Example sentences of "i [verb] for a [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.

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1 I applied for a job and three people turned
2 He then said that he now had confirmation from the police and that I qualified for a transfer and would receive an offer for Govan ( where my dad is ) within a week .
3 I stopped for a second and tried to think what my conclusive proof was .
4 The flat Polish landscape stretched away into the marshes to the south-east , and I stopped for a moment and stared towards them .
5 I freelanced for a while and ended up doing a lot of work for the Bee Gees in Florida , for Andy Gibb in particular .
6 Rather than mount from the ground , which can take some young horses by surprise just when you do n't want to , I opted for a leg-up and repeated the walk , trot and half transitions .
7 But I yearn for a child or even children .
8 have I time for a scrub or what ?
9 At the top of the stairs I turned for a moment and found out .
10 By now it has sold out , so I opt for a gin and tonic , at a price commensurate with a drink at the Ritz .
11 I called for a re-vote and therefore I insist that we have a re-vote .
12 I felt for a pulse but I could n't find one . ’
13 I looked for a scraper but could n't see one .
14 I thought for a while and said that the only thing I could think of was that the British government did not — although it would have been slow to admit it — at that moment cut much ice with the South African government , but the United States government cut considerable ice .
15 I thought for a moment and came up with a suggestion that he should give some sort of honour , an OBE or the like , to the cricketer Basil D'Oliveira , who had been shabbily treated by the South African government .
16 " I went for a check-up but , in my heart of hearts , I recognised that it was an attack of panic more than anything else , " she remembers .
17 The last time I went for a smear and a blood pressure check and various things sh I , I said are you doing cholesterol checks ?
18 This is what I do for a living and this is what I enjoy doing .
19 Well my mother was one of the pillars of the Palfrey church and er she er oh I went , my father never used to go , but she used to go and of course I , I used to be an altar server down there when I got a bit older I did for a week or two to the erm do you know anything about an Anglo-Catholic Church I mean where they swing the incense and there is this little boy with the boat ?
20 I waited for a while but he did n't show any sign of appearing so I went outside .
21 I waited for a day or so , expecting some sort of national protest .
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