Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's easier for you to experiment to see how it works than for me to go in for a detailed but boring explanation . |
| 2 | But this is the room eventually we 're going to use I mean not for a long time yet , as a working medieval kitchen . |
| 3 | I argued passionately for a top higher band . |
| 4 | Young Mrs M. looked shocked at the thought , so she waited outside , while I sprinted in for a quick glimpse at Bishop Stock 's former domain . |
| 5 | Here houses looked to me like Monopoly chips : seeing a man cycling over the pathless tundra I scanned hopelessly for a possible point of reference he might have . |
| 6 | I lay there for a long time unhappy and hardly noticing the daily noises of the block assembling round me . |
| 7 | I lay there for a long time thinking about that , the loud insistence of the Mexican music from across the way drumming in my ears and gradually merging into the crashing ice of layering floes as my mind drifted into a fantasy of trekking with Iris Sunderby towards the dim outline of an icicle-festooned ghost of a ship , the man at the helm towering like a giant question mark over my jet-lagged brain . |
| 8 | I came over for a short visit when my parents first moved here … ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I put in for a supplementary allocation only last week , ’ he said . |
| 10 | I popped in for a short while to the Scottish Gallery in Cork Street , to see the most recent sculptures by Gerald Laing . |
| 11 | I returned home for a late tea and carefully explained to my mother what Dana had done , and tried to excuse the thoughtlessness that had caused her such a shock . |
| 12 | I settled in for a relaxed , warm overview on the world high up in the comfy cab . |
| 13 | I looked round for a living man to admire and follow . |
| 14 | I looked round for a split second . |
| 15 | Gunga drove off over the bridge as I looked around for a suitable spot to get some practice in . |
| 16 | I reached over for a large tin on my right , prised the tight lid off with my knife and used a small teaspoon inside to place some of the white mixture from the tin on to a round metal plate in front of the old dog 's skull . |
| 17 | Once a month I go out for a serious session — the last of which was a hard circuit of Radnor Forest , but I enjoyed it tremendously . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I go in for a certain amount of golf , you know . |
| 19 | And I went there for a little bit , and then we moved on , moved off from there , do you see ? |
| 20 | Neither of us spoke for a few moments , then she asked : ‘ Do you mind if I stay here for a little while ? ’ |
| 21 | I have to confess that I saved up for a portable television before I saved up for a washing machine , but then my priorities may have been different if I had not had a laundrette opposite the front door . |
| 22 | Primarily , I greatly respected the culture and customs of the people and , as a western woman , although free to dress in my own cultural fashion , I dressed respectfully for an Islamic country and covered my hair , arms and legs and wore loose fitting clothes , so I felt comfortable drawing and was protected from the heat of the sun . |
| 23 | I did n't for a long time , I was only interested in whether I liked you . |