Example sentences of "i [vb base] [adv] [verb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They called the film they made about me Too Long a Winter , and I have to declare immediately that I do not care for winter at all , for neither mind nor body agrees with it . |
| 2 | I do not ask for sex right away . |
| 3 | I do n't care for pity . |
| 4 | OUP , £25 ‘ I DO N'T care for life if I ca n't fill it with work , ’ Annie Besant often declared to her friends . |
| 5 | Because I do n't care for material things to the degree you do , you chose to believe it did n't matter that you grew rich on my name . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ My dear ma'am , I assure you I do n't look for matrimony . |
| 7 | Now , I , I , I do n't , I do n't look for trouble , you know me |
| 8 | I do n't ask for wealth , |
| 9 | And I 've also gone for quality clients , companies I want to work for and who I know will pay on time . ’ |
| 10 | The flood of almost 3D colour and composition was one of the finest I 've ever seen for colour flow . |
| 11 | The flood of almost 3D colour and composition was one of the finest I 've ever seen for colour flow . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've often prayed for death , Ellen . |
| 13 | I have already asked for information on all members of the party . |
| 14 | well the the have a training roll and it may well be that the will be able to I mean I have n't spoken for example but they have taken over the functions of the old Manpower Services Commission training agency . |
| 15 | ‘ I have never asked for money before , ’ said the 21-year-old van driver , of Middlesbrough 's Phil Thomas School of Boxing . |
| 16 | They threw me from the battlements into the sea , but the rocks were merciless and did not kill me , though I have never longed for death so much as I did then . |
| 17 | I have never wished for power . |