Example sentences of "i [verb] [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The assistant changed the battery and told me to monitor it for a week for any problems . |
| 2 | but when I asked them for a crayon , |
| 3 | At this point I thought she might be distracted by the kid whose chair was sticking out , so I asked him for a second time to move back even further . |
| 4 | Kevin : Well , I 'd jist got my Giro , So I asked her for a Biro — If she |
| 5 | I made them for a friend a couple of years ago and she 's still talking about them ! |
| 6 | I made it for a dancer ( Nijinsky ) who can soar like a spirit , but who has the strength to dance with the Wilis [ as in Giselle ] and live to dance again . ’ |
| 7 | Yeah I mean she for a bit she was the party was n't she ? |
| 8 | And I fought it for a long time and I wanted to get kick-started back to where I was before , because I felt under a cloud . |
| 9 | I earned quite a lot of money by showing my Lilliputian animals to people , and in the end I sold them for a high price . |
| 10 | ‘ Then I sold it for a Telecaster , which I hated , because the Tele did n't have any knobs ; it was a real simple guitar and I did n't like it , so I bought a Les Paul and I loved it . |
| 11 | I sold it for a reasonable price . |
| 12 | ‘ You are so right , ’ the stranger said , always with that look of persiflage upon her face , ‘ there is nothing to a degree , unless you are a complete clod , I got mine for a bet — ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I did n't know at the time it had been in the Quakers boardroom but it was a good , handmade , solid oak table and I got it for a reasonable price , ’ he said . |
| 14 | All the perennials are bought in containers and I grow them for a year in their pots to see how they cope with the conditions , then I plant them out in the garden . " |
| 15 | But I do n't think in gender terms at all when I interview someone for a job . |
| 16 | But might I trouble you for a cup of hot water ? ’ |
| 17 | He went and bought a pack of cigarettes from the machine behind him , searched his pockets , then asked : ‘ Could I trouble you for a light , Miss ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Could I trouble you for a receipt ? ’ |
| 19 | One afternoon I summoned up my courage and as casually as I could I invited him for a drink after work that evening . |
| 20 | The trouble is , I want everything for a very long time — forever . ’ |
| 21 | EPIPHONE ET-270 , 3-a-side headstock , you 've got , I want it for a reasonable price . |
| 22 | I needs it for a wager on the Brasseywing . ’ |
| 23 | He said our flight had been delayed and he 'd spent the time in the bar , and then added , rather unconvincingly , that some woman had insisted on ‘ plying Phaeton with liquor ’ as he put it , but there was a hollowness in the way he said it , and I do n't think either Gill or I believed him for a moment . |
| 24 | I interviewed her for a nature programme . |
| 25 | ‘ They were n't worth keeping so I swapped them for a couple of balloons . ’ |
| 26 | There 's a man and a woman sitting at a table by the window , and I watch them for a bit . |
| 27 | I watch them for a bit , but they do n't win nothing . |
| 28 | I watch them for a bit . |
| 29 | The smoke sort of hangs in blue layers above the bed and I watch it for a bit . |
| 30 | There 's a fag end on the ground by my eye and I watch it for a bit . |