Example sentences of "i [vb base] [verb] [pers pn] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are four key ideas in that sentence , and I want to underline them for a few more minutes . |
| 2 | Two months later this tram-driver stopped me : ‘ I want to see you for a minute . |
| 3 | For example , although we do not have in English the grammaticalization of the levels of respect that exist in Javanese , we do have means of expressing degrees of respect , largely by choices in the use of expressions : thus ( 31 ) would generally be a more polite request than ( 30 ) : ( 30 ) I want to see you for a moment ( 31 ) I wondered if I could possibly see you for a moment So by taking at first just the grammaticalized or encoded features of context in the world 's languages , we would have both something like a " discovery procedure " for relevant functions of language , and a constraint on the relatively vacuous theorizing that often attends speculation about the " functions of speech " . |
| 4 | I 've wanted it for a very long time , and it will happen , I promise , but not now , not yet . ’ |
| 5 | I 've suspected it for a long time , but now it 's absolutely dear ! |
| 6 | The big fella is more keyed up than I 've seen him for a long time and he is channelling all his energies into one final world cup fling . |
| 7 | I 've seen her for a few minutes , but now they 've taken her to be X-rayed . |
| 8 | Well I 've seen 'em for a hundred now actually , a hundred quid . |
| 9 | I 've done it for a number of smaller companies and charged a fortune for it |
| 10 | I 've swapped it for a couple of weeks . |
| 11 | Which is a bit different and I 'd like to see it , that 's just one of my things , but again when you 're in , going into retirement I think you 've got to think about this , I mean I went , nobody twisted my arm , I went into that situation and I 've enjoyed it for a great many years , but now I 'm thinking I 'd , before I , it 's too late I want to have a , a l a fling in autumn as it were . |
| 12 | I 've had it for a week . |
| 13 | I 've rented it for a fortnight . |
| 14 | Pic oh I 've got it for a week and if I get successful in doing so many tapes then I get twenty pound , twenty five pound v voucher to spend |
| 15 | But I need to see you for a moment . |
| 16 | I have followed him for a long time and his work just gets better and better . |
| 17 | If I have to lift them for a match of that importance then I might as well walk out of the job . ’ |