord] i [vb past] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just did n't quite judge it right , so I decided to go for the hole rather than ipe the team out ! |
| 2 | I 'd never even heard of Killerton until I started working for the Trust , but when I was at Drogo I used to come across here fairly regularly because of the regional office being here and because I was just interested . |
| 3 | ‘ The fact that he took the 100m individual , when I could n't attempt the hat-trick because I failed to qualify for the event at the US trials through illness , is bound to increase interest when we get it together . |
| 4 | McAllister , who had put the doll down , and was now fetching out her work basket to embroider pansies on some fine lawn dresses made for the bazaar by the aforesaid ladies , said , ‘ I did n't mean to become involved , you know , but Matey has been so kind to me — when not slave-driving me , you understand — that when she asked me to accompany her I had not the heart to refuse , and strangely , after I began to work for the bazaar , I found that it was most rewarding . ’ |
| 5 | The day after I finished working for the managing director of a certain company fighting off a take-over bid , the agency sent me to the rival company . ’ |
| 6 | I no longer need to work and she was delighted when I offered to care for the baby during the week . |
| 7 | In October 1940 my last year at school began ; it was going to be a year of hard work , as I had to prepare for the June examinations . |
| 8 | And as I started to go for the third man , I heard the sound of police whistles , and then two policemen arrived with the woman , and the third thug ran for it . |