Example sentences of "i [verb] for [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked for special leave and borrowed the eighty pounds for a short-term return ticket on the letter-mail route to the UK . |
| 2 | I planned for year-round interest and used such plants as climbing roses , clematis , jasmines , honeysuckle and Japanese quince . |
| 3 | I have one or two such places up my sleeve which I save for difficult days but I do n't spoil it by going to them too often . |
| 4 | The Prado 's director , Felipe Vicente Garin , retorted : ‘ Why should I call for new ideas when I 've already got my own ? ’ |
| 5 | I hollered for fortified wines and drank quarts of tongue-frazzling black coffee . |
| 6 | Personally I longed for human society and for exercise ( a good long tramp , for example ) , but no doubt Odilo had his reasons . |
| 7 | Charles Atcher recounts in 1985 , ‘ I volunteered for military service and I am satisfied to have made my contribution . |