Example sentences of "i [verb] [pron] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And , if I asked your father for your hand , you would support me ? |
| 2 | I despise your grandmother for what she did — for what she 's put Corosini through . |
| 3 | ‘ It was not until I saw how Messer Bartolomeo 's news was received by your friends that I realised its importance for you . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I wish I shared your enthusiasm for change . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I sold my house for £78,000 but then the building society wanted a mundic test and as a result I had to knock £11,000 off . |
| 6 | And oh , we loved the intimacy of having them so close , close enough that when I rode my bicycle for ‘ Committee ’ through the ‘ vomitarium ’ separating one wedge of audience from the next I was able to steady myself by grasping the leg of a gentleman who had stretched it over the side . |
| 7 | And he he got he got my hand for five seconds and then I I got I got his hand for ten something like that . |
| 8 | But you who knew me , pass on these words : that I squandered my youth for my country , that while the ship was fighting I kept to my post up in the cross trees and , when she sank-I went down with her . ’ ’ |
| 9 | Can I pinch his pen for a minute ? |
| 10 | I honour my company for its willingness to accept me and my idiosyncrasies . |
| 11 | You really do think I helped your mother for my own ulterior motives . ’ |
| 12 | I touch my pocket for the reassuring packet of Diocalm . |
| 13 | I divorced my wife for smoking in the toilet ! |
| 14 | In Los Angeles , where I lectured for a living , I pursued my fascination for the harmonic patterns and golden-mean ratios which run so consistently through the sacred art , music and architecture of both Western and oriental mystical traditions . |
| 15 | At night , I hold my excuse for a pillow , and think about your face and your hair and your incredible eyes . |
| 16 | You 're saying that Tom and old Maggie Sullivan and I cut his throat for him ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ But have I withstood my punishment for long enough now ? |
| 18 | I noticed his concern for me , and I know he was concerned , but that might have been there all along . |
| 19 | I done his bird for him : I think it 's what you call love or something ! |
| 20 | One must be fair ; I give them credit for being sensible enough to apologise . |
| 21 | I give him credit for that , although I can not give much credit to his policy of favouring a 50 per cent . |
| 22 | I give you food for you and your mutt , and I sleep in the room . ’ |
| 23 | I watch her face for traces of nervousness ; she does not flinch . |
| 24 | I paid my friend for having her . |
| 25 | I appreciate your concern for me . |
| 26 | I received a straightforward message recently when I telephoned her flat for a chat : ‘ Elizabeth says she 's busy . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I hated my childhood for all that and it 's had a really traumatic effect on my life . |
| 28 | I could n't do anything about Nassim 's cousin being in Pakistan , I reasoned as I rinsed my mouth for the hundredth time . |
| 29 | ‘ When I was 13 , I declared my love for a girl in the street , putting my knees on the ground , ’ he recalls . |
| 30 | ‘ Tut-tut , do I detect someone fishing for compliments ? ’ he asked . |