Example sentences of "i [vb past] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Life became so stressful that when I was making The Power Game the doctor put me on Mogadon and I became hooked for a while . |
| 2 | When I asked to speak for a moment with Miss Lavenza , a manservant showed me into a living-room and asked me to wait . |
| 3 | ‘ The fact that he took the 100m individual , when I could n't attempt the hat-trick because I failed to qualify for the event at the US trials through illness , is bound to increase interest when we get it together . |
| 4 | I suppose I had persuaded myself that sending men to prison was n't something I cared to do for the rest of my life . |
| 5 | I got picked for the washing up detail and with six others swept the kitchen and dining room , drank the dregs from the glasses and bottles and had a conversation with one of the cooks about Beirut . |
| 6 | Er , I got paid , I got paid for the disabled games last year |
| 7 | I tried to reach for the phone to ring Howard , but my arm refused to move . |
| 8 | Above all I would like to thank the sector for your friendship and warm support , and I have every confidence that Sir Jeffrey , my successor , I assume that resolution two will go through unan , unanimously , will be car , will be able to carry forward with your warm support , the vision I tried to outline for the next year . |
| 9 | I tried to apply for a credit card , but they refused me . |
| 10 | I must have mentioned how expensive my activities were becoming , because Suzy suggested that I tried applying for a grant . |
| 11 | I moved to look for the girl . |
| 12 | I 'd hoped for a little money , at the very most , a thousand . |
| 13 | I 'd gone for a walk . |
| 14 | I 'd flown for the first time , out to Malta in an old , rattling York aircraft , and then on to the Canal one . |
| 15 | ‘ Until the blunders it was one of the best games I 'd seen for a while . ’ |
| 16 | The last time I 'd made for the bog he 'd broken my back when he caught me straight between the shoulder blades with a loaf of bread . |
| 17 | I liked Terry more than anyone I 'd met for a long time , and we talked every day . |
| 18 | A wife I 'd met for the first time filled up |
| 19 | We all sat fairly comfortably and ate the things I 'd bought for the occasion . |
| 20 | ‘ He made the ears out of an old pair of mouse ears I 'd used for a previous party , ’ she says . |
| 21 | He asked me low long I 'd worked for the firm and what my duties were and what Doreen did . |
| 22 | Money was a problem because I 'd spent all the dosh I 'd got for the car , and I needed my grant to pay off the overdraft I 'd built up . |
| 23 | He would then enquire how much I 'd paid for the latest irreparable objects , and if it had been 20p or less he 'd say , with satisfaction , ‘ Well , at least it had a decent plug ’ , and the decent plug would go into the decent plug box . |
| 24 | Of all the opportunities I 'd had for a good chat-up line , simply croaking ‘ Hospital ’ was n't one of my best . |
| 25 | I lost a sodden pair of boots and socks , and William 's day bag , which I 'd borrowed for a rucksack . |
| 26 | The owner was a small exter named Fif , a ball of orange fur with tentacles , whom I 'd known for a long time in various planets . |
| 27 | John , of Pontypridd , Mid Glamorgan , said yesterday : ‘ It was n't until I came to pay for a car at the auction that I realised what I 'd done . |
| 28 | And as the embarrassing minutes ticked away I began to realize for the first time the enormity of the problem which confronted Mrs Rumney . |
| 29 | After three hours of continuous nibbling it seemed , I will confess , rather on the acid and insubstantial side , and I began to yearn for a bowl of pasta . |
| 30 | McAllister , who had put the doll down , and was now fetching out her work basket to embroider pansies on some fine lawn dresses made for the bazaar by the aforesaid ladies , said , ‘ I did n't mean to become involved , you know , but Matey has been so kind to me — when not slave-driving me , you understand — that when she asked me to accompany her I had not the heart to refuse , and strangely , after I began to work for the bazaar , I found that it was most rewarding . ’ |