Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was shown into an empty office where I sat waiting for a minimum of ten minutes . |
| 2 | You do n't get anything on this scale without communication lines , so I started looking for them . ’ |
| 3 | The shop lady had a friend in the next county who chose Royal blue for her cardigans , so I started knitting for her , posting the garments and charging up the postage . |
| 4 | I knew I would be alone all my life so I started preparing for it as soon as possible . |
| 5 | and then the first day I stop , I 've usually got flu , I 'm exhausted , I ca n't get out of bed , I feel rotten , but if I keep going for like , three weeks to a month , just on six hours , that 's fine , but the first day I stop I 'm like , in bed for a week ill usually . |
| 6 | But er eventually I found out that er , er , I ca n't er work peacefully here , because if I stopped for er , fighting for the benefit of the workers then er they will think that er I have been bribed or something like this and if I keep fighting for them then there 's no peace of mind , there 's always struggle , so I thought I 'll leave , and the second was , that I wanted to bring my family into this country and I was n't saving anything while leaving them because that 's a bit expensive area and er , the person who got the job for me he said let's migrate to Yorkshire . |
| 7 | I 'd never even heard of Killerton until I started working for the Trust , but when I was at Drogo I used to come across here fairly regularly because of the regional office being here and because I was just interested . |
| 8 | Believe me , I am very , very sorry , because I liked working for you . |
| 9 | While I contemplate screaming for mercy . ) |
| 10 | The day after I finished working for the managing director of a certain company fighting off a take-over bid , the agency sent me to the rival company . ’ |
| 11 | That 's the first place I tried , when I started looking for you . |
| 12 | ‘ Leo , she said warningly , ‘ I have had as much as I intend taking for one day . |
| 13 | I 'd known her , and her husband Alan Rakoff , for a long time and as I began searching for someone to play Barbara I just found myself thinking about her . |