Example sentences of "i [verb] [to-vb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I asked to speak for a moment with Miss Lavenza , a manservant showed me into a living-room and asked me to wait . |
| 2 | Facing the loathsome rat-men I tend to opt for a defensive strategy and try and inflict as many casualties as possible at long range . |
| 3 | I tried to apply for a credit card , but they refused me . |
| 4 | I wan , I want to la , I want to live for a bit longer . |
| 5 | I want to arrange for a commemorative postage stamp to be printed with my portrait on it . |
| 6 | That 's probably why I want to go for a dump now . |
| 7 | I want to push for a win if I can . ’ |
| 8 | With my form filled in , I phoned : ‘ I want to come for a fortnight , but the problem is , I have a book to finish . |
| 9 | ‘ I like it here and I want to stay for a while . ’ |
| 10 | I want to consider for a moment the true price of coal . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | So I began to look for a husband . |
| 14 | I 'm not that way inclined , I like to go for a walk and have the fresh air on me and everything . |
| 15 | Um and erm I was just wondering y'know kind of erm often when I write questionnaires I like to go for a sort of more kind of rather less declarative statements . |
| 16 | ‘ Why did I have to fall for a suicidal maniac ? ’ she asked herself , and cleaned the flat from top to bottom to take her mind off the image of Jack dangling on the end of a rope above a muddy slit somewhere in subterranean Yorkshire ! |
| 17 | I decided to go for a walk westward along the side of the fjord . |
| 18 | I decided to wait for a review — you know what Microsoft 's other support lines are like . |
| 19 | Sir : After reading a review in your magazine I decided to send for a shareware copy of Return to Kroz . |
| 20 | It 's a lazy Saturday and I decide to go for a walk in Cwm Idwal . |
| 21 | I needed to escape for a while — to leave my unhappiness behind me . |
| 22 | ‘ I went to look for a new car and the Lord said to me , ‘ Richie , you buy this car . |
| 23 | Can I afford to wait for a young child to discover such procedures ? |
| 24 | The water was deep in the middle , so I had to swim for a few metres . |
| 25 | I had to wait for a considerable time for the expanse of blue sky above my chosen scene ( figure XX ) to be substantial enough for photography . |
| 26 | The immense build-up made it impossible to find a decent anchor and , having stamped out a rather unstable stance , I had to settle for a couple of drive-ins in a clod of frozen turf . |
| 27 | ‘ I had to stop for a quick drink on the way home with John Dyson , ’ he said . |
| 28 | I had to listen for a good hour while he burbled on about variably apertured annuity options and the like . |
| 29 | I had to go for a piss . |
| 30 | I had to go for a piss , so I did n't watch him for very long . |