Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On one of them , where I farmed for 45 years , while my employees who belonged there spoke Gaelic , I also from time to time employed Scots speakers from Alyth , splendid fellows , in whose speech I could recognise classical Scots words which occur in the poetry of the Scottish Chaucerians . |
| 2 | My father was not a rich man , but he was able to send me to Cambridge University , where I studied for three years . |
| 3 | I pulled the door shut and almost ran to the front door and into Langdon Crescent garden , where I stood for five minutes breathing in the fresh air . |
| 4 | However , after being in the ‘ Rena ’ for a week , I became seriously ill with septicaemia and was moved to St. Peter 's Hospital , where I stayed for three weeks . |
| 5 | My fear is that I am not likely to serve on the Standing Committee , although I volunteer for such duty if the opportunity be there . |
| 6 | I was feeling much happier than I had for two years . |
| 7 | The deal included the offices attached to one of the hangars , so I arranged for some of these to be converted into laboratories for the processing of flight data and cockpit voice recorders . |
| 8 | Well if , I tell you , if I thought if I thought for one minute that we were gon na come back to England like in the next year , which we wo n't cos Tony 's got another year to do now , it 's a bit longer than we thought it was |
| 9 | I would feel bad if I knew for certain that someone was going to cosh me with a lead pipe on January 15 of that year . |
| 10 | If I ask for extra to buy baby clothes , he says he does n't have the spare cash . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I 'm a fool if I believe for one minute that he 'll give me a fair chance … |
| 13 | I shall simply remain here until I know for certain what my situation really is . ’ |
| 14 | She said : ‘ It was an agonising wait until I knew for sure . ’ |
| 15 | But like I say for seven years he just sat and did n't want to do nothing . |
| 16 | Cos I punished for stupid things . |
| 17 | He says an which he says you 've worked so hard , cos I worked for two casters which I should n't have done really , but that 's how I were used to working you see and er , he said er , I said well me dad keeps asking me to go and work for him , and he said well I 'll tell you what I 'll do with you , he says you 've worked so hard for us , this bloke came from Bloxford you know He says you 've worked so hard for us , he said we 'll agree to you going with your father , er for a month and see whether you like it , and if you do n't like it , come back and we 'll give you your job back . |
| 18 | ‘ I ca n't do that unless I know for sure , can I ? ’ shrieked Felicity . |
| 19 | I told her she was telling porkies because I knew for sure that God put it there as a sign he was never going to drown us all again or otherwise wreck the planet . |
| 20 | I watched her go with sadness in my heart because I felt for some inexplicable reason that I would never see Granny again . |
| 21 | Because I work for many different functions I get the chance to see many different kinds of weddings . |
| 22 | The Anniversary Organising Committee had felt that a clock should be commissioned to replace the one which had been stolen , and perhaps because I have for some years specialised in the reproduction of historic clocks , my name was one of those considered . |
| 23 | At least , that was the thought I had , but for some reason I must have found it very nice because I stayed for 30 years ! ’ |
| 24 | while I looked for another face in the glass . |
| 25 | Again the one who 's been around ( you can tell her type a mile off — they always find something to send back , even if it 's the salt ) ordered the better meal : a pan-fried fillet steak topped with tomato and served with a Madiera sauce , while I went for fresh halibut wrapped in vegetables surrounded by creamy mustard sauce . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | I do not know whether I speak for all my right hon. and hon. Friends . |
| 28 | When I knew for sure where you were I came to England alone . |
| 29 | It is rather like something that I used to do as a young groundsman coming up through the ranks , when I applied for vacant jobs all over the place , the bigger and more prestigious the place the better , and more often than not without the slightest intention of taking the job if it had been offered ! |
| 30 | I mean she said to me when I went for this Men Mencap job she said erm , have you got any trade behind you ? |