Example sentences of "i [vb past] [v-ing] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must have mentioned how expensive my activities were becoming , because Suzy suggested that I tried applying for a grant . |
| 2 | The day after I finished working for the managing director of a certain company fighting off a take-over bid , the agency sent me to the rival company . ’ |
| 3 | I 'd never even heard of Killerton until I started working for the Trust , but when I was at Drogo I used to come across here fairly regularly because of the regional office being here and because I was just interested . |
| 4 | Er well I started going for a holiday by myself when I was about er |
| 5 | She went to stay with her sister in London , and I went sailing for a week with a colleague from work . |
| 6 | She went to stay with her sister in London , and I went sailing for a week with a colleague from work . |
| 7 | I went looking for a quiet place to sit — while gazing with interest at the multi armed , three-breasted Salmo'kkan dancers being sinuous on a mini-stage when I was frozen in mid stride |
| 8 | He gained third place in the 1988 Ilford Photographic Awards Features category for one of those pictures , but jokes that on his arrival in Africa ‘ I kept looking for a cheque presentation because that 's all I was trained to do . ’ |
| 9 | When I sold CBS the video I kept apologising for the movement because it was so shaky . |
| 10 | I was shown into an empty office where I sat waiting for a minimum of ten minutes . |
| 11 | I stood staring for a long while . |