Example sentences of "i [verb] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The fact that he took the 100m individual , when I could n't attempt the hat-trick because I failed to qualify for the event at the US trials through illness , is bound to increase interest when we get it together . |
| 2 | I suppose I had persuaded myself that sending men to prison was n't something I cared to do for the rest of my life . |
| 3 | I got picked for the washing up detail and with six others swept the kitchen and dining room , drank the dregs from the glasses and bottles and had a conversation with one of the cooks about Beirut . |
| 4 | Er , I got paid , I got paid for the disabled games last year |
| 5 | I tried to reach for the phone to ring Howard , but my arm refused to move . |
| 6 | Above all I would like to thank the sector for your friendship and warm support , and I have every confidence that Sir Jeffrey , my successor , I assume that resolution two will go through unan , unanimously , will be car , will be able to carry forward with your warm support , the vision I tried to outline for the next year . |
| 7 | I moved to look for the girl . |
| 8 | Somewhere lay the sound of singing — I say lay for the voice seemed to float on the waters as gently as a slight mist . |
| 9 | Heinzer , the Mister Nice of the Swiss Team , exploiting an avowed intent to turn Mister Ugly — ‘ I want to go for the big wins ’ — won the first race . |
| 10 | ‘ Four wins from nine games would probably earn us a play-off place but I want to go for the No.2 spot . |
| 11 | ‘ I want to fight for the world title and to do it against a fellow Brit would be just great . |
| 12 | I 've already made up my mind that I want to sign for the Blues . |
| 13 | But later he said : ‘ If the public thinks I deserve to fight for the title again and one of the champions would give me a title shot , I 'll come back . |
| 14 | I 'd flown for the first time , out to Malta in an old , rattling York aircraft , and then on to the Canal one . |
| 15 | The last time I 'd made for the bog he 'd broken my back when he caught me straight between the shoulder blades with a loaf of bread . |
| 16 | A wife I 'd met for the first time filled up |
| 17 | We all sat fairly comfortably and ate the things I 'd bought for the occasion . |
| 18 | He asked me low long I 'd worked for the firm and what my duties were and what Doreen did . |
| 19 | Money was a problem because I 'd spent all the dosh I 'd got for the car , and I needed my grant to pay off the overdraft I 'd built up . |
| 20 | He would then enquire how much I 'd paid for the latest irreparable objects , and if it had been 20p or less he 'd say , with satisfaction , ‘ Well , at least it had a decent plug ’ , and the decent plug would go into the decent plug box . |
| 21 | I hope to arrange for the Broadcasting Committee to consider the issue at an early date . |
| 22 | I begin to appreciate for the first time , as I stand here on the outside looking in , how very reserved is the world in which we work . |
| 23 | A fortnight later from Bradford , another set of solicitors rang up , explained that they understood the circumstances , said Look c could I hold the stuff there and what was I going to charge for the storage etcetera , er and they would be going to have to get an affidavit from this lady in Australia at some stage in order to give er him the chance to have the stuff back . |
| 24 | I enjoy working for the agency . |
| 25 | I recall leading for the Opposition in the early 1970s on the Fair Trading Act 1973 . |
| 26 | And as the embarrassing minutes ticked away I began to realize for the first time the enormity of the problem which confronted Mrs Rumney . |
| 27 | McAllister , who had put the doll down , and was now fetching out her work basket to embroider pansies on some fine lawn dresses made for the bazaar by the aforesaid ladies , said , ‘ I did n't mean to become involved , you know , but Matey has been so kind to me — when not slave-driving me , you understand — that when she asked me to accompany her I had not the heart to refuse , and strangely , after I began to work for the bazaar , I found that it was most rewarding . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I like to look for the distinctive features of a location , features that we can key into to get a synergy of strengths , ’ she says . |
| 29 | 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 . ’ |
| 30 | I was in touch several times by telephone , and I remember noticing for the first time a slight labouring for breath on his part , which was to become increasingly marked . |