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Example sentences of "i [verb] [to-vb] [noun] for " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	He said have you seen Kevin out in street I said I 'm not fucking hell would I want to see Kev for ?
2	And I want to make if I can a couple of deeper coloured cushions and if I can I want to make tie-backs for the curtains because everything in that room is so blooming pale .
3	I fear that I may not be able to take part in the debate as I intend to cause trouble for the Government over Oxleas wood , which is in my constituency and that of the hon. Member for Woolwich ( Mr. Cartwright ) , but I hope that my hon. Friend will regard my support as being with him throughout the debate .
4	I intended to resign at the A.G.M. due to the fact that I expect to be leaving the London area before the next A.G.M. but since no-one else wanted the job I agreed to remain chairman for as long as I could .
5	Nor did I need to buy time for anybody .
6	So above all acknowledgments , I want to thank God for his inexpressible generosity in giving the Holy Spirit to us fallen human beings , to be to us both the means of grace and the hope of glory .
7	No not really — they just sit down and they listen to me and they 'll say something — " Brenda where you come from ? " [ laughs ] somefin' like that , you know what I mean , cause I 'm born English so they aks me what I want to speak Patois for ?
8	I am happy there at the moment , and I want to repay Yorkshire for all the support they have given me over the years . ’
9	And , since we 're talking about it , I want to make amends for the way I treated his mother .
10	That 's why I came to see things for myself . ’
11	‘ I came to collect tickets for your ball , of course , ’ Lord John said airily .
12	This is surrounded by images of body fragments which ask questions ( ‘ How do I begin to take responsibility for my body ? ’ ) taken in an early phototherapy session .
13	How Do I Begin to Take Responsibility for my Body ?
14	I called Greg up and said yes , and he said how would I like to start work for him at Muirfield Village ?
15	When I went to the DHSS I vowed to make time for a serious investigation into company pensions .
16	And when I invest that much , I reckon to get value for my money . ’
17	‘ Look , Cand , are you going to tell me what the heck you 're talking about , or do I have to play riddle-me-ree for the next few hours ? ’
18	Dennis said at his corner shop in Brandon , Suffolk , yesterday : ‘ I decided to stock milk for customers and bought 20 pints on the first day .
19	I decided to leave Geneva for ever .
20	I started to thank God for this colleague of mine and his gifts and commitment .
21	I meant to go to the bank last , I meant to get cash for that guy but I 'll make him a cheque .
22	Neither had been invited , so I managed to get invitations for them organised , which each seems greatly to have appreciated .
23	What I ca n't now work out is how as a university student in England I managed to get tickets for Das Rheingold and Die Walküre at those first Easter Festivals .
24	I turn to face Crilly for the first real time .
25	I try to give value for money . ’
26	I try to raise money for a worthy cause each year and plan to support the charity in its work by collecting used stamps .
27	I try to make excuses for people and I try to live as a Christian — but I still ca n't stop myself wishing that some day you 'll go through similar torments .
28	‘ He was at the house , when I went to take Azor for a walk , ’ she stated stiffly .
29	I would get a phone call to say they were coming , and sometimes I had to cook lunch for as many as sixty people .
30	But it was for the lock from the people , you know and he , he got round like this , and this is the God 's truth as well again , he 'd come to me from America and er they , I had to make locks for certain people they called them statos , status symbols there , in their own houses , you know , where they put this lock on and anybody as he 's got one like that , you know and from America to Dick in Willenhall to make them .