Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] i [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | An action was instituted — the only libel action where I acted for Harold Wilson which came to court — and I thought it wise to brief a member of the Opposition to act as counsel on his behalf . |
| 2 | He said she 's got a ten pounds bonus because I paid for the . |
| 3 | In January 1735 Collinson reported back to Bartram , ‘ … how well the little case of plants came , being put under the captain 's bed and saw no light till I sent for it . |
| 4 | All kinds of thoughts raced through my mind as I waited for the explosion in our midst . |
| 5 | In March , I had a week of sustained psychological warfare with a heron : it would hunch on the garage roof as I left for work , and I could well imagine the thoughts of piscicide running through its reptilian brain . |
| 6 | My searches even led me to the absurdity of being directed to the deep freeze in one newsagent when I asked for Spare Rib . |
| 7 | I get the T T G delivered to my home cos I subscribe for it and I get the business one that you do when |
| 8 | I 'm a fool if I believe for one minute that he 'll give me a fair chance … |
| 9 | But sometimes I get cut up by another vehicle as I go for a space — and it 's always a man . ’ |
| 10 | I had first seen her in the desert when I went for my first ‘ bedu ’ breakfast and the prospective bridegroom 's brother had played fox in the hen coop . |
| 11 | But er I did go with Con when I went for a perm she said oh would you like to , would you like to go and see Valerie |
| 12 | I decided to go for the pills first , but after three months I was still in agony so I went for the laser operation . |
| 13 | Well aware of the undertaking he added ‘ The day before I went for a load of beers to prepare for the ordeal . ’ |
| 14 | Marje adds : ‘ If you live a double life of lies and deception as I did for years and years , you need to speak about it eventually . |
| 15 | I watched her go with sadness in my heart because I felt for some inexplicable reason that I would never see Granny again . |
| 16 | ‘ I saw Everton more times in the last few months of last season than I have for a long time . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I lost my father before I signed for Rangers and his death had a devastating effect on me since we had always been so close , and not simply because he had been a professional goalkeeper in his time , ’ Goram said . |
| 18 | Each morning before I leave for work , I bid a cordial ( ? ) farewell to the one perched on my roof and each night I count my fish to see if he 's penetrated the net I hurriedly stretched over the pool . |
| 19 | The ideal should be a circular seat but I felt it would take a considerable amount of timber with a lot of waster so I opted for an hexagonal shape . |
| 20 | Thank you to the person who arrived unknowingly on my doorstep and gave me a really sympathetic cuddle while I cried for 10 minutes ( ? ) in relief that I had misunderstood the doctor . |
| 21 | ‘ I was in a fine state of disintegration when I arrived for luncheon , ’ she wrote , about a visit to Braemar Mansions . |
| 22 | Aunt Bedelia had the bedroom underneath and I did n't want her knocking on the ceiling with a broom handle so I decided for once to put up with his snoring and deep breathing exercises . |
| 23 | She said : ‘ It was an agonising wait until I knew for sure . ’ |
| 24 | I take advantage of the silence as I wait for the punch-line to review the facts and fictions of the short story of Dudley Moore 's life . |
| 25 | Well the proposals in the Good Report as I said for final salary schemes is that a third of the trustees should be elected from he actually says from the active members er we know and comments that in great length a about the difficulties that it would be to er actually er elect er er members who are pensioners or from the deferreds Er I find that er somewhat simplistic view point in that er er the pensioners at least get communications from the administrators of the scheme every month , they get a monthly cheque , so it sh should n't be beyond the wit of man to be able to er be able to contact the pensioners and organise pensioner meetings but pensioner trustees to be elected . |
| 26 | The bar had a headbanging range of Fuller 's beers but I decided I 'd better be in training for the Exhilarator so I opted for an alcohol-free lager , turned my back to the bar and its temptations and scouted for Werewolf . |
| 27 | The truth is , I look upon both candidates in the same light , and should think myself a traitor to the constitution of my country if I voted for either . |
| 28 | And I 'll bring up your bottle when I come for the tray . ’ |
| 29 | Very much the same story as I conjectured for Nosema in the flour beetle and for the fluke in the snail . |
| 30 | ‘ I remember being fascinated by the story when I worked for a while in the Royal Library . |