Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [to-vb] for a " in BNC.
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1 | But it was actually hearing Duane Allman that made me want to go for a powerful kind of electric sound . |
2 | When I asked to speak for a moment with Miss Lavenza , a manservant showed me into a living-room and asked me to wait . |
3 | Facing the loathsome rat-men I tend to opt for a defensive strategy and try and inflict as many casualties as possible at long range . |
4 | I tried to apply for a credit card , but they refused me . |
5 | I wan , I want to la , I want to live for a bit longer . |
6 | I want to arrange for a commemorative postage stamp to be printed with my portrait on it . |
7 | That 's probably why I want to go for a dump now . |
8 | I want to push for a win if I can . ’ |
9 | With my form filled in , I phoned : ‘ I want to come for a fortnight , but the problem is , I have a book to finish . |
10 | ‘ I like it here and I want to stay for a while . ’ |
11 | I want to consider for a moment the true price of coal . |
12 | John , of Pontypridd , Mid Glamorgan , said yesterday : ‘ It was n't until I came to pay for a car at the auction that I realised what I 'd done . |
13 | After three hours of continuous nibbling it seemed , I will confess , rather on the acid and insubstantial side , and I began to yearn for a bowl of pasta . |
14 | So I began to look for a husband . |
15 | I 'm not that way inclined , I like to go for a walk and have the fresh air on me and everything . |
16 | Um and erm I was just wondering y'know kind of erm often when I write questionnaires I like to go for a sort of more kind of rather less declarative statements . |
17 | ‘ Why did I have to fall for a suicidal maniac ? ’ she asked herself , and cleaned the flat from top to bottom to take her mind off the image of Jack dangling on the end of a rope above a muddy slit somewhere in subterranean Yorkshire ! |
18 | I decided to go for a walk westward along the side of the fjord . |
19 | I decided to wait for a review — you know what Microsoft 's other support lines are like . |
20 | Sir : After reading a review in your magazine I decided to send for a shareware copy of Return to Kroz . |
21 | It 's a lazy Saturday and I decide to go for a walk in Cwm Idwal . |
22 | I needed to escape for a while — to leave my unhappiness behind me . |
23 | ‘ I went to look for a new car and the Lord said to me , ‘ Richie , you buy this car . |
24 | Can I afford to wait for a young child to discover such procedures ? |
25 | The water was deep in the middle , so I had to swim for a few metres . |
26 | I had to wait for a considerable time for the expanse of blue sky above my chosen scene ( figure XX ) to be substantial enough for photography . |
27 | The immense build-up made it impossible to find a decent anchor and , having stamped out a rather unstable stance , I had to settle for a couple of drive-ins in a clod of frozen turf . |
28 | ‘ I had to stop for a quick drink on the way home with John Dyson , ’ he said . |
29 | I had to listen for a good hour while he burbled on about variably apertured annuity options and the like . |
30 | I had to go for a piss . |