Example sentences of "i [verb] [pron] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked them to work for a loose confederation of equal republics , largely self-governing , but with certain specified powers on a federal basis . |
| 2 | I did , you 'll have to forgive me , I mean I think for the sake of those who were not at the meeting erm what we should really say is that actually said that he wanted to hear what kind of a parish we are so that he could attempt to match the , the incoming priest with you know the need of the parish . |
| 3 | I mean he came for a flying visit and he went back did n't he ? he came for a flying visit and went back |
| 4 | ‘ I expect he went for a walk after . |
| 5 | I found myself listening for the distinct crack , then gazing up at the clear starry sky trying to follow the flight of the shell . |
| 6 | ‘ So I found myself heading for the Far East in the Service Corps . ’ |
| 7 | All very contemporary , but I found myself hankering for the crisp definition of the old Frederick Austin arrangement . |
| 8 | My aunt , the last survivor of my mother 's family , had lost her sister the previous year , and I helped her to arrange for the sale of most of the contents of her house , and for her own establishment in a club . |
| 9 | I helped her prepare for the date , pressing her nicest blouse , lending her my best necklace and polishing her shoes . |
| 10 | I want him to shoot for every flag . |
| 11 | I want us to think for a moment about the rights and needs of all those millions of children who do not go to school , who are invisible because very often development programmes tend to ignore er their needs . |
| 12 | So I want you to enrol for the winter term at Auburn for one course . |
| 13 | But still if you read that carefully it does n't say he ca that they ca n't do it , the C E C. So I urge you to vote for the motion two five five . |
| 14 | As we wandered about , we were treated with the kind of curiosity I imagine one reserves for a chance meeting with people from the planet Zarg . |
| 15 | I let him cry for a bit and then went over to him and squatted down beside him and put my hand over his shoulders . |
| 16 | And as Mark Paul , 20 , was led sobbing to the cells , his victim 's mother said bitterly : ‘ I hope he weeps for the rest of his life . ’ |
| 17 | I HOPE YOU WEEP FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE |
| 18 | ‘ I hear you qualified for the race . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I know you cared for the boy yourself . ’ |
| 20 | I like us to think for a little while this morning just what it means to be a Christian , we 've been hearing and seeing and been challenged and accepting Christ as our saviour and over the week in Harlow a number made that response and not only in Harlow and in Earls Court but right across the country and into Europe and into Africa as well , through the , through the life link , men and women who have been challenged into accepting Jesus Christ as their saviour and I 'd like us to think for a little while this morning just what it means to be a Christian now obviously as we perhaps know er , and , and , and God work clearly shows to us that it is not in being religion , somebody well said that religion is man 's attempt to find God but the gospel is God 's method of seeking out and finding men and so just as the same as you 've seen that bridge of life illustration and we try with our planks to get across to God we ca n't make it , |
| 21 | He pretended to me that he was already booked in there , but he was n't — I heard him ask for the room afterwards . |
| 22 | I find myself pausing for a few dots myself before I turn over the page to find where all this is leading . |
| 23 | I suppose I go for the dangerous types — the ones who look almost but not quite entirely wholesome . |
| 24 | I asked for one ticket and paid for it , then I watched him ask for the same and fish down inside his carrier bag and bring out a ten pound note . |
| 25 | ‘ I thought I went for the Amazonian types , ’ he commented , ladling some of the food on to his plate warily . |
| 26 | I thought I had for a moment . ’ |
| 27 | But he had an appointment with a delegate of the Slaters union at the Freemasons lodge in the Imperial , but I persuaded him to come for a drink . |
| 28 | I think she did for the most part . |
| 29 | I think I speak for the vast majority of the environmental health committee when I say that the abatement and noise pollution has been one of our ongoing major concerns in things for the last twelve months . |
| 30 | I think I talk for the whole of when I say this , erm , the disgusting way that Borough Council are doing grass cutting . |