Example sentences of "i [verb] for [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked for my ham-and-tomato sandwich . |
| 2 | Berenice has high blood-pressure ; she has to remain in hospital because of stress , or she will miscarry , and if that happens I fear for her mental health . ’ |
| 3 | I long for his unwashed eyes . |
| 4 | And I long for your gentle touch , |
| 5 | This is my son and I apologise for his bad manners . |
| 6 | ‘ I played for my junior school in Barnsley then progressed through the various Yorkshire representative teams . |
| 7 | Well and what can I do for you young lady ? |
| 8 | Even afterwards , when I was a teenager , I paid for my bad timing , coming just too early to enjoy the fun and freedom that waited round the corner . |
| 9 | Others I like for their sheer messiness . |
| 10 | The sureness with which I carry out all motions on this return journey , the knowledge that is part of the recognition , overwhelmingly convinces me , in the dream and on waking , that I have often , often been there , although , as you know , I never lived in the country as a child , and all the lore that I needed for my little articles on Nature was garnered later from various sources . |
| 11 | How could I dictate to some amanuensis all the love I feel for my darling Lily , the loveliest flower … . |
| 12 | I enjoy nature and long country walks , and I cheer-lead for my local basketball team . |
| 13 | I looked for my favourite character , only to find he had been replaced by the same bitch who has taken over Lloyd 's job . |
| 14 | ‘ I told you : I went for my usual run . |
| 15 | ‘ So when I went for my regular eye check-up I had no idea that anything was wrong . |
| 16 | It was only when I went for my yearly check-up that I was told I had endometriosis . |
| 17 | That , that 's funny , but I think for you Suburban Commando would have been better . |
| 18 | Two years after I killed Blyth I murdered my young brother Paul , for quite different and more fundamental reasons than I 'd disposed of Blyth , and then a year after that I did for my young cousin Esmerelda , more or less on a whim . |
| 19 | I call for his immediate resignation and the transfer of power to a collective body , the Council of the Federation … |
| 20 | I voted for my hon. Friend the Member for Torbay in 1983 in Battersea . |
| 21 | In my diary I recognised it almost from the beginning , probably because I made no connection between it and non-eating , but seemed to have ascribed it to being overworked academically or being hounded into sporting activities which I resented for their profound pointlessness . |