Example sentences of "i [be] [verb] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am writing to thank you for a lovely holiday near Brno in Czechoslovakia at the Hotel Form . |
| 2 | I am writing to thank you for the Morrissey article . |
| 3 | I am writing to thank you for the coverage you gave my launch as the No More Pylons candidate ( Echo March 26 ) . |
| 4 | I 'm trying to get one for this model here , we have a lot of these erm similar chassis in them . |
| 5 | I 'm contracted to tutor you for so many hours a day , and I 'm afraid I must insist on fulfilling my contract . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Dear Fatal , ’ writes Philip Saunders from North Devon , ‘ I 'm writing to thank you for the excellent screen wipes . |
| 7 | ‘ You 've had enough X-rays for a while , so I 'm going to do nothing for the moment . |
| 8 | Just for once , I 'm going to do something for me . |
| 9 | Well there 's no point in me watching it if I 'm going to record it for you . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm glad to hear that , ’ said Zach , ‘ because I 'm going to ask you for another good suggestion . ’ |
| 11 | She told me , ‘ Martha , you 've brought me your pay , like a good girl , and we need it all , but I 'm going to buy something for that lonely child at the Manor , ’ and she bought one , and here it is ! ’ |
| 12 | I do n't tell no lie , I was goin' to ask 'im for the loan of a bob so 's I could get to see this bloke that might be puttin' a bit of business in me way . |
| 13 | ‘ I was phoning to thank you for getting me out of police headquarters . ’ |
| 14 | At table there were some small , preliminary escapes , nothing much ; I was determined to save everything for the climax . |
| 15 | When I was pregnant , and we did not have this constantly changing situation of togetherness and separation , my husband complained that I had not noticed him kissing me goodbye in the morning — I was starting to take him for granted after only a few months without going to the mikva ! |
| 16 | I was going to ask him for money , there 's a business I could buy my way into , an honest one this time , I 've checked it out . |
| 17 | I was going to say something for John . |
| 18 | Mr Editor Gilbert , on learning that I was going to fly one for Pilot , opined that it was a ‘ bloody awful aeroplane ’ . |