Example sentences of "i [vb past] [to-vb] a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expected to wait a while for a spawning , but within two weeks they surprised me . |
| 2 | In the meantime I tried to find a home for Poppy to go to when ( or if ) we eventually caught her . |
| 3 | No , I came to get a ticket for the literature festival but it was pouring down so I came to get out of the rain . |
| 4 | and I forgot to leave a note for him today and he 's left me another twenty eight pound . |
| 5 | At five to eight , the deadline , I decided to make a run for it , and was within sight of the doors when , without any warning at all , my stomach muscles suddenly began to roll up like a shop blind and I was violently and horribly sick . |
| 6 | After that , I decided to make a cut for each day . |
| 7 | I decided to rent a room for him in a house near ours , where I thought he would be safe for the moment . |
| 8 | ‘ But I managed to get a shilling for the horsehair chair , with the bed thrown in . ’ |
| 9 | IF I HAD to design a retreat for winter-weary travellers who want familiar hotels but in a different civilisation , I 'd invent Marrakech . |
| 10 | For my additional assessment I had to plan a facility for a chosen client group . |
| 11 | But if I had to choose a hunter for work in a particular type of country I should have a pretty good idea which would be the best animal to pick , though I might not be able to tell you how I went about it . ’ |
| 12 | And then he come in to us then and he says to me I 'm bleeding and I had to get a plaster for him and he |
| 13 | I had to make a life for myself … and thank God I did , even if Douglas appropriated all the things I left behind … pictures , papers and clothes … |
| 14 | EQ'ing helps , but I found that over-correction would affect the lead channel , which shares the same tone circuitry , so I had to accept a compromise for my crunch sound . |
| 15 | I wanted to leave a bit for next time , ’ he declared . |
| 16 | I wanted to get a cardigan for school the other day and |
| 17 | No , what I meant was I meant to buy it , I wanted to buy a refill for it , but I ended up not buying the right fibre tip pen for it |
| 18 | I wanted to make a career for myself outside Salzburg . |