Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] 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 tend not to read long interviews with top celebs , as much to avoid discovering that they are dickheads as anything else , so I look for the news , gossip and reviews .
5 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 .
6 I mean if I knew for the fact that I was gon na get this job at the hospital I 'd pay for it
7 ‘ And what if I call for the steward ? ’
8 Would it be alright if I stayed for the rest of the afternoon ?
9 I was so disappointed to find out that , because I work for the company , I could not send off for three free tea towels and a £1 gift voucher being offered as part of a Hovis and JS combined promotion .
10 because I look for the men , now I 'm just joking
11 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 …
12 Department managers , new checkouts , do all the bits and pieces on , and wanted me to do , while I wait for the shift to come in , and they start at seven .
13 I might eat a bread roll without the butter while I wait for the meal to arrive , and slimline or diet drinks act as a wonderful filler .
14 A very cold lump formed at the back of my spine while I waited for the rest of it .
15 Hour after hour the legions marched past , walking as much over each others ' bodies as over the ground , while I waited for the queen .
16 While I waited for the doctor , worried stiff , a girl arrived , advanced in labour .
17 He called on me at the apartment a few hours before I left for the airport .
18 ‘ I have to walk to the bus stop , and when I wait for the bus there 's some of them slag me off and they push you about .
19 And I 'll bring up your bottle when I come for the tray . ’
20 It was a big disappointment to me that when I applied for the news editor 's job , I did n't get it .
21 When I went for the bread-soda she was patting his headache away , and the scones must be cooked by now . "
22 When I went for the paper this morning there was this dog , two dogs actually , but one
23 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 .
24 Hospital appointments seemed to go on for ever and when I left for the Sahara , I forgot to cancel one of them .
25 I dropped it when I left for the realm .
26 Ricardo shows great patience with me as I reach for the dictionary or , using a book and his long fingers , he makes the rituals clear to me .
27 All kinds of thoughts raced through my mind as I waited for the explosion in our midst .
28 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 .
29 Now , in these quiet moments as I wait for the world about to awake , I find myself going over in my mind again passages from Miss Kenton 's letter .
30 I take advantage of the silence as I wait for the punch-line to review the facts and fictions of the short story of Dudley Moore 's life .
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