Example sentences of "i [verb] [pers pn] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said : ‘ I met her for the first time this week . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | My sister had a baby about three months ago , and I met it for the first time when I went home . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I sold them for the same price that I had paid myself . |
| 6 | ‘ I make them for the shops to sell , ’ she told Virginia . |
| 7 | no I were gon na do , I got them for the days |
| 8 | I want you for the West End after your six weeks in the sticks , and you 'll have to have a bit of bosom . ’ |
| 9 | Yeah but I want it for the men that 's going to alter the gas . |
| 10 | I liked it so much that I used it for the show and played the hell out of it , it sounded so good . |
| 11 | ‘ We do n't want you to be neglected , ’ I told him for the umptieth time . |
| 12 | ‘ Not today , thank you , ’ I told him for the umptieth time . |
| 13 | I paid her for the call , and stayed chatting for a while , answering her queries about the cottage and then telling her of my brother 's expected arrival , and the possibility that he might telephone with a message . |
| 14 | Having read both books for the first time , I really enjoyed them , but once I read them for the second time , I saw how little there really was to them . |
| 15 | I remember the excitement and relief I felt when I read it for the first time as a very young nun . |
| 16 | ‘ And I owe you for the taxi . ’ |
| 17 | You must tell me what I owe you for the meal . |
| 18 | ‘ I have a full staff here but I released them for the fiesta in Palma . |
| 19 | Moving her just a fraction away , his eyes once more holding hers captive , he added , ‘ So is n't it fortunate that I know you for the cheat you are ? ’ |
| 20 | and I like it for the the sports , like the |
| 21 | I kissed her for the last time as she lay in her hospital bed : the bedclothes were crisp and undisturbed , and she looked very clean , just as she would have wanted to ; and very small , because she was so old , and having started life none too big had ended up , at the age of ninety-one , not much bigger than a child . |
| 22 | Also , I blamed him for the way the bearers had deserted us . |
| 23 | As we left I thanked her for the ‘ nice tea ’ and off we went . |
| 24 | I thanked her for the dance and Werewolf bowed deeply to her ‘ girlfriend ’ ( Oxnard , California ) , which made her day , as they say in those parts . |
| 25 | ‘ I heard it for the first time on Saturday morning . ’ |
| 26 | I flew it for the first time to Dupage Airport to replace the ninety-channel radio with a 720-channel unit , then on to Janesville , Wisconsin , for paint work and a new headliner . |
| 27 | ‘ Alex felt that if I selected him for the Poland game , he should play and try to help us get the result before announcing his retirement , and that was Bryan 's intention . ’ |
| 28 | I produce it for the mainstay of the tourniquet . |
| 29 | It required absolutely no breaking in and I wore it for the first time on a nine hour Scottish hill day during the May heatwave in complete comfort . |
| 30 | That is where I spilled vodka on it the day I wore it for the first time . ’ |