Example sentences of "[that] i [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It was so late when we finished yesterday that I queued up for 20 minutes for a takeaway hamburger , ’ he said .
2 In my own defence I can say only that I went along for the ride , as it were , if you 'll forgive the expression , Mr Milton . ’
3 I could dispense with anything else , everything else , including visits to the tax office which I rarely do except to replace my er brochures and and er things that I send round for information .
4 And the place is used a lot erm like the local Trade 's Council meet here , and I make sure that I open up for them .
5 Drivers and conductors had to wait three years , they had to be employed three years before they were accepted into the pension scheme but you know , believe me I 'm glad that I paid in for it .
6 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 .
7 Yeah yeah yeah I had a shilling pocket money and out of that I saved up for a bike .
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