Example sentences of "[verb] i [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because you 'd like to see me suffer for what you believe I did to Ryan ! |
| 2 | Yes , or do you want me to wait for Patrick ? |
| 3 | Do you want me to apologise for picking up the gauntlet you threw down ? ’ |
| 4 | Do you want me to blow for you ? |
| 5 | So what do you want me to do for now then ? |
| 6 | Do you want me to ask for you ? |
| 7 | At the hospital I got changed and was in the admittance room and I heard my dad outside saying , " Do you want me to sign for anything ? " |
| 8 | ‘ I always give 110 per cent and that 's why fans at most clubs would want me to play for their teams if I was to get a move from Arsenal . ’ |
| 9 | You do n't want me to look for her , do you ? ’ |
| 10 | If people hear about the boy , he thought , perhaps they will want me to pay for their lost chickens and their disappearing sheep . |
| 11 | And how much do you want me to pay for it ? |
| 12 | He has warned me he 'll make me suffer for it . |
| 13 | Now although I am a born sceptic , suddenly being brought face to face with a seemingly identical facsimile of what I had been working on did make me pause for a few moments ! |
| 14 | Why make me pay for what Eddie did ? ’ |
| 15 | They always do that , the saucy wenches , they like to tease and make me beg for them to come back . |
| 16 | My parents are very accepting ; my mum encourages me to dress for comfort rather than fashion . |
| 17 | I met Jane Toler at a party , and , homing in on my angularity of form , she asked me to sit for her . |
| 18 | ‘ She also asked me to recount for her the circumstances leading up to the car crash in May 1968 in which poor Willy Morpurgo suffered brain damage . ’ |
| 19 | Er he 's gone to Barnsley , cos they asked me to ask for this , gone to Barnsley . |
| 20 | I made a great nuisance of myself and , in the end , they resorted to the traditional method of dealing with trouble-makers : they asked me to stand for my own ward at the next local government elections . |
| 21 | I could understand the term ‘ genetic engineering ’ — well , as long as nobody asked me to speak for a minute without hesitation or deviation — and I recognized ‘ DNA ’ , which was said to be the basic stuff of life . |
| 22 | Michaela , 26 , said : ‘ They got me looking for wallabies and scorpions living wild in Britain . |
| 23 | Helping me look for it was keeping your brother away from Silvia . ’ |
| 24 | It made me forget for a moment how low sales figures so often are nowadays , as there are some exciting campaigns planned , some clever gimmicks , some expensive promotions and , more important , some wonderful books . |
| 25 | Nearby the sea terns and eider ducks were nesting , the ducks beautifully camouflaged , sitting tight as long as they could , then moving quickly to reveal eggs of a gorgeous sage green looking so warm in their nest of breast feathers that it made me long for the comforts of my sleeping bag . |
| 26 | The brief comments recorded here made me long for more : ‘ How did Ophelia know to scratch her legs like she did ? |
| 27 | There were times when Joanna 's somewhat footslogging performance made me long for the thoroughbred feel of Lisa , but I had an affection for Joanna and she had one advantage over Lisa — her small cuddy where I could cook and sleep , and be independent of the land . |
| 28 | It has affected me and made me pause for thought . |
| 29 | The humbucker carries a clean sound well , although there 's a hint of midrange that made me go for the coil-tap to keep things sounding sweet . |
| 30 | What on earth made me imagine for even one second that I would have enough strength to confront Luke ? |