Example sentences of "and i [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Then it began to rain hard and I sheltered for a long time in a barn , but I could n't stay there all night so I just walked and got thoroughly soaked . |
2 | My mother volunteered to look after the luggage while my father and I went for a short walk . |
3 | The next day he and I went for a shorter walk and returned about 6 . |
4 | It was about how to deal with a road accident and I arranged for a smashed-up car to be towed into the studio , and for actors to sprawl around , made-up to look as if they had appalling injuries . |
5 | And I knew for a little while that would be true . |
6 | Upstream , through the gorge known as the Wachau , runs one of the prettiest stretches of the river and I sat for a pleasant hour on its embankment watching the swallows skim its waters . |
7 | And I knelt for a few moments , head buried in my hands . |