Example sentences of "i [vb past] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Er , I got paid , I got paid for the disabled games last year |
| 5 | I tried to reach for the phone to ring Howard , but my arm refused to move . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I moved to look for the girl . |
| 8 | I 'd flown for the first time , out to Malta in an old , rattling York aircraft , and then on to the Canal one . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | A wife I 'd met for the first time filled up |
| 11 | We all sat fairly comfortably and ate the things I 'd bought for the occasion . |
| 12 | He asked me low long I 'd worked for the firm and what my duties were and what Doreen did . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | And as the embarrassing minutes ticked away I began to realize for the first time the enormity of the problem which confronted Mrs Rumney . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . ’ |
| 18 | I loved to stop for the night but dreaded the effort of making camp . |
| 19 | I decided to go for the pills first , but after three months I was still in agony so I went for the laser operation . |
| 20 | I decided to go for the barn and struck lucky twice in a row . |
| 21 | I just did n't quite judge it right , so I decided to go for the hole rather than ipe the team out ! |
| 22 | After browsing in the local bookshop and buying a few necessities for the flat , I decided to leave for the course . |
| 23 | I asked her to go to bed and I decided to search for the monster . |
| 24 | I decided to make for the orchard and the safety of my own trench . |
| 25 | And as I started to go for the third man , I heard the sound of police whistles , and then two policemen arrived with the woman , and the third thug ran for it . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | But when he said that , I felt to blame for the situation I was in . |
| 28 | I no longer need to work and she was delighted when I offered to care for the baby during the week . |
| 29 | I chose to speak for the motion rather than against , for as a matter of hard fact devolution was dead . |
| 30 | He was so frightened that I went to look for the animal . |