Example sentences of "i [verb] [vb pp] [to-vb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you had a talent , you were recognised , and often I got invited to play for the local Boy Scout group . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd stayed to look for the aristocratic drop-out . |
| 3 | I had decided to enter for a competition for British crime writers , run a good many years ago by Ellery Queen 's Mystery Magazine . |
| 4 | Every evening I had tea with the friend or two with whom I had arranged to mess for the " half " , as a term was known at Eton . |
| 5 | Although Fair Isle is officially part of Shetland , and I had been a keen birdwatcher since I was a boy , I had never had the opportunity to visit the island until I had started to work for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds . |
| 6 | When I came back from Bletchley , I had agreed to tutor for the First Ordinary English class at Edinburgh University a Polish woman considerably older than myself . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've decided to opt for a quiet role , ’ she had said . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's what I 've wanted to do for a long time , so long that I ca n't remember a time when the name Tony Radcliffe did n't send me into a violent rage ! ’ |
| 9 | I 'll see that bugger tomorrow mornin' if I have to get up at five , an , I 'll tell him what I 've meant to do for a long time ; I 'll take the can along to the authorities . |
| 10 | ‘ There is a possibility that this chap will move to another university next year , but for the time being I 've had to look for a way to take the heat off . |
| 11 | I 've got to wait for the man ! |
| 12 | Sadly I have n't got time to play right now , I 've got to split for an urgent dinner date . |
| 13 | I 've got to pay for a turn |
| 14 | You know , he can move back home with his mum , she said , I suppose I can go back home to me mum , well then I 've got to look for a job , you know . |
| 15 | Only think of all my anxiety , the fears and sorrows I have had to endure for the last fortnight … |