Example sentences of "i [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Staying would also be impossible in the long run but that young man would let me stay for a little while — until the restaurant closed , anyway . |
| 2 | ‘ My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord and my spirit exults in God my saviour because he has looked upon his lowly handmaid Yes , from this day forward all generations will call me blessed for the Almighty has done great things for me . |
| 3 | Carel Weight visited Wimbledon and encouraged me to try for the Royal College . |
| 4 | The reason I asked for a preserved pension obviously to see whether there was any preserved benefits . |
| 5 | I asked for the usual guarantees — that the object would n't endanger my ship or anyone on it , and that carrying it would breach no SenFed laws . |
| 6 | With this in mind , I applied for a post-registration course , and eagerly looked forward to benefiting from a new , challenging and mature approach to nurse education . |
| 7 | I applied for the occasional post that I thought might be interesting , but never heard anything back . |
| 8 | ‘ Nor was I hinting for a guided tour . |
| 9 | Yeah but you 're not used to him being home all the time are you Lyn , I mean for a long period of time like . |
| 10 | I mean for every great Cure record you get an inferior follow-up with all the same ingredients but without the spark . |
| 11 | I mean for the actual Christmas period , Christmas Day , Boxing Day and so on . ’ |
| 12 | But I mean for the other people it 's just , it 's just rejection in n it , you 're not good enough |
| 13 | For many years I consulted for the American GE in Schenectady and the thing that struck me there was the way that when they wanted to attack a particular area they could mount an army of people on it , all of whom were pretty good . ’ |
| 14 | So I tried for a calming course , feeling thankful to this man for his dogged clasp on difficulties that would n't cause me any recall of my dead love in a million years , and I pursued the wisp of a path suggested by the word ‘ nanny . ’ |
| 15 | where R represents the number of correct responses for the right ear/visual field and I stands for the left ear/visual field . |
| 16 | This afternoon , the trial was halted when the Judge , Mr. Justice Auld , called in the jury after several hours of legal argument and told them , ’ I apologise for the long delay . |
| 17 | ‘ Monsieur Dacourt , ’ Francis announced in perfect English , ‘ I apologise for the tardy arrival and abrupt interruption of your eloquent speech by Akim and his cats . |
| 18 | and he said , he said that 's just the man I want for a little job |
| 19 | Determined not to re-enter blind institution life , I headed for the nearby technical college who would n't have me either . |
| 20 | I headed for the white gleam of a village in the distance and was grateful to find that the one and only store sold iced drinks . |
| 21 | Here is what she wrote : Beware the feline of the sea ; lest might happen to you what happened to me ; When once I booked for a short break stay , I found it impossible to get away — Seacat did not turn up to-day . |
| 22 | Why am I looking for a new job ? |
| 23 | How many times had I prayed for the impossible ? |
| 24 | So what guidance can I give for the actual writing of the crime short story ? |
| 25 | The bar had a headbanging range of Fuller 's beers but I decided I 'd better be in training for the Exhilarator so I opted for an alcohol-free lager , turned my back to the bar and its temptations and scouted for Werewolf . |
| 26 | The ideal should be a circular seat but I felt it would take a considerable amount of timber with a lot of waster so I opted for an hexagonal shape . |
| 27 | I developed so much skill that I could put together a 50 or 60 break and when I moved to York I played for the local Conservative club and reached the final of the York and District competition . |
| 28 | ‘ And , ’ continued the badger ceremoniously , ‘ I am sure I speak for the entire population in wishing you all the very best in driving away this menace in our midst . |
| 29 | I think I speak for the vast majority of the environmental health committee when I say that the abatement and noise pollution has been one of our ongoing major concerns in things for the last twelve months . |
| 30 | I wait for the inevitable question . |