Example sentences of "i [verb] [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but when I asked them for a crayon , |
| 2 | At this point I thought she might be distracted by the kid whose chair was sticking out , so I asked him for a second time to move back even further . |
| 3 | I asked him for an instance of the difference between bookselling in Knightsbridge , London , and Union Street , Glasgow . |
| 4 | Kevin : Well , I 'd jist got my Giro , So I asked her for a Biro — If she |
| 5 | I made them for a friend a couple of years ago and she 's still talking about them ! |
| 6 | I made it for a dancer ( Nijinsky ) who can soar like a spirit , but who has the strength to dance with the Wilis [ as in Giselle ] and live to dance again . ’ |
| 7 | Yeah I mean she for a bit she was the party was n't she ? |
| 8 | And I fought it for a long time and I wanted to get kick-started back to where I was before , because I felt under a cloud . |
| 9 | Whenever I believed I had come up with something , I probed it for every sort of oversight , tested it through from all angles . |
| 10 | She said : ‘ I met her for the first time this week . ’ |
| 11 | I met him for the first time ever when he took over the leadership of the party from the recently deceased Hugh Gaitskell in February 1963 . |
| 12 | My sister had a baby about three months ago , and I met it for the first time when I went home . ’ |
| 13 | That was when I met you for the first time , last week , at the consciousness-raising group that we started at the women 's centre a few weeks ago . |
| 14 | I earned quite a lot of money by showing my Lilliputian animals to people , and in the end I sold them for a high price . |
| 15 | I sold them for the same price that I had paid myself . |
| 16 | ‘ Then I sold it for a Telecaster , which I hated , because the Tele did n't have any knobs ; it was a real simple guitar and I did n't like it , so I bought a Les Paul and I loved it . |
| 17 | I sold it for a reasonable price . |
| 18 | ‘ For every improvement to the guest-house , I make something for the local people , ’ Anne said . |
| 19 | ‘ I make them for the shops to sell , ’ she told Virginia . |
| 20 | no I were gon na do , I got them for the days |
| 21 | ‘ You are so right , ’ the stranger said , always with that look of persiflage upon her face , ‘ there is nothing to a degree , unless you are a complete clod , I got mine for a bet — ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I did n't know at the time it had been in the Quakers boardroom but it was a good , handmade , solid oak table and I got it for a reasonable price , ’ he said . |
| 23 | All the perennials are bought in containers and I grow them for a year in their pots to see how they cope with the conditions , then I plant them out in the garden . " |
| 24 | But I do n't think in gender terms at all when I interview someone for a job . |
| 25 | But might I trouble you for a cup of hot water ? ’ |
| 26 | He went and bought a pack of cigarettes from the machine behind him , searched his pockets , then asked : ‘ Could I trouble you for a light , Miss ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Could I trouble you for a receipt ? ’ |
| 28 | One afternoon I summoned up my courage and as casually as I could I invited him for a drink after work that evening . |
| 29 | The trouble is , I want everything for a very long time — forever . ’ |
| 30 | I want you for the West End after your six weeks in the sticks , and you 'll have to have a bit of bosom . ’ |