Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I decided to go for the pills first , but after three months I was still in agony so I went for the laser operation . |
| 2 | in the endland It was too far to go every day , so I went for the week , came home to the flat at weekends , She had squash , groundnuts , rows of beans on nylon lines She had me for the weeding . |
| 3 | ’ Rainforest ’ turns out to be the squawking tropical bird noise already playing in the Centre , so I settle for the crashing waves and seagull cries of ’ Ocean ’ . |
| 4 | We were nearing the camp , so I aimed for the ruts in the track and put my foot down . |
| 5 | I tend not to read long interviews with top celebs , as much to avoid discovering that they are dickheads as anything else , so I look for the news , gossip and reviews . |
| 6 | I ducked so fast I was n't sure whether he 'd seen me or not , but it gave me a prickly feeling just to imagine it , so I scuttled for the door and legged it up the spiral stairway three steps at a time , just in case . |
| 7 | I mean if I knew for the fact that I was gon na get this job at the hospital I 'd pay for it |
| 8 | Later I tell C that if I worked for the Daily Star , I 'd have my story already . |
| 9 | ‘ And what if I call for the steward ? ’ |
| 10 | Would it be alright if I stayed for the rest of the afternoon ? |
| 11 | From round about then , cos I asked for the |
| 12 | But you 've got to make a mental leap , because I mean for the last five years , things have been pretty horrible , since eighty seven really , I mean we 've only had the pick up in the last year . |
| 13 | I was so disappointed to find out that , because I work for the company , I could not send off for three free tea towels and a £1 gift voucher being offered as part of a Hovis and JS combined promotion . |
| 14 | He said she 's got a ten pounds bonus because I paid for the . |
| 15 | because I look for the men , now I 'm just joking |
| 16 | I affected to become social with the others but out of the corner of my mind — while I played for the others the part of a poor miner 's son who was puzzled , but delighted by the attention these lovely people paid to him — I had her under close observation … |
| 17 | I might eat a bread roll without the butter while I wait for the meal to arrive , and slimline or diet drinks act as a wonderful filler . |
| 18 | Department managers , new checkouts , do all the bits and pieces on , and wanted me to do , while I wait for the shift to come in , and they start at seven . |
| 19 | A very cold lump formed at the back of my spine while I waited for the rest of it . |
| 20 | Hour after hour the legions marched past , walking as much over each others ' bodies as over the ground , while I waited for the queen . |
| 21 | ‘ While I waited for the doctor , worried stiff , a girl arrived , advanced in labour . |
| 22 | He called on me at the apartment a few hours before I left for the airport . |
| 23 | ‘ I have to walk to the bus stop , and when I wait for the bus there 's some of them slag me off and they push you about . |
| 24 | And I 'll bring up your bottle when I come for the tray . ’ |
| 25 | It was a big disappointment to me that when I applied for the news editor 's job , I did n't get it . |
| 26 | Vocals went straight down with only the minimum of top end EQ to keep them sharp , and when I went for the final mixdown I have to say I was amazed at how big a sound was coming back from the monitors . |
| 27 | When I went for the bread-soda she was patting his headache away , and the scones must be cooked by now . " |
| 28 | When I went for the paper this morning there was this dog , two dogs actually , but one |
| 29 | A young man wearing a yarmulka skullcap and sitting astride a roaring tractor wiped his brow with his arm when I asked for the location of Um Al-Farajh . |
| 30 | Hospital appointments seemed to go on for ever and when I left for the Sahara , I forgot to cancel one of them . |