Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv prt] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nicest thing about Duckhurst Farm 's clear round afternoons is the atmosphere : they are meant to encourage horse and rider and the owners were happy for me to trot round for five minutes before we faced the first fence . |
| 2 | I phoned down for some eggs , toast and a quart of coffee . |
| 3 | It turns on to its side and as I cling on for dear life I hear a startled cry from Nathan . |
| 4 | So anyway I put in for this job and and there were people who who ought to have got it before me , er for instance er there was a councillor at er at , Tom , did you know Tom ? |
| 5 | ‘ It 's what I hang around for all day , ’ said the poet , ‘ when your mother is doing something useful . ’ |
| 6 | I slow down for some cows and greet many people but I do n't usually have to stop now , even for elders . |
| 7 | We shall see whether I 've learnt enough when I go up for those exams . |
| 8 | He mumbles when I go in for specific points , he puts an accent on , but I think he 's trying to tell me Hess is dead . |
| 9 | That was an experience I went through for many months , not saying anything . |
| 10 | Well , I went down for that Christmas . |
| 11 | Well it 'd probably be the June or July before I went in for this exam , which they did n't hold very frequently and er then I had to pass this exam and that I could leave school in the August , Bank Holiday . |
| 12 | No it was our summer holiday , I went off for two weeks , when I came back Paula was off for a month . |
| 13 | Kathleen and I went off for some lunch and we then went to have a look at the castle . |
| 14 | A dress I , I sent off for two sizes , I 'm glad I did now because I thought you know that the small one would be okay for them , but it 's not , there 's the hat |
| 15 | ‘ It was so late when we finished yesterday that I queued up for 20 minutes for a takeaway hamburger , ’ he said . |
| 16 | I stood up for six questions , not least for question No. 3 , in which I have a constituency interest . |
| 17 | I know , I was I went up for some chips at the top |