Example sentences of "i [verb] for a [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | ‘ Ca n't think of anywhere myself , let me think for a minute . |
| 2 | ‘ Let me think for a while . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Well , perhaps you might allow me to go for a walk from time to time , instead of waiting around in the servants ’ hall . |
| 4 | She watched me eat for a while , mumbled something and left . |
| 5 | My father wished me to try for a history scholarship and I occasionally read as hard as it was possible to do without any interest in history beyond the attempt to memorize facts … . |
| 6 | actually it 's a bit boring down there now but they , they had to put my , my explanation of the price of petrol er down , there 's nowhere to thing , cos th the last time I was down there I asked for a pint of bitter and this guy bought it me and said and I wanted two pound thirty or something . |
| 7 | I asked for a bowl , there was an embarrassed silence when no one moved to my aid ( thinking I felt sick ! ) — and my waters soaked the kitchen floor . |
| 8 | They looked at me apprehensively when I asked for a drink of cider or wine . |
| 9 | Fortunately we had an alternative target so I asked for a course . |
| 10 | Eventually I asked for a transfer , but could n't get one , so I stayed and now I 'm glad I did . ’ |
| 11 | I figured that if I asked for a transfer I 'd either get a rise or would be able to work out a better deal for myself if I went elsewhere . |
| 12 | I asked for a cigarette . |
| 13 | The last time I preached on the New Age before writing this chapter , I asked for a show of hands from those who had heard of it . |
| 14 | If the code is kept under review , is there any intention to issue an updated version with any alterations to the 1987 edition which is the one that was supplied to me when I asked for a copy ? |
| 15 | I asked for a report on this tragic case this morning . |
| 16 | Each time a guard arrived , either with food or to let me out to the lavatory , I asked for a book , and each time he said ‘ Yes ’ and did n't bring one . |
| 17 | I asked for a priest . |
| 18 | ‘ I asked for a biography of a dead scientist , not a list of missile sites . ’ |
| 19 | I applied for a job at Anglia as a news reporter . |
| 20 | I applied for a job on Query and got it . |
| 21 | I applied for a job and three people turned |
| 22 | I applied for a research fellowship at Gonville and Caius College ( pronounced Keys ) . |
| 23 | They offered not only to plant a tree in my name , if I applied for a policy , but also the choice of a free radio alarm clock or a telephone . |
| 24 | No because , I applied for a lot of jobs |
| 25 | I applied for a place at the Methodist Institution training college in London — and have heard I have been accepted . ’ |
| 26 | I gabbled for a second as shock and rage choked my words . |
| 27 | I mean for a while I think it was maybe my glasses , but these are just new |
| 28 | I lay for a while simply wrestling with the enormity of it . |
| 29 | I lay for a while waiting for the chateau to fall silent again before drifting into a demon-filled sleep of black war horses rearing above me , men flying through the night air , and those dreadful corpses laid out so tidily , so neatly , in that beautiful London garden . |
| 30 | Bit too complicated I fear for a terrace chant … still — I like it ! ! |