Example sentences of "i [vb base] [vb pp] [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , in the report of ‘ a sex beast nicknamed ‘ The Acne Kid ’ ’ ( Star ) , who boasted to the victim that he had just been freed from prison and said : ‘ I 've served time for rape before ’ , speculation about this possible link was scotched quickly . |
| 2 | I mean I 've heard representatives for County Council th this week saying that er as far as they were concerned th the standards were n't sufficiently low yet for them t to take action . |
| 3 | Well I 've made appointment for Wednesday so bloody well keep that ! |
| 4 | I 've been very poor , I 've cleaned toilets for Mecca , I 've slept on Euston station , and I never want to be like that again . |
| 5 | as if I 've had bronchitis for days . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've known Arnie for ages . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've known Francisco for years — I met him the first year I came here , when Monte Samana was brand new . ’ |
| 8 | er and of course I 've known Walter for years but I do n't know his wife , I 've never met his wife and of course not being able to get out into the street now , I should get out for about two years after I lost my husband and then I got this er awful pain nobody knows unless they have it er this arthritis in my knees , you see , and erm and then I found that it was too much for me to er otherwise I used to walk up to the post box road and I used to count the steps , three hundred and something steps there and three hundred and something back , you see , and to the front door , you see , but I , I ca n't do it now but I have with help and I went out last year with er Mrs and er twice we went to Dulwich which I enjoyed and so did she and the last time we went to and er we had our lunch and we went to see my cousins at West Suffolk and and , and then came home again , you see , and that 's the only time I went out last year and usually I used to go to for a day and I am hoping that if I , I am hoping , well you can only hope , that I might perhaps go so out one Sunday , once , just once in the , you see , because er , th that 's when when you 're old you 've got to keep , you 've got to hope for something |
| 9 | ‘ I 've got plans for hotels , a leisure centre , holiday chalets , supermarket , a car-park ; jobs for everybody , revitalize the whole area . ’ |
| 10 | I have read Punch for years through the public library . |