Example sentences of "i [verb] [prep] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did occur to me that since everyone seemed to be playing a game with rules unknown to me , Robert might not be concerned only that I would be bored by myself , but he might want me to go with him for reasons of his own . |
| 2 | He was the same age as Syl , after all , and Syl wanted me to go with him for reasons of his own . |
| 3 | I gazed at them for a while and then buried my head in my hands . |
| 4 | I gazed at her for a long time , slowly enraptured . |
| 5 | I lived with her for four years . |
| 6 | Could I stay with you for a few days and learn how you manage without magic ? " |
| 7 | He used to niggle at me for being a capitalist farmer and I got at him for being an unemployed commie . |
| 8 | After I shouted at you for not being there for Mrs Richards ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Mr Pinkhammer , ’ he said , ‘ can I speak with you for a minute ? |
| 10 | May I speak to you for a moment ? ’ he asked in a lower tone . |
| 11 | That is why I came to you for advice . ’ |
| 12 | He said : ‘ I 've got a soft spot for the league , because I played in it for many years . ’ |
| 13 | I speak with them for forty minutes and generally have my socks charmed from my feet , the spring put in my step and all semblance of a chill factor taken from this typical October evening . |
| 14 | I look at it for a moment , tracing out my journey from Westminster . |
| 15 | When I have to leave one in mid-air I fuss to myself for days after . |
| 16 | The organist and I finished more or less together and I turned to him for reassurance as I announced my next song : ‘ And now , ‘ ’ Summer Time' ’ . ' |
| 17 | I needed some comfort after the election result so I turned to it for some like-minded thought . |
| 18 | ‘ I rely on him for information . |
| 19 | I rely on you for my information on domestic American politics , on which , admittedly , I am not an expert . |
| 20 | ‘ For your information , I do n't believe in double standards for men — any more than I believe in them for women . |
| 21 | I sympathised with her for , after all , Notts County was the oldest league club in the world , and this was the season when Tom Keetley scored a record thirty-nine goals and we came top of Third Division South . |
| 22 | And I worked for him for five pound a day because we needed the money . |
| 23 | Erm , and I worked for them for about twelve or thirteen years , I suppose , trolling around sout south of England . |
| 24 | And some shall I have with me for ever . |
| 25 | Can you please let me know what the position is with regard to order number 026 that I placed with you for the above tape to run it on VAX 3500 running ULTRIX , at either 6250 or 1600 bpi ? ( ordered on 12 May ) |
| 26 | Aye have a look , while you 're doing that I 'll have a look at what bits and pieces see if I talk to you for a minute about these |
| 27 | I 've fought how I feel about you for so long ; now I want to take you there , to put every one of them right . ’ |
| 28 | you , er , it had happened because I had been , I had had a lot of training and a lot of swindles and thing , I was able to talked to him and I talked to him for an hour and a half er , I was curious for one thing to find out why he was , he , he was breaking into people 's houses , so that the fact that he was doing it for , to , to get money for drugs |
| 29 | I talked to them for half an hour on maximum range and fuel economy . |
| 30 | ‘ The truth is that I fought what I felt for you for as long as I could , and even after we made love I told myself that I wanted you , desperately , but that you meant nothing more to me than an object of desire . ’ |