Example sentences of "i [vb past] [verb] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ The fact that he took the 100m individual , when I could n't attempt the hat-trick because I failed to qualify for the event at the US trials through illness , is bound to increase interest when we get it together . |
2 | I suppose I had persuaded myself that sending men to prison was n't something I cared to do for the rest of my life . |
3 | I got picked for the washing up detail and with six others swept the kitchen and dining room , drank the dregs from the glasses and bottles and had a conversation with one of the cooks about Beirut . |
4 | I tried to reach for the phone to ring Howard , but my arm refused to move . |
5 | I moved to look for the girl . |
6 | The last time I 'd made for the bog he 'd broken my back when he caught me straight between the shoulder blades with a loaf of bread . |
7 | We all sat fairly comfortably and ate the things I 'd bought for the occasion . |
8 | He asked me low long I 'd worked for the firm and what my duties were and what Doreen did . |
9 | Money was a problem because I 'd spent all the dosh I 'd got for the car , and I needed my grant to pay off the overdraft I 'd built up . |
10 | McAllister , who had put the doll down , and was now fetching out her work basket to embroider pansies on some fine lawn dresses made for the bazaar by the aforesaid ladies , said , ‘ I did n't mean to become involved , you know , but Matey has been so kind to me — when not slave-driving me , you understand — that when she asked me to accompany her I had not the heart to refuse , and strangely , after I began to work for the bazaar , I found that it was most rewarding . ’ |
11 | I loved to stop for the night but dreaded the effort of making camp . |
12 | I decided to go for the barn and struck lucky twice in a row . |
13 | I just did n't quite judge it right , so I decided to go for the hole rather than ipe the team out ! |
14 | I decided to go for the pills first , but after three months I was still in agony so I went for the laser operation . |
15 | After browsing in the local bookshop and buying a few necessities for the flat , I decided to leave for the course . |
16 | I asked her to go to bed and I decided to search for the monster . |
17 | I decided to make for the orchard and the safety of my own trench . |
18 | I 'd never even heard of Killerton until I started working for the Trust , but when I was at Drogo I used to come across here fairly regularly because of the regional office being here and because I was just interested . |
19 | But when he said that , I felt to blame for the situation I was in . |
20 | I no longer need to work and she was delighted when I offered to care for the baby during the week . |
21 | I chose to speak for the motion rather than against , for as a matter of hard fact devolution was dead . |
22 | He was so frightened that I went to look for the animal . |
23 | When I sold CBS the video I kept apologising for the movement because it was so shaky . |
24 | But I did make for the baize door a little more quickly than on my way in , and in the semi-darkness stumbled over one of the wellingtons , kicking it half-way across the floor . |
25 | Fingering the lump , I began to scrape the theoretical barrel-bottom ; I had prayed for the whiff of putrefaction had n't I ? |
26 | I had to fumble for the torch in the dark and work out for myself how to fix my bunk . |
27 | At the same time , while ensuring the blue of sky in front of the camera , I had to wait for the sun to fall on the scene from behind me , otherwise the sparkle of beach and palms would have been lost . |
28 | I usually stay later , but I had to dress for the dinner party . |
29 | He was ‘ astonished ’ by the ‘ excessive enthusiasm ’ I had shown for the Education ! |
30 | In October 1940 my last year at school began ; it was going to be a year of hard work , as I had to prepare for the June examinations . |