Example sentences of "i [verb] [adj] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They 've forced me to sit cross-legged for hours leaning against a wall with my fingertips . ’ |
| 2 | I made that for Christopher when he was |
| 3 | Normally I am a good sleeper , but that New Year 's Night I lay awake for hours , with cold , sexual fantasy or worry . |
| 4 | Why then do I remain seated for Sally Field , in soft focus , gulping back emotion , Sigourney Weaver groping for emotion — any emotion — and Kathleen Turner proving once again that she ca n't open a fridge door without flexing a buttock . |
| 5 | ‘ Yeah well , I got busted for dope once . |
| 6 | I have n't tasted tiger since yesterday when I ate three for breakfast . " |
| 7 | Why should I feel sorry for Flora ? |
| 8 | Can I sign those for accuracy , please ? |
| 9 | ‘ When I got there Mr Kordell was with Herbert Chapman and we went into a Lyons tea shop , where I signed amateur for Arsenal . |
| 10 | Yes I suppose so , but I feel sorry for Simon cos you see John and Geoff they can both go on the dole but Simon 's is . |
| 11 | Mark , four , came to me looking terribly concerned and said , ‘ I feel sorry for Fiona — she 's got such funny feet ! ’ |
| 12 | I feel sorry for Morse . |
| 13 | I said I feel sorry for Maggie , I says , cos she always ends up in the bloody middle , I says , and she whittles to death , I says , till the minute you get some money to feed them bairns , I says she 'll be awake nearly all night ! |
| 14 | Yeah , I feel sorry for youngsters today , do n't you ? |
| 15 | I feel sorry for Laverne and sorry for his mother . |
| 16 | ‘ In fact I feel sorry for Dad , ’ says Richard . |
| 17 | ‘ I feel sorry for Dad , ’ she said casually one day , as they sat in the kitchen after school , helping themselves to a packet of chocolate digestives . |
| 18 | I feel sorry for Barry Fry , who 's on the verge of just packing it all in . |
| 19 | I feel sorry for novelists when they have to mention women 's eyes : there 's so little choice , and whatever colouring is decided upon inevitably carries banal implications . |
| 20 | ‘ I feel sorry for Kevin . |
| 21 | I feel sorry for Doug — he can not know where to turn . |
| 22 | ‘ I feel sorry for hir . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ In the same way , I feel sorry for John Lukic , who will be reminded about that punch of his in the Rangers-Leeds European Cup tie until he 's blue in the face . |
| 24 | I feel sorry for John , but we 've all had close decisions against us . |
| 25 | I feel sorry for Robert Jones . |
| 26 | Well , I 'll tell you something , if it is , we 'll have many more happy moments like it , because I feel I 've just found you and I feel sorry for Mother that she never found you . ’ |
| 27 | I think in a strange sort of way I feel sorry for McDunn . |
| 28 | I feel sorry for Brian ! |
| 29 | I feel sorry for people that are dumped into a civilisation such as ours and they are taking the sticky end of the stick in these low-rated factories . |
| 30 | I feel sorry for people who have n't . |