Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [verb] [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were bitter memories of broken love for Alan , a good-looking Londoner I had fallen for while I was still at Madame Sheba 's . |
| 2 | Although she had never shown even the remotest sign of lameness I was looking at the worst case of hip dysplasia I had seen for some time . |
| 3 | Since adolescence I have longed for its liberation . |
| 4 | And I just do n't have the support I had hoped for — from you , perhaps , yes . |
| 5 | The best description I have heard for this position is ‘ well plugged on ’ — a plug will not go into a socket if it is crooked , that is the baby should not be twisting his or her neck . |
| 6 | But , even while her spirits were taking a nosedive that , supposing he was offering her a lift to Prague , there would n't be any point in accepting if it was unlikely she 'd be able to book in anywhere , he , to her absolute astonishment , was going on , ‘ There 's a spare room in a suite I 've reserved for this month — you can have that if you wish . ’ |
| 7 | May I thank you both for the most delightful afternoon I 've had for many years ? ’ |
| 8 | The new book , Kolymsky Heights , is says Sinclair-Stevenson , ‘ a wonderful , classy novel set mainly in Russia post-Gorbachev — the best thing in this genre I 've read for ages ’ . |
| 9 | Then he would qualify these certainties at the end , once the client had agreed to buy with something like : " of course , you 'll appreciate that , as with any shares , I can make no absolute guarantees , but this is the best opportunity I 've seen for a while . " |
| 10 | Hill said : ‘ This is the opportunity I have worked for and I would like to thank the team for putting their faith in me . |
| 11 | In the bedroom I get changed for work . |
| 12 | Gill , 27 , said last night : ‘ Ever since I have been in football I have yearned for a chance to play in Europe . |
| 13 | As the white cliffs of Dover receded and the coast of France drew near , the inimitable excitement of ‘ abroad ’ took hold of me for the first time — the only really positive emotion I had felt for twenty-six months . |
| 14 | Money was a problem because I 'd spent all the dosh I 'd got for the car , and I needed my grant to pay off the overdraft I 'd built up . |
| 15 | All through tea I had waited for some indication on his part that he knew I had seen the girl — as he must have known , for it was obvious that the nocturnal concert had been given to announce her presence . |
| 16 | ‘ Marcus is the best young athlete and talent I have seen for a long time , ’ said Allison . |
| 17 | This is the first proper daylight I 've seen for two months . |
| 18 | ‘ I will admit we do n't have the fulfilled marriage I had hoped for , ’ he said . |
| 19 | In the village I have known for the last 10 years , they openly regret that things were better under Marcos . |
| 20 | The work I 've done for other people , getting things together , making things happen , sheltering the homeless , getting them fed — and as often as not , paying for it . |
| 21 | If I ca n't get promotion on the basis of all the hard work I 've done for the organisation over the last five years then I do n't know how I can get it . |
| 22 | It was the first airedale I 'd seen for years , maybe the first since the two that shadowed my childhood . |
| 23 | jostling for bits of bread I 'd left for them . |
| 24 | All this was merely a convention as far as I was concerned , an exercise I had anticipated for nearly ten years . |
| 25 | Third ( to Piers ) , I think you 're the smuggest young layabout I 've met for years and you ( me ) are these your friends ? |
| 26 | I , it , I , twice two years on trot I 've booked for him to go with me , and he wo n't go , he cancels it every time . |
| 27 | My problems were : I had a body in the bath right behind me , a girl I 'd known for less than twenty-four hours in a bed in the next room , I was staying in the house of somebody I 'd never met who was currently at a family wedding somewhere north of Karachi and somewhere down the yellow brick road I had to call the cops . |
| 28 | NOW IS THE MOMENT I HAVE WAITED FOR ! |
| 29 | ‘ Emilia , dearest , do you imagine I could abandon you now at the very moment I have longed for ? |
| 30 | Expressing his delight at being appointed , he said : ‘ This is the one job I had hoped for . ’ |