Example sentences of "i [vb past] [adv] for a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I argued passionately for a top higher band .
2 Young Mrs M. looked shocked at the thought , so she waited outside , while I sprinted in for a quick glimpse at Bishop Stock 's former domain .
3 And when I come here and I lived here for a few year and then really saw what it was like , I thought , God , never again .
4 Here houses looked to me like Monopoly chips : seeing a man cycling over the pathless tundra I scanned hopelessly for a possible point of reference he might have .
5 I came over for a short visit when my parents first moved here … ’
6 We sailed into a murky , airless dawn veiled by the thin drizzle of a Scotch Mist , and I turned in for a few hours .
7 I popped in for a short while to the Scottish Gallery in Cork Street , to see the most recent sculptures by Gerald Laing .
8 I returned home for a late tea and carefully explained to my mother what Dana had done , and tried to excuse the thoughtlessness that had caused her such a shock .
9 I settled in for a relaxed , warm overview on the world high up in the comfy cab .
10 I struggled manfully for a few minutes , neatly nicking Ann 's fishing hat off , which we had to row after to recover ; catching Alan 's flies , on a back cast , and finally managing to get floss and line mixed up in an unbelievably intricate tangle .
11 I looked round for a living man to admire and follow .
12 I looked round for a split second .
13 Gunga drove off over the bridge as I looked around for a suitable spot to get some practice in .
14 I reached over for a large tin on my right , prised the tight lid off with my knife and used a small teaspoon inside to place some of the white mixture from the tin on to a round metal plate in front of the old dog 's skull .
15 I went up for a closer look .
16 During the war I worked for the women 's voluntary service and shortly afterwards I went abroad for a few years , returning in the late 1940s , divorced with three children .
17 And I went there for a little bit , and then we moved on , moved off from there , do you see ?
18 I have to confess that I saved up for a portable television before I saved up for a washing machine , but then my priorities may have been different if I had not had a laundrette opposite the front door .
19 I did n't for a long time , I was only interested in whether I liked you .
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