Example sentences of "[art] [noun] i [verb] for " in BNC.

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1 After the winner I rode for him at York . ’
2 I put aside some of the money I got for the silver , because Daddy meant to divide his things between us both . ’
3 ‘ Listen , Maurice , as I say I am now playing the lead in this show , and I think it is about time you sorted out some deal on the money I get for doing it . ’
4 The money I get for the scrap is paid into the Finance Department , and when the fund has built up to a worthwhile sum I 'll be calling for suggestions for a local charity to whom we can donate the cash . ’
5 I had to tag him on to group deals as a makeweight — you know , like the contract I did for twelve of my players with UK Airlines .
6 the reasons I think for doing it .
7 After replacing the 'phone I waited for the tingling to stop then looked at my watch .
8 In the summers I rode for hours on a white pedal car with a hooter and real spark plugs .
9 The goals I scored for Charlton and Wednesday were basically created by other players but I think it 's just a matter of time before they start going in again and it should help my game when Geoff Thomas is fit , ’ he added .
10 Over the long haul , my penis might be more of a curse than a blessing and it might fall short of the goals I set for it .
11 But I had an exceptionally receptive class last year , so I decided to knit two adult size backs in Fair Isle , which is normally the fabric I use for ‘ cut and sew ’ .
12 I think perhaps it is the cocaine I keep for medical purposes , pure , straight cocaine .
13 Like here in the north of Australia , I 've been waiting for two days for the light I need for a shot of some valleys .
14 I know , all too well , how it can outweigh everything else — the disgust I feel for you and the way I consequently despise myself , for instance . ’
15 name name dropping the supporters I mean for to those Tories telling them that the that the association for county councils for example is a backer probably counts more than telling them that that is a backer .
16 I consider the and figure should be discounted down to eighteen , which is the figure I adopt for the whole life multiplier .
17 I apply a multiplier of nine , it follows that the figure I allow for this period is five hundred and thirty four thousand seven hundred and ninety seven pounds and sixty four pence and the total cost of future care is therefore eight hundred and ninety four thousand seven hundred and ninety seven pounds and sixty four pence .
18 The massed volumes that take up the wall next to the window are evidence of the research I did for my first and second books : one a dual biography of two late Victorian figures , the politician George Wyndham and the poet and political campaigner Wilfred Scawen Blunt ; the other a life of the Edwardian Prime Minister Arthur Balfour .
19 The deal I concluded for Jean-Claude amounted to twice the sum that had been pencilled in .
20 That was the compliment I got for putting on red nail varnish .
21 He probably reprogrammed the courier I sent for her , insisted on a hidden message-box to record her arrival , the whole works .
22 The words I dreamed for you ,
23 But when I did so , the words I uttered for the record were that I could not accept that the proper constitutional practices , as I understood them , were being observed .
24 ‘ That 's the thanks I get for takin' ye out of a bloody hovel and givin' ye a proper place to live .
25 Whether in London , Abu Dhabi or Al Ain , in a hotel or in the desert I searched for times of quiet as a starving man searches for food .
26 As the work I do for Thee , and by Thee ,
27 If I could speak French like François Mitterrand I probably would n't have the empathy I do for young horses .
28 I did n't own the companies I worked for .
29 The type I recommend for the average player is one that has 12 to 13 degrees of loft , deepish in the face , and toed-in slightly .
30 It would be most upsetting if Captain Auden were to hear I had shown you the implant I designed for him . ’
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