Example sentences of "i [vb base] [adv] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These were indestructible and to this day I regret ever falling for the slick adverts for trendy green ones . |
| 2 | I lay there waiting for the half-hour to pass ; and the silence of the house was still , that day , much more a silence of peace than one of fear . |
| 3 | I do not speak for the Philippine health movement , rather these are my attempts to understand how both small-scale local initiatives and a national effort can alter the historical process which to date has left the majority of the 60 million Filipino people living in dire poverty in a land of plenty . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm afraid I do not care for the theatre . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I do not go for the peaked caps , epaulettes and dummy holsters , ’ he said . |
| 6 | ‘ And I do n't go for the fancy decorations and general hoo-hah . |
| 7 | I do n't care for the practice of polling because of polling because it is direct descendant of that fraudulent invention sociology . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't care for the notion that Paul Gray had his head cut off in the Cathedral . |
| 9 | I can do all those nice things in Jan , Feb and March , and not to mention when I get home tearing my garden to pieces , that 's gone to pot , which is as well , because it does n't make it , see , see one thing I find about coming down here , I see the really smarter shops than I would unless I were in Norwich and it makes me realise still after this , I do n't crave for the things in shops . |
| 10 | A Protestant woman , naturally , I do n't speak for the other sort . ’ |
| 11 | " I do n't work for the company any more , " I answered . |
| 12 | I thought we could have lunch in the garden after your inspection — I 've already arranged for the fridge to be restocked — and afterwards , if you do n't fancy going to the beach , we could go out in my boat , or I 'll take you for a tour of North Zealand , through the quaint old villages with their farmhouses and gardens full of hollyhocks and the beech woods . |
| 13 | I 've not cared for the last few at all , but this one I 'd definitely play on the radio . |
| 14 | ‘ I feel I 've just auditioned for the part of a human being and I did n't get the job . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 've just come for the skirt your mum 's fixed for me , ’ she said . |
| 16 | I 've only come for the afternoon because Sheila 's off sick . |
| 17 | I have also campaigned for the Government to give AIDS greater recognition , not as a disease affecting specific sectors of the community , but as a social problem for which there must be adequate welfare provision . |
| 18 | I have also campaigned for the Government to give AIDS greater recognition , not as a disease affecting specific sectors of the community , but as a social problem for which there must be adequate welfare provision . |
| 19 | I have also looked for the planetary nebula NGC 7662 , which is in the field with the triangle made up of Lambda ( 3.8 ) , Kappa ( 4.1 ) and Iota ( 4.3 ) . |
| 20 | I have n't gone for the rack thing because if they can get that lot in a rack then go ahead ! |
| 21 | There has never been a day , nor yet an hour , when I have not ached for the loss of that which existed before Lucifer led his followers against the gods . |
| 22 | Since then , I have only translated for the stage . |