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Example sentences of "i [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	The reason I asked for a preserved pension obviously to see whether there was any preserved benefits .
2	I asked for the usual guarantees — that the object would n't endanger my ship or anyone on it , and that carrying it would breach no SenFed laws .
3	With this in mind , I applied for a post-registration course , and eagerly looked forward to benefiting from a new , challenging and mature approach to nurse education .
4	I applied for the occasional post that I thought might be interesting , but never heard anything back .
5	‘ Nor was I hinting for a guided tour .
6	Yeah but you 're not used to him being home all the time are you Lyn , I mean for a long period of time like .
7	I mean for every great Cure record you get an inferior follow-up with all the same ingredients but without the spark .
8	I mean for the actual Christmas period , Christmas Day , Boxing Day and so on . ’
9	I mean for the first time there 's a erm a sort of Asian wholesale supermarket .
10	But I mean for the first year she wo n't be in , if she goes into student , she 'll be in college
11	Well I mean for the first year she wo n't be in if she goes in as a student she 'll be in college .
12	But I mean for the other people it 's just , it 's just rejection in n it , you 're not good enough
13	But you 've got to make a mental leap , because I mean for the last five years , things have been pretty horrible , since eighty seven really , I mean we 've only had the pick up in the last year .
14	‘ I realised for the first time that I have never been wanted : it really was such a revelation .
15	Anyway , I was congratulated once more and I realised for the first time that I was actually doing some good .
16	At that moment I realised for the first time that not a single word had been uttered on the subject since the accident happened .
17	I lived for the six weeks almost as one of the Community except that I did not sleep at the Manor .
18	When Eva had gone and I lay for the first time in the same house as Charlie and Eva and my father , I thought about the difference between the interesting people and the nice people .
19	For many years I consulted for the American GE in Schenectady and the thing that struck me there was the way that when they wanted to attack a particular area they could mount an army of people on it , all of whom were pretty good . ’
20	This he did , and it was then that I experienced for the first time his unexpected propensity for one-liners , conjured out of thin air .
21	And I knelt for a few moments , head buried in my hands .
22	So I tried for a calming course , feeling thankful to this man for his dogged clasp on difficulties that would n't cause me any recall of my dead love in a million years , and I pursued the wisp of a path suggested by the word ‘ nanny . ’
23	where R represents the number of correct responses for the right ear/visual field and I stands for the left ear/visual field .
24	This afternoon , the trial was halted when the Judge , Mr. Justice Auld , called in the jury after several hours of legal argument and told them , ’ I apologise for the long delay .
25	‘ Monsieur Dacourt , ’ Francis announced in perfect English , ‘ I apologise for the tardy arrival and abrupt interruption of your eloquent speech by Akim and his cats .
26	and he said , he said that 's just the man I want for a little job
27	‘ I head for the nearest jewellery store , ’ she said lightly , ‘ which gives me all the more incentive to get this door open . ’
28	Determined not to re-enter blind institution life , I headed for the nearby technical college who would n't have me either .
29	I headed for the white gleam of a village in the distance and was grateful to find that the one and only store sold iced drinks .
30	We talked about other things , and I told for the first time the story of how I lost the job at Drummonds , which made us both laugh so much the nurses came running with shocked looks to shut us up .