Example sentences of "i [verb] [pron] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked him for some bread and cheese , and he went down to the kitchen . ’ |
| 2 | comment if I asked you for some advice ? |
| 3 | Erm and while I was married I bought it back for twenty and a few months later I sell it for ten pound . |
| 4 | I have n't been able to make myself believe I hate you for some time now , Luke . ’ |
| 5 | I just knew I was inspired when I proposed you for this job here , that it would come back to me in some incredible way . |
| 6 | My boss returned along the passage at a furious gallop and I steeled myself for some unpleasantness as the young man was rousted from his bed . |
| 7 | ‘ They asked for an appointment , so I arranged it for this afternoon . |
| 8 | I watched them for some time , thinking smugly ‘ Ha ! |
| 9 | I watched it for some time but there 's nobody about . |
| 10 | I wore it for one year and that |
| 11 | those four tapes , incidentally , I saw , you know the compil the Bach , Beethoven , Mozart and Tchaikovsky , I saw them for fifteen pound . |
| 12 | I frequently perform funerals three deep : that is , I do it for one person , who does it for another , who does it for the relatives of the deceased , he being the first person applied to . |
| 13 | In despair , I did nothing for another week . |
| 14 | ‘ I thank you for that assurance , my lord , ’ said the queen-dowager tremulously , drawing closer the still-sleeping prince . |
| 15 | She got in the bed to watch Neighbours and we came back about five o'clock and I went up the stairs , the T V was and he was erm out for count , so I left them for another hour and I said to mum |
| 16 | For that matter , now that I see them for this moment so clearly , what has Hugh to do with the king , either ? |