Example sentences of "i [adv] [vb past] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I duly applied for the Fellowship , I was unsuccessful , no doubt to my lasting benefit , as similar failures have served to prove . |
| 2 | I only looked for the sake of form . |
| 3 | So I just waited for the contact , and hoped that my voice would sound calm and easy as I told Famlio my lies . |
| 4 | I just went for the price . |
| 5 | I just lived for the minute ; if my tongue and lips and fingers travelled freely over her , that was good enough for forever . |
| 6 | I always looked for the kitemark when I was buying things . |
| 7 | I always voted for the person I thought less crooked because I did n't , and do n't think , there is much difference between the parties . |
| 8 | That too was a heady experience , but I still hankered for the farm life . |
| 9 | We 'd played fairly steady , and as we went to the 11th tee I automatically reached for the driver . |
| 10 | ‘ Tired by a long and laborious day 's walk under a burning sun , I frequently encamped for the night by the side of a river , a natural pond , or a water-hole , and before retiring to rest not unfrequently stretched my weary body on the river 's bank ; while thus reposing , the surface of the water was often disturbed by the little concentric circles formed by the Ornithorhynchus [ duck-billed platypus ] , or perhaps an Echnidna [ anteater ] came trotting up towards me . |
| 11 | I think he had a little bit of ill health and my immediate superior took over as Traffic Superintendent and he was there throughout the war and when I came out he was my boss and er you see and er and then in nineteen forty eight was made Transport Manager , because as you say we had to split from Electric Supply and he carried on until erm nineteen seventy two and erm , we had government reorganization and erm they did away with people like the Town Clerk and Transport Manager and erm erm was retired , early retirement , the same as the Town Clerk and erm they brought in a General Manager from away and brought in more staff with him and that was came in and er so I then applied for the position , which was going , there was , there was Traffic Superintendent was going er Chief Administration Officer , Chief Engineer and erm er Bodywork Maintenance Superintendent . |
| 12 | ‘ The frets were one of the few things I actually bought for the guitar . |