Example sentences of "i [verb] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let me explain for the benefit of viewers that a sump is like a U-bend in plumbing , permanently full of water , so that the only way through is to dive under the water . |
| 2 | Told me to wait for the horse to lift its tail . ’ |
| 3 | I held it while a hand moved over me checking for the hardware . |
| 4 | What a coil do I make for the loss of my punk |
| 5 | A young man wearing a yarmulka skullcap and sitting astride a roaring tractor wiped his brow with his arm when I asked for the location of Um Al-Farajh . |
| 6 | And they said so at the er at the district council , went up to district and I asked for the support of the district council and er probably John immediately said , you have the full support of the district council for it he says and I 'll ensure that you get support with the result I also received four posters direct from the Edinburgh District Council with John photograph on it and with the caption st stating every old age pensioner should be signing here . |
| 7 | And I asked for the Kommandant 's help to have him released . |
| 8 | Since the controller was n't busy I asked for the rest of the weather , and was told three at 800 , or 900 feet above the threshold of Runway 18 . |
| 9 | For Christmas and birthdays I asked for the red , hard-backed children 's classics published by Dean and Co. and sold in Woolworth 's : Treasure Island , The Children of the New Forest , Alice in Wonderland , What Katy Did , A Tale of Two Cities . |
| 10 | Then I asked for the inlays , two humbuckers , two volumes and a tone . |
| 11 | I applied for the post and was interviewed by the headmaster , a man of about my own age who was ‘ mad on Puccini ’ , and consequently thrilled to bits when I recognized |
| 12 | In 1969 , I applied for the post of Senior Lecturer at the new University of Lancaster , in the north of England ( about 240 miles north west of London ) . |
| 13 | It was a big disappointment to me that when I applied for the news editor 's job , I did n't get it . |
| 14 | I lunged for the computer which contained my first four hard-laboured chapters , and it literally burst into flames at my touch . |
| 15 | I lunged for the meth. bottle and caught it before it hit the floor . |
| 16 | I had no choice but to leave and I made for the kitchen carrying the dollar on the tray like a trophy anchored by a thumb . |
| 17 | I made for the hotel 's main building with several other reporters when a man with an assault rifle appeared and said : ‘ Hit the floor . ’ |
| 18 | I made for the sideboard again to hover . |
| 19 | When both mares began aiding and abetting one another to increase the confusion and alarm , somewhere high over the Gulf I made for the cabin to solicit help . |
| 20 | A harmless grass snake , I concluded , although I must admit that the proximity of the Reptile Centre did make me a touch more circumspect than usual as I made for the summit . |
| 21 | I mean for the price of that bed , I mean you could n't go far wrong though . |
| 22 | I mean for the Republicans the purpose is a united Ireland . |
| 23 | I lived for the cliches , I awaited them . |
| 24 | Of course , there was always Agnes , and I lived for the nights when I joined the Ralembergs for their simple meal . |
| 25 | To use another metaphor , if the world of education becomes a jungle of market forces , I fear for the survival of children with special needs . |
| 26 | If this does not happen , I fear for the future of this denomination which I love and to which I am loyal . |
| 27 | On landing I sought for the cottage occupied by the Duke of Hamilton 's piper , in which some friends had found most comfortable quarters the season before . |
| 28 | I qualified for the B final . |
| 29 | I put aside some of the money I got for the silver , because Daddy meant to divide his things between us both . ’ |
| 30 | I long for the protection of a written constitution like that of the US with its First Amendment , which elevates freedom of expression above freedom to hide from intellectual challenge , or even vulgar verbal abuse . |