Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] for the [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 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 | ‘ And what if I call for the steward ? ’ |
| 7 | Would it be alright if I stayed for the rest of the afternoon ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | A very cold lump formed at the back of my spine while I waited for the rest of it . |
| 12 | Hour after hour the legions marched past , walking as much over each others ' bodies as over the ground , while I waited for the queen . |
| 13 | ‘ While I waited for the doctor , worried stiff , a girl arrived , advanced in labour . |
| 14 | He called on me at the apartment a few hours before I left for the airport . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | And I 'll bring up your bottle when I come for the tray . ’ |
| 17 | It was a big disappointment to me that when I applied for the news editor 's job , I did n't get it . |
| 18 | When I went for the bread-soda she was patting his headache away , and the scones must be cooked by now . " |
| 19 | When I went for the paper this morning there was this dog , two dogs actually , but one |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I dropped it when I left for the realm . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | All kinds of thoughts raced through my mind as I waited for the explosion in our midst . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Okay well we 're waiting as far as I know for the money to come |
| 30 | 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 . |