Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pers pn] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I asked him for some bread and cheese , and he went down to the kitchen . ’ |
2 | Yes , I know how we got talking to this girl in the Post Office cos I erm I asked her for some stamps as well , you see , I wanted some cos I happen to be sending stuff of for Germany tomorrow . |
3 | comment if I asked you for some advice ? |
4 | I sold them for fifteen pounds . |
5 | I got it for six months , te |
6 | I just knew I was inspired when I proposed you for this job here , that it would come back to me in some incredible way . |
7 | I used it for New Blues and almost all of Summer Song and perhaps the solo on Rubina 's Blue Sky Happiness . |
8 | I used to want to work at the violin , and I played it for two years . |
9 | I cuddled him for four hours until he died in my hands . |
10 | I know with mine it was a pound and , I renewed mine for two years , well three years I think I never drove , I just wanted to have a provisional , but now , I think like if someone said it was fifteen or seventeen |
11 | ‘ I joined them for selfish reasons , ’ he admits . |
12 | I taught her for several hours every day in the library , although it was not easy to make her concentrate on anything for long , as she was clearly not used to the discipline of lessons . |
13 | ‘ They asked for an appointment , so I arranged it for this afternoon . |
14 | Well , I stuck it for two years . |
15 | I loved you for thirteen days of my life , and did n't the rest of my life count for anything ? ’ |
16 | I could n't get to sleep , and I noticed in the air there was a red light flashing , and several other green lights flashing , and they were coming , helicopter noises , and er I watched them for several minutes and they seemed to be landing and one was stationary in the air , without moving , and rest were going up and down . |
17 | I watched them for some time , thinking smugly ‘ Ha ! |
18 | I watched it for some time but there 's nobody about . |
19 | I watched it for several minutes , and they seemed to be landing and one was stationary in the air , without moving , and the rest were going up and down . |
20 | I usually let him out of the pram but last week I lost him for five minutes in Tesco , ’ she said . |
21 | I wore it for one year and that |
22 | When I wore it for seven hours in wind-driven rain , the jacket only started absorbing water after the fourth hour . |
23 | Then I treated him for three days with a view of my back and my sulky face . |
24 | those four tapes , incidentally , I saw , you know the compil the Bach , Beethoven , Mozart and Tchaikovsky , I saw them for fifteen pound . |
25 | He give me them , I took them for three days , right , I did n't come down for a fortnight and Russell 'll tell you that , I was high as a kite . |
26 | I mean , I did it for four months and then I could n't do any more , I just think I mean , I know Amanda and Claire were a lot younger then and I think it 's difficult when they are they 're younger . |
27 | We did ask Dorothy to do it after I did it for four years , but she was n't keen and I had to go on . |
28 | I decided that what I did it for small reasons |
29 | I did it for six months and reckon that at only 24 I did it pretty well . |
30 | ‘ I did it for eight years . |