Example sentences of "i [vb past] [adv] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I lived only for the day when I would come into my own . |
| 2 | Not that I cared much for the way he kept them . |
| 3 | On the second day , I geared up for the Horseshoe Pass , three miles up followed by a long down to Llangollen . |
| 4 | I came here for the history . |
| 5 | I came down for the fire , for it was cold in my room . |
| 6 | With that , I galloped off for the train , and even had time for a drink before it left . |
| 7 | I finned madly for the surface , and was told off very severely for making an ascent like a pricked balloon . |
| 8 | ‘ I turned up for the interview , amid all these Bond beauties , in my tight black jersey dress on a really hot day , with false nails and false eyelashes sliding down my face , ’ Julie recalls with a smile . |
| 9 | ‘ You will perhaps readily object , ‘ I prayed earnestly for the life of the deceased . |
| 10 | When I signed up for the trip I really did n't know just what to expect ; when I got my packet information I wondered how I would stand up to it but I soon found I adjusted very well and even though I had never slept in a tent in a tent in a sleeping bag or had any experience canoeing I did OK . |
| 11 | " I think it would be better if I worked through for the rest of today . |
| 12 | We had a very impromptu meal which was brought out from somewhere near Bahrain because our landing area was in a small offshore sand strip where the Nos 55 and 84 Squadron aircraft ( also a Valentia from No 70 Squadron , which was our support aircraft ) were all based overnight and I went to sleep in this hot and humid place , The humidity factor at Bahrain was very high indeed , in the 90s , but I went to sleep quite comfortably on a groundsheet having dug a little hole for my not very considerable hips , weighing very little above 9 stone , and I settled down for the night . |
| 13 | For many months I watched carefully for the smoke from fires , but I did n't see anything . |
| 14 | The next morning he had left us to rejoin his regiment , even before Granpa and I started out for the market . |
| 15 | While leaving it to cool , I reached over for the map ; the mug was caught by my sleeve , fell forward with a gurgle , and emptied . |
| 16 | And I went right for the flag . |
| 17 | Erm no I went away for the weekend this weekend and er made four ta tapes of me and Frank in the car driving around from er we went to erm Oxford first then we went to Bournemouth , then we went to Winchester and then we went to Cheltenham , . |
| 18 | but I went straight for the directory . |
| 19 | I went home for the summer holidays weighing seven stone six pounds . |
| 20 | I went out for the day , and came back to find the room full of thick smoke from Holmes ' pipe . |
| 21 | Amy and I went out for the day . |
| 22 | It went on and on until I was nearly frantic , so I went out for the evening several times in one week to release the tension . |
| 23 | But then I thought , ‘ I 'll show him , ’ and I went in for the Pub Entertainer of the Year contest . |
| 24 | when I went in for the steamer |
| 25 | I went there for the clothing , because Antoinette wanted me to take photographs . |
| 26 | I went there for the opening and I 'm really proud to be associated with water because I think it 's I think it 's a wonderful piece of engineering and excellent . |
| 27 | Added to that , there was something about the Wartberg works that I found soothing the first time I went there for the interview . |
| 28 | One enterprising young man gathered 60 ration books into his brief-case and persuaded an RCAF pilot , due for a recognizance flight that day , to fly him several hundred miles across the provincial border to Atlin , B.C. At the friendly invitation of those concerned I went along for the ride and helped my energetic friends load five cases of Johnny Walker , which we transported back to Whitehorse well in time for a Saturday night party . |
| 29 | I went along for the ride ; Mrs Goreng needed moral support and a straight guy to conduct an emergency dialogue with , if the need arose . |
| 30 | In my own defence I can say only that I went along for the ride , as it were , if you 'll forgive the expression , Mr Milton . ’ |