Example sentences of "i [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | Carel Weight visited Wimbledon and encouraged me to try for the Royal College . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I applied for the occasional post that I thought might be interesting , but never heard anything back . |
| 5 | I mean for the actual Christmas period , Christmas Day , Boxing Day and so on . ’ |
| 6 | But I mean for the other people it 's just , it 's just rejection in n it , you 're not good enough |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | where R represents the number of correct responses for the right ear/visual field and I stands for the left ear/visual field . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | Determined not to re-enter blind institution life , I headed for the nearby technical college who would n't have me either . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | How many times had I prayed for the impossible ? |
| 14 | So what guidance can I give for the actual writing of the crime short story ? |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I wait for the inevitable question . |
| 19 | When I come out into the light at the end , I look for the white van . |
| 20 | I arrived for the American premiere and these ghosts made no sense at all . |
| 21 | I consider the and figure should be discounted down to eighteen , which is the figure I adopt for the whole life multiplier . |
| 22 | So I paid for the electric motor of the engine to be serviced , but it never worked very well . |
| 23 | Anyway , I paid for the blessed thing . ’ |
| 24 | I did not usurp power but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power , in other words this is the modesty part I acted for the public welfare , I acted for the common wellbeing of all our people whenever and in whatever manner was necessary unless prevented by direct constitutional or legislative prohibition Roosevelt suggested that the president subject only to the people of the United States and he identified himself with Andrew Jackson and with Abraham Lincoln . |
| 25 | I did not usurp power but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power , in other words this is the modesty part I acted for the public welfare , I acted for the common wellbeing of all our people whenever and in whatever manner was necessary unless prevented by direct constitutional or legislative prohibition Roosevelt suggested that the president subject only to the people of the United States and he identified himself with Andrew Jackson and with Abraham Lincoln . |
| 26 | However , once we start to distort the operation of open justice and the consideration of the matters , we may very well , through the operation of rumour and all its insidious effects that are so damaging in libel cases — the only justification that I know for the high damages granted in such cases — inflict more damage on justice than we realise . |
| 27 | I opt for the outside seat which in some models is adapted into a mini-swimming-pool . |
| 28 | Counc tonight it was mentioned the actual the work of the Regional Health Authority and , again , I worked for the Regional Health Authority a long time ago . |
| 29 | Well I worked for the past two year really |
| 30 | I use to dread going in to work — in the two years I worked for the Inland Revenue I do not think I worked a full month — and in the end I left . |