Example sentences of "i [verb] [verb] a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expected to wait a while for a spawning , but within two weeks they surprised me . |
| 2 | As I tend to use a float for zander I am convinced that I am not actively feeding fish in these situations as the float shows me that the zander has no intention of leaving the swim . |
| 3 | In the meantime I tried to find a home for Poppy to go to when ( or if ) we eventually caught her . |
| 4 | If I want to visit a bank for a few minutes , I park my car as near as possible as many do , to be able to rush in and out again as quickly as possible . |
| 5 | But on one pleasure note , I want to make a plug for the Making Out series . |
| 6 | Now I 've achieved the length , I want to have a perm for my wedding in two month 's time , only to find that due to the Henna , my hair wo n't take a perm . |
| 7 | I only took out the palace because I knew I 'd given I 'd written a cheque for forty |
| 8 | I was ashamed that I 'd written a reference for him when he applied for that job . |
| 9 | ‘ I used to think , sometimes , that I 'd built a house for strangers to live in . |
| 10 | I 'd forgotten that was what I 'd picked a Gnat for in the first place It sounded horrible , coming from him . |
| 11 | No , I came to get a ticket for the literature festival but it was pouring down so I came to get out of the rain . |
| 12 | and I forgot to leave a note for him today and he 's left me another twenty eight pound . |
| 13 | ‘ I like to do a bit for charity now and then . ’ |
| 14 | I remember writing a feature for the ’ Anglers Mail ’ around 1974 entitled ’ The Night I Missed One Hundred and Sixty-seven Bites ’ . |
| 15 | I remember visiting a hospice for the terminally ill and being struck by the peace , joy and laughter which abounded among both patients and carers . |
| 16 | At five to eight , the deadline , I decided to make a run for it , and was within sight of the doors when , without any warning at all , my stomach muscles suddenly began to roll up like a shop blind and I was violently and horribly sick . |
| 17 | After that , I decided to make a cut for each day . |
| 18 | I decided to rent a room for him in a house near ours , where I thought he would be safe for the moment . |
| 19 | ‘ But I managed to get a shilling for the horsehair chair , with the bed thrown in . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ But I ai n't usually called madam , I 'm Mrs Bessie Beavis , and I do 'ave a room for rent . |
| 21 | My Lord I can tell you that I do have a copy for the jury if your Lordship thinks . |
| 22 | The point is that I made a mistake — oh , I do have a feeling for him , that helped to confuse the issue , we do like one another — what I have come to see is that my falling for Lewis was not what I took it to be . ’ |
| 23 | ’ What I do have a need for , your Lordship , is your reason for contacting me . ’ |
| 24 | I 'd just like to make this perfectly clear that I did write a draft for work and leisure . |
| 25 | Erm now , of course , we 'd wear a jersey and boots quite happily , but er I did get a grant for clothing because otherwise there was no way of goin of accepting a scholarship . |
| 26 | Er I did have a child for in nineteen forty eight . |
| 27 | IF I HAD to design a retreat for winter-weary travellers who want familiar hotels but in a different civilisation , I 'd invent Marrakech . |
| 28 | So I mean again I realized I had dug a hole for myself with the compressed funding but at the same time I was saying to myself oh yeah there is carry forward here er |
| 29 | ‘ If I had written a script for myself I would n't have changed a thing ’ , he said . |
| 30 | For my additional assessment I had to plan a facility for a chosen client group . |