Example sentences of "i [vb past] [verb] for a " 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 | I tried to apply for a credit card , but they refused me . |
| 4 | I must have mentioned how expensive my activities were becoming , because Suzy suggested that I tried applying for a grant . |
| 5 | I 'd hoped for a little money , at the very most , a thousand . |
| 6 | I 'd gone for a walk . |
| 7 | ‘ Until the blunders it was one of the best games I 'd seen for a while . ’ |
| 8 | I liked Terry more than anyone I 'd met for a long time , and we talked every day . |
| 9 | ‘ He made the ears out of an old pair of mouse ears I 'd used for a previous party , ’ she says . |
| 10 | Of all the opportunities I 'd had for a good chat-up line , simply croaking ‘ Hospital ’ was n't one of my best . |
| 11 | I lost a sodden pair of boots and socks , and William 's day bag , which I 'd borrowed for a rucksack . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | So I began to look for a husband . |
| 16 | I decided to go for a walk westward along the side of the fjord . |
| 17 | I decided to wait for a review — you know what Microsoft 's other support lines are like . |
| 18 | Sir : After reading a review in your magazine I decided to send for a shareware copy of Return to Kroz . |
| 19 | I needed to escape for a while — to leave my unhappiness behind me . |
| 20 | Er well I started going for a holiday by myself when I was about er |
| 21 | She went to stay with her sister in London , and I went sailing for a week with a colleague from work . |
| 22 | She went to stay with her sister in London , and I went sailing for a week with a colleague from work . |
| 23 | 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 |
| 24 | ‘ I went to look for a new car and the Lord said to me , ‘ Richie , you buy this car . |
| 25 | 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 . ’ |
| 26 | Of course , I did wonder for a while if Lu … ’ |
| 27 | I did work for a petrol company . |
| 28 | ‘ Actually , hard as it may be for you to believe , I did come for a reason . ’ |
| 29 | I cried to come down more insistently than I had pleaded for a ride . |
| 30 | An enormous boxer hurled himself on me in delight , clawing at my chest with the biggest , horniest feet I had seen for a long time . |