Example sentences of "i [vb base] for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean for the actual Christmas period , Christmas Day , Boxing Day and so on . ’ |
| 2 | But I mean for the first year she wo n't be in , if she goes into student , she 'll be in college |
| 3 | Well I mean for the first year she wo n't be in if she goes in as a student she 'll be in college . |
| 4 | I mean for the first time there 's a erm a sort of Asian wholesale supermarket . |
| 5 | But I mean for the other people it 's just , it 's just rejection in n it , you 're not good enough |
| 6 | When Eva had gone and I lay for the first time in the same house as Charlie and Eva and my father , I thought about the difference between the interesting people and the nice people . |
| 7 | This afternoon , the trial was halted when the Judge , Mr. Justice Auld , called in the jury after several hours of legal argument and told them , ’ I apologise for the long delay . |
| 8 | ‘ Monsieur Dacourt , ’ Francis announced in perfect English , ‘ I apologise for the tardy arrival and abrupt interruption of your eloquent speech by Akim and his cats . |
| 9 | ‘ I head for the nearest jewellery store , ’ she said lightly , ‘ which gives me all the more incentive to get this door open . ’ |
| 10 | I speak for the first time . |
| 11 | ‘ And , ’ continued the badger ceremoniously , ‘ I am sure I speak for the entire population in wishing you all the very best in driving away this menace in our midst . |
| 12 | I think I speak for the vast majority of the environmental health committee when I say that the abatement and noise pollution has been one of our ongoing major concerns in things for the last twelve months . |
| 13 | Now I die for the last time . |
| 14 | I wait for the inevitable question . |
| 15 | When I come out into the light at the end , I look for the white van . |
| 16 | ‘ Whenever the far end of an active edge A and the near end of an inactive edge I meet for the first time , if I satisfies A 's conditions for extension , then build a new edge as follows : |
| 17 | At the Lochy Bar in Caol ( pronounced cool ) just outside Fort William , Martin and I meet for the first time . |
| 18 | I consider the and figure should be discounted down to eighteen , which is the figure I adopt for the whole life multiplier . |
| 19 | However , once we start to distort the operation of open justice and the consideration of the matters , we may very well , through the operation of rumour and all its insidious effects that are so damaging in libel cases — the only justification that I know for the high damages granted in such cases — inflict more damage on justice than we realise . |
| 20 | I opt for the outside seat which in some models is adapted into a mini-swimming-pool . |
| 21 | I suppose for the early settlers the smaller tarns such as those on Widdale , Baugh Fell and Whernside looked like tears on the face of the fell . |
| 22 | ‘ I grieve for the white bodies |
| 23 | I suppose I go for the dangerous types — the ones who look almost but not quite entirely wholesome . |
| 24 | I think for the male student who is subject to sexual harassment , or who gets the sort of inappropriate approaches that Marianne is talking about , that is unusual , it 's out of step with the way in which he perceives himself , and his sense of what he is and who he is in the world . |
| 25 | And I think for the dyslexic child , for the disturbed child generally , we need to offer an atmosphere which is calm . |
| 26 | Yes , I have the slip somewhere , and my father I did n't keep it but my father must have kept it , but I discovered it one day and it was seven and thruppence I think for the first week 's pay . |
| 27 | So , I appologise for the excessive size of this one ; - } } ( I 've never had to say that before ) but I have decided not to compress them . |
| 28 | The type I recommend for the average player is one that has 12 to 13 degrees of loft , deepish in the face , and toed-in slightly . |
| 29 | I reach for the super glue on the shelf , the extra strong kind that sticks wood and so on . |
| 30 | ’ Rainforest ’ turns out to be the squawking tropical bird noise already playing in the Centre , so I settle for the crashing waves and seagull cries of ’ Ocean ’ . |