Example sentences of "i [vb past] for [adj] [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked for special leave and borrowed the eighty pounds for a short-term return ticket on the letter-mail route to the UK . |
| 2 | I planned for year-round interest and used such plants as climbing roses , clematis , jasmines , honeysuckle and Japanese quince . |
| 3 | I hollered for fortified wines and drank quarts of tongue-frazzling black coffee . |
| 4 | Personally I longed for human society and for exercise ( a good long tramp , for example ) , but no doubt Odilo had his reasons . |
| 5 | Charles Atcher recounts in 1985 , ‘ I volunteered for military service and I am satisfied to have made my contribution . |