Example sentences of "i [verb] for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The ideal should be a circular seat but I felt it would take a considerable amount of timber with a lot of waster so I opted for an hexagonal shape . |
| 32 | Starving and tired I prepared for the next day . |
| 33 | I noticed for the first rime that there was a little hole in the door . |
| 34 | He stood up and I noticed for the first time a bunch of keys at his belt . |
| 35 | Looking back , I noticed for the first time how wind-bent and close-cropped were the cypresses . |
| 36 | I noticed for the first time that it was dreadfully long . |
| 37 | He looked slightly abstracted ; and I noticed for the first time that his habit of addressing remarks with head bowed — often appearing to contemplate the floor or the ‘ figure in the carpet ’ — had begun to bring about that slight spinal curvature which became accentuated later in life though not without adding to his dignity of bearing . |
| 38 | Her pink flying suit had two dirty orbs where her backside had imprinted itself on the ground and I noticed for the first time that her trainers were at least size 9 ( men 's ) . |
| 39 | Fenella took a deep breath and I noticed for the first time just how impressively she could breathe . |
| 40 | I speak for the first time . |
| 41 | ‘ And , ’ continued the badger ceremoniously , ‘ I am sure I speak for the entire population in wishing you all the very best in driving away this menace in our midst . |
| 42 | I think I speak for the vast majority of the environmental health committee when I say that the abatement and noise pollution has been one of our ongoing major concerns in things for the last twelve months . |
| 43 | Now I die for the last time . |
| 44 | I wait for the inevitable question . |
| 45 | In addition to classic injunctions such as ‘ I look for a marked reduction in the number of problems put forward for discussion in Ministerial Committees ’ , in the terse Major Attlee style , the paper contains a passage which is pure Brook : ‘ The Cabinet Committee system has a valuable part to play in the central machinery of government , both in relieving the pressure on the Cabinet itself and in helping to give practical effect to the principle of collective responsibility at times when the Cabinet does not include all Ministers in charge of Departments . ’ |
| 46 | When I come out into the light at the end , I look for the white van . |
| 47 | ‘ Whenever the far end of an active edge A and the near end of an inactive edge I meet for the first time , if I satisfies A 's conditions for extension , then build a new edge as follows : |
| 48 | At the Lochy Bar in Caol ( pronounced cool ) just outside Fort William , Martin and I meet for the first time . |
| 49 | I arrived for the American premiere and these ghosts made no sense at all . |
| 50 | I consider the and figure should be discounted down to eighteen , which is the figure I adopt for the whole life multiplier . |
| 51 | So I paid for the electric motor of the engine to be serviced , but it never worked very well . |
| 52 | Anyway , I paid for the blessed thing . ’ |
| 53 | In one such mood I turned for the first time to Marcus Aurelius . |
| 54 | By now some may well be asking ‘ Where can I look for a spiritual director ? |
| 55 | I did not usurp power but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power , in other words this is the modesty part I acted for the public welfare , I acted for the common wellbeing of all our people whenever and in whatever manner was necessary unless prevented by direct constitutional or legislative prohibition Roosevelt suggested that the president subject only to the people of the United States and he identified himself with Andrew Jackson and with Abraham Lincoln . |
| 56 | I did not usurp power but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power , in other words this is the modesty part I acted for the public welfare , I acted for the common wellbeing of all our people whenever and in whatever manner was necessary unless prevented by direct constitutional or legislative prohibition Roosevelt suggested that the president subject only to the people of the United States and he identified himself with Andrew Jackson and with Abraham Lincoln . |
| 57 | And I believe it was then , looking on that view , that I began for the first time to adopt a frame of mind appropriate for the journey before me . |
| 58 | I opt for the outside seat which in some models is adapted into a mini-swimming-pool . |
| 59 | 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 . |
| 60 | When I took out my mortgage with the Halifax , I plumped for a fixed rate . |