Example sentences of "[subord] i [vb past] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I decided to go for the pills first , but after three months I was still in agony so I went for the laser operation . |
| 2 | in the endland It was too far to go every day , so I went for the week , came home to the flat at weekends , She had squash , groundnuts , rows of beans on nylon lines She had me for the weeding . |
| 3 | We were nearing the camp , so I aimed for the ruts in the track and put my foot down . |
| 4 | I ducked so fast I was n't sure whether he 'd seen me or not , but it gave me a prickly feeling just to imagine it , so I scuttled for the door and legged it up the spiral stairway three steps at a time , just in case . |
| 5 | I mean if I knew for the fact that I was gon na get this job at the hospital I 'd pay for it |
| 6 | Would it be alright if I stayed for the rest of the afternoon ? |
| 7 | I affected to become social with the others but out of the corner of my mind — while I played for the others the part of a poor miner 's son who was puzzled , but delighted by the attention these lovely people paid to him — I had her under close observation … |
| 8 | A very cold lump formed at the back of my spine while I waited for the rest of it . |
| 9 | Hour after hour the legions marched past , walking as much over each others ' bodies as over the ground , while I waited for the queen . |
| 10 | ‘ While I waited for the doctor , worried stiff , a girl arrived , advanced in labour . |
| 11 | He called on me at the apartment a few hours before I left for the airport . |
| 12 | It was a big disappointment to me that when I applied for the news editor 's job , I did n't get it . |
| 13 | When I went for the bread-soda she was patting his headache away , and the scones must be cooked by now . " |
| 14 | When I went for the paper this morning there was this dog , two dogs actually , but one |
| 15 | A young man wearing a yarmulka skullcap and sitting astride a roaring tractor wiped his brow with his arm when I asked for the location of Um Al-Farajh . |
| 16 | Hospital appointments seemed to go on for ever and when I left for the Sahara , I forgot to cancel one of them . |
| 17 | I dropped it when I left for the realm . |
| 18 | All kinds of thoughts raced through my mind as I waited for the explosion in our midst . |
| 19 | The ward had been full , the nurses worked off their feet , but their care for me — and as far as I knew for the others — had been magnificent . |
| 20 | I closed my eyes in reverence as I chewed then as I reached for the pint pot again I looked up at the small figure on the bin . |
| 21 | A harmless grass snake , I concluded , although I must admit that the proximity of the Reptile Centre did make me a touch more circumspect than usual as I made for the summit . |
| 22 | As I prayed for the peace of our souls and for forgiveness for both of us , I was startled to see the wick on his candle fall over and almost go out , while mine remained upright and brightly shining . |
| 23 | Though the marker stone had been half out of water when I started to run , the whole barrage of banked stones , with the causeway atop , was suddenly aswirl and , as I raced for the crossing , the level seemed to rise a foot or more . |
| 24 | I got up and dressed quickly and as quietly as I could , but Colin was awake and he mumbled a ‘ good luck ’ as I headed for the door . |