Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [vb past] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used a variant of it in a pastiche of the 1930s story I wrote for the fiftieth anniversary of Collins Crime Club in 1980 . |
| 2 | After replacing the 'phone I waited for the tingling to stop then looked at my watch . |
| 3 | I put aside some of the money I got for the silver , because Daddy meant to divide his things between us both . ’ |
| 4 | I did not usurp power but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power , in other words this is the modesty part I acted for the public welfare , I acted for the common wellbeing of all our people whenever and in whatever manner was necessary unless prevented by direct constitutional or legislative prohibition Roosevelt suggested that the president subject only to the people of the United States and he identified himself with Andrew Jackson and with Abraham Lincoln . |
| 5 | I had never been a member of the Labour Party , and on the first occasion when I could claim a vote I voted for the Liberal candidate in the Hampstead constituency . |
| 6 | The first piece I wrote for the New Statesman , almost exactly four years ago , began : ‘ People keep asking me , ‘ On what platform will you be standing for deputy leader of the Labour Party ? ' |
| 7 | ‘ If you must have chapter and verse — you remember that piece I did for the Statesman ? |
| 8 | In the camp canteen I looked for the woman who had encouraged me to come to what , by the minute , I was beginning to feel was a god-forsaken hole . |
| 9 | In one such mood I turned for the first time to Marcus Aurelius . |
| 10 | During the war I worked for the women 's voluntary service and shortly afterwards I went abroad for a few years , returning in the late 1940s , divorced with three children . |
| 11 | At that moment I realised for the first time that not a single word had been uttered on the subject since the accident happened . |
| 12 | At this point I saw for the first time , a really good reason for my being in Thailand as PCV . |
| 13 | When both mares began aiding and abetting one another to increase the confusion and alarm , somewhere high over the Gulf I made for the cabin to solicit help . |
| 14 | The day I came for the job . |
| 15 | As I came down into Salisbury that day I knew for the first time that I had been happy . |
| 16 | But the only person I saw for the rest of that day , besides the German who brought my food and took me to the lavatory , was the English orderly . |
| 17 | This was confirmed when Epson quoted £200 for a 2Mb memory module — that 's nearly half the price I paid for the PC ! |
| 18 | I remember once that I could not and with one swoop she was upon me — over the head , down the back , on my bare legs , until in agony and terror I ran for the house screaming for my father . |
| 19 | Alone in bed I wondered for the first time whether the girl had been truly dead when we threw her into the river . |
| 20 | For some reason I waited for the answer to that one . |
| 21 | Glancing through a book I wrote for the Daily Telegraph in 1970 , I was struck by the gloom with which many men and women — but especially men — viewed the prospect of what could be their happiest and most satisfying years . |
| 22 | Furthermore , the reading I did for the lectures I was called to give as a ‘ drugs expert ’ generated queries about such ambiguous areas as victimless crimes and interference in private acts , and altogether raised more questions than were solved . |
| 23 | I had my ideas worked out by the time I left for the 1960–61 Tasman series , and on the 24-hour flight to New Zealand I sat with a slide rule and drew the car as a pin-jointed structure , stressed it and arrived at all the tube sizes . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It was the first time I played for the County . |