Example sentences of "i [verb] [vb pp] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Life became so stressful that when I was making The Power Game the doctor put me on Mogadon and I became hooked for a while . |
| 2 | I got picked for the washing up detail and with six others swept the kitchen and dining room , drank the dregs from the glasses and bottles and had a conversation with one of the cooks about Beirut . |
| 3 | I 'd gone for a walk . |
| 4 | ‘ Until the blunders it was one of the best games I 'd seen for a while . ’ |
| 5 | The last time I 'd made for the bog he 'd broken my back when he caught me straight between the shoulder blades with a loaf of bread . |
| 6 | We all sat fairly comfortably and ate the things I 'd bought for the occasion . |
| 7 | He asked me low long I 'd worked for the firm and what my duties were and what Doreen did . |
| 8 | Money was a problem because I 'd spent all the dosh I 'd got for the car , and I needed my grant to pay off the overdraft I 'd built up . |
| 9 | I lost a sodden pair of boots and socks , and William 's day bag , which I 'd borrowed for a rucksack . |
| 10 | Fingering the lump , I began to scrape the theoretical barrel-bottom ; I had prayed for the whiff of putrefaction had n't I ? |
| 11 | I cried to come down more insistently than I had pleaded for a ride . |
| 12 | When the pass came and I had arranged for a fortnight 's holiday I travelled to the Pacific coast in a day coach : overnight to Calgary , and on for another 24 hours through the glorious panorama of the Rockies to Burrard Inlet , English Bay and Stanley Park , Vancouver . |
| 13 | I had hoped for a conference with the Turkish and Greek Governments and representatives of the two communities . |
| 14 | ‘ He 'd schooled very well and although I had hoped for a lead for a bit longer , we had to go on where we did . |
| 15 | I had applied for an Adjournment debate on this subject , but I realised that the hon. Member for Rotherham ( Mr. Crowther ) had a prior right , representing as he does the NLVA . |
| 16 | Paul and I had gone for a walk along the sand , northwards on a calm , bright autumn day after a ferocious storm the night before that had ripped slates off the roof of the house , torn up one of the trees by the old sheep-pen and even snapped one of the cables on the suspension foot-bridge . |
| 17 | He was ‘ astonished ’ by the ‘ excessive enthusiasm ’ I had shown for the Education ! |
| 18 | ‘ I 've sent for a breakdown lorry-from a garage , so we may be able to salvage the car before it goes right under . ’ |
| 19 | I 've sent for the captain . |
| 20 | I 've sent for the priest . |
| 21 | I 've sent for the lad from the Upton manor , as I told Radulfus I would , and before Compline he 'll be here , and the truth will surely be out . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've volunteered for the Services . ’ |
| 23 | I 've volunteered for the Air Force . |
| 24 | In the meantime , I 've cabled for an X-ray report on the fellow 's chest . |
| 25 | I 've fallen for a boy who goes to the same school as me , but is two years younger than I am . |
| 26 | I 've advertised for a replacement , but I have n't filled the job yet . |
| 27 | ‘ Some people work hard all their lives and still have nothing , ’ I reminded him , thinking of the fifty pounds I 've saved for the gas bill . |
| 28 | The guys at ADM Computing suggested at the first meeting that I save a few quid by opting for a Phillips Brilliance monitor instead of the NEC I 've coveted for a year . |
| 29 | ‘ It was a real old-fashioned adventure and one of the best films I 've seen for a while . ’ |
| 30 | Then he would qualify these certainties at the end , once the client had agreed to buy with something like : " of course , you 'll appreciate that , as with any shares , I can make no absolute guarantees , but this is the best opportunity I 've seen for a while . " |