Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was made in his atelier so I went over for the fittings and in those years I was very sure of myself . |
| 2 | It went on and on until I was nearly frantic , so I went out for the evening several times in one week to release the tension . |
| 3 | The producer , a blase+ young woman , toyed with a lettuce leaf and an olive , but on the rare occasions I am asked out to lunch I generally do without breakfast , so I made up for her and discussed the shooting schedule ( you soon pick up the jargon ) with the director . |
| 4 | About eighty villagers followed me inside , and waited expectantly … so I struck out for the hinterlands . |
| 5 | I could still run , so I turned up for football training and things have gone on from there . |
| 6 | Well I do n't know , there are such good Japanese coupes now , you know you see these lovely Toyotas and Nissans that they do the sort of two plus two and they 're really lovely cars and but if I change c car this next year I 'll still have to have four seater or , you know , plenty of room in the boot so I can pick you up from Haileybury and all that crap , but if I hung on for another two years I could then get something I actually wanted , you know . |
| 7 | you have a sweet and all that sort of thing , I mean you ca n't I ca n't resist them if I go out for a meal , I 've got to have the sweet , I 'd rather have the sweet |
| 8 | If I stick up for myself he either ignores me or suggests that I 'm being impertinent and that I risk losing my job by being out-spoken . |
| 9 | " I mean , what are my chances , if I stick around for a couple more months ? " |
| 10 | " I think it would be better if I worked through for the rest of today . |
| 11 | ‘ All right if I drop in for a drink this evening ? ’ he said . |
| 12 | Whether I 'll be remembered as the most pompous , hard-to-get-along-with person they 've ever come across , because I stand up for what I believe in , or as the best athlete Britain 's ever had , which I think will be the case , I 'll always be remembered . ’ |
| 13 | While I go up for a bath you can take stock of the supplies I brought . ’ |
| 14 | Young Mrs M. looked shocked at the thought , so she waited outside , while I sprinted in for a quick glimpse at Bishop Stock 's former domain . |
| 15 | With that , Taff started digging while I searched around for timber to place over the trench . |
| 16 | I 'm going to stay there for a bit while I look round for a place . ’ |
| 17 | I mean , I ended up staying a month at some bloke 's house after I went in for a pack of strings ! |
| 18 | Well it 'd probably be the June or July before I went in for this exam , which they did n't hold very frequently and er then I had to pass this exam and that I could leave school in the August , Bank Holiday . |
| 19 | Before I set off for the station for the train to Puno , I loaded up with imodium to seal my loose , nervous bowels ; folded my chain and felt its weight in my hand . |
| 20 | I have to confess that I saved up for a portable television before I saved up for a washing machine , but then my priorities may have been different if I had not had a laundrette opposite the front door . |
| 21 | ‘ Good bye , Granny , I 'll try to be a good girl , ’ I sobbed before I stood back for the undertaker to screw down the lid . |
| 22 | And when I got back for the last few weeks Mortimer had left … ’ |
| 23 | When I got up , when I come back for me things me knickers were full of sand |
| 24 | We shall see whether I 've learnt enough when I go up for those exams . |
| 25 | ‘ We 're going to take him to Italy when I go over for the collections . |
| 26 | He mumbles when I go in for specific points , he puts an accent on , but I think he 's trying to tell me Hess is dead . |
| 27 | For all this however , he has an iron nerve and told me , ‘ I have never been scared but when I go out for the National I get a tingling sensation . |
| 28 | When I signed up for the trip I really did n't know just what to expect ; when I got my packet information I wondered how I would stand up to it but I soon found I adjusted very well and even though I had never slept in a tent in a tent in a sleeping bag or had any experience canoeing I did OK . |
| 29 | When I came round for coffee . |
| 30 | And , ’ he went on , before Marc could interrupt , ‘ you happened to be in Paris when I came over for them . |