Example sentences of "i [verb] [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Facing the loathsome rat-men I tend to opt for a defensive strategy and try and inflict as many casualties as possible at long range . |
| 2 | I want to arrange for a commemorative postage stamp to be printed with my portrait on it . |
| 3 | I 'd hoped for a little money , at the very most , a thousand . |
| 4 | I liked Terry more than anyone I 'd met for a long time , and we talked every day . |
| 5 | ‘ He made the ears out of an old pair of mouse ears I 'd used for a previous party , ’ she says . |
| 6 | Of all the opportunities I 'd had for a good chat-up line , simply croaking ‘ Hospital ’ was n't one of my best . |
| 7 | The owner was a small exter named Fif , a ball of orange fur with tentacles , whom I 'd known for a long time in various planets . |
| 8 | ‘ I remember thinking for a long time afterwards that it must have been Uncle Titch 's , ’ said William , and Preston stared at him in astonishment , shocked not so much by the thought of Uncle Titch and Mary Moxton in carnal embrace as by this sudden insight into William 's dark imaginings . |
| 9 | ‘ Why did I have to fall for a suicidal maniac ? ’ she asked herself , and cleaned the flat from top to bottom to take her mind off the image of Jack dangling on the end of a rope above a muddy slit somewhere in subterranean Yorkshire ! |
| 10 | I went looking for a quiet place to sit — while gazing with interest at the multi armed , three-breasted Salmo'kkan dancers being sinuous on a mini-stage when I was frozen in mid stride |
| 11 | ‘ I went to look for a new car and the Lord said to me , ‘ Richie , you buy this car . |
| 12 | Can I afford to wait for a young child to discover such procedures ? |
| 13 | An enormous boxer hurled himself on me in delight , clawing at my chest with the biggest , horniest feet I had seen for a long time . |
| 14 | The water was deep in the middle , so I had to swim for a few metres . |
| 15 | I had to wait for a considerable time for the expanse of blue sky above my chosen scene ( figure XX ) to be substantial enough for photography . |
| 16 | And I realised , well I had realised for a long time that dieting was n't the answer for me . |
| 17 | When I was two my mother had bought me a number of premium bonds and ever since I had hoped for a little win . |
| 18 | So I had stood for a little while on the bridge and saluted as the ship went down after all . |
| 19 | SAFER THAN I HAD FELT FOR A LONG , LONG TIME |
| 20 | ‘ I had to stop for a quick drink on the way home with John Dyson , ’ he said . |
| 21 | I had to listen for a good hour while he burbled on about variably apertured annuity options and the like . |
| 22 | The night before , I had gone for a long , lonely walk along the banks of the Tormes , crossing and recrossing the Roman bridge , hoping against hope that I might somehow find you also walking there . |
| 23 | There was no use pretending it had n't happened : I had wished for a pure Pacific experience , a truly new world experience at the dawning of this day , yet it had become hopelessly muddied with a relic of the old world and the Ocean whose time , we are now supposed to believe , has passed . |
| 24 | It was the funniest sight I 've seen for a long while , but hardly fair on the birds … . |
| 25 | Inner : one of the best inners I 've seen for a long time . |
| 26 | He 's the nicest man I 've met for a long time . |
| 27 | ‘ So I 've arranged for a whistle-stop tour around the country houses of some influential contacts , and there are one or two long-standing debts and favours due to me that I 'm going to call in over this weekend . ’ |
| 28 | erm I 've arranged for an independent assessor to view this vehicle , and the view of that independent assessor is this is a straightforward claim against the insurance company , and I at the moment am pursuing that , so it 's a little bit of a conflict of interest that one , but that does give you some background on that particular case . |
| 29 | first thing I 've had for a long time is er that . |
| 30 | ‘ I am not pregnant , nor do I suffer from anorexia , ’ she added frostily , ‘ I 'm trying to shake off an illness I 've had for a few months , that 's all . ’ |