Example sentences of "i [verb] for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carel Weight visited Wimbledon and encouraged me to try for the Royal College . |
| 2 | I applied for the occasional post that I thought might be interesting , but never heard anything back . |
| 3 | I mean for the actual Christmas period , Christmas Day , Boxing Day and so on . ’ |
| 4 | But I mean for the first year she wo n't be in , if she goes into student , she 'll be in college |
| 5 | Well I mean for the first year she wo n't be in if she goes in as a student she 'll be in college . |
| 6 | I mean for the first time there 's a erm a sort of Asian wholesale supermarket . |
| 7 | ‘ I realised for the first time that I have never been wanted : it really was such a revelation . |
| 8 | Anyway , I was congratulated once more and I realised for the first time that I was actually doing some good . |
| 9 | At that moment I realised for the first time that not a single word had been uttered on the subject since the accident happened . |
| 10 | When Eva had gone and I lay for the first time in the same house as Charlie and Eva and my father , I thought about the difference between the interesting people and the nice people . |
| 11 | This he did , and it was then that I experienced for the first time his unexpected propensity for one-liners , conjured out of thin air . |
| 12 | This afternoon , the trial was halted when the Judge , Mr. Justice Auld , called in the jury after several hours of legal argument and told them , ’ I apologise for the long delay . |
| 13 | ‘ Monsieur Dacourt , ’ Francis announced in perfect English , ‘ I apologise for the tardy arrival and abrupt interruption of your eloquent speech by Akim and his cats . |
| 14 | ‘ I head for the nearest jewellery store , ’ she said lightly , ‘ which gives me all the more incentive to get this door open . ’ |
| 15 | I headed for the white gleam of a village in the distance and was grateful to find that the one and only store sold iced drinks . |
| 16 | We talked about other things , and I told for the first time the story of how I lost the job at Drummonds , which made us both laugh so much the nurses came running with shocked looks to shut us up . |
| 17 | This was when I learnt for the first time how experts conducted dealing for Jim came from a family of dealers . |
| 18 | So what guidance can I give for the actual writing of the crime short story ? |
| 19 | Starving and tired I prepared for the next day . |
| 20 | I noticed for the first rime that there was a little hole in the door . |
| 21 | He stood up and I noticed for the first time a bunch of keys at his belt . |
| 22 | Looking back , I noticed for the first time how wind-bent and close-cropped were the cypresses . |
| 23 | I noticed for the first time that it was dreadfully long . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 ) . |
| 26 | Fenella took a deep breath and I noticed for the first time just how impressively she could breathe . |
| 27 | I speak for the first time . |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Now I die for the last time . |