Example sentences of "and i [verb] [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This way , Dad and I get you for a little longer . |
| 2 | Henri and I sheltered them for a while , but of course it was very risky with the Germans billeted everywhere except the smallest cottages . |
| 3 | ‘ I did n't know at the time it had been in the Quakers boardroom but it was a good , handmade , solid oak table and I got it for a reasonable price , ’ he said . |
| 4 | And I fought it for a long time and I wanted to get kick-started back to where I was before , because I felt under a cloud . |
| 5 | Then she held out her hand to me , and I took it for a second . |
| 6 | Yeah I 'd considered buying it and all that , you know it do n't take five minutes you know , and I took it for a test drive |
| 7 | I lived with my husband for er , three and a half years , and I knew him for a good number of years before then , so we made a joint decision after that period of time that we were , wanted to commit ourselves |
| 8 | It was this last that gave him pause , for , he was to say , ‘ Although I had no knowledge of it — that place where the Twelve Judges sit — I believed that I had long since dreamed it , and I knew it for a place of great finality and immense power . |
| 9 | All the perennials are bought in containers and I grow them for a year in their pots to see how they cope with the conditions , then I plant them out in the garden . " |
| 10 | There 's a man and a woman sitting at a table by the window , and I watch them for a bit . |
| 11 | The smoke sort of hangs in blue layers above the bed and I watch it for a bit . |
| 12 | There 's a fag end on the ground by my eye and I watch it for a bit . |