Example sentences of "i [adv] [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I says , oh well I better wait here for her coming back , cos I 'll probably pass her on t' way . |
| 2 | Yeah I only put in for three thousand , he got me a nine . |
| 3 | I only go in for skinpopping . |
| 4 | I only dropped off for a second . ’ |
| 5 | I only worked there for about two months , I was so tired I was like a zombie . |
| 6 | You see when Jane Pargeter told me , I suddenly looked round for Nicola at the party . |
| 7 | Can I just stop there for a minute er er is this the best |
| 8 | instead of just going , you should of said oh I just come up for a few days |
| 9 | ‘ The ball was bouncing about and I just went in for it . |
| 10 | So on the days when I lead the Micks on Mounting Guards , I do n't get breakfast , I just make up for it at lunch . |
| 11 | I find I can easily put things into perspective , see both sides of an issue , if I just sit around for a while and I probably do that for half an hour a day . |
| 12 | " I just looked in for a moment to see how you were getting on together . |
| 13 | Ca n't think in the arts , in the art bit so I just I just go in for a coffee as well , yeah . |
| 14 | ‘ I just go out for a bit , just for an hour or two , and when I come back you ai n't even got the kettle on . |
| 15 | She said oh no I just rang up for a chat . |
| 16 | At the er and they have a band on that night that I just called on for the |
| 17 | erm , you do n't like looking through it , but can I just look through for you and learn it for you . |
| 18 | For the first time ever , my pride got the better of me and I desperately looked round for some means of defending myself . |
| 19 | Dang and I finally set out for the village where she wanted to start the ‘ cottage industry ’ . |
| 20 | I always looked hopefully for grandmas after that , and I must say that this theory proved right time and time again . |
| 21 | I always stand up for myself . |
| 22 | In the evenings I still wait there for her , and track her as she walks to school , with my ears humming . |
| 23 | Before I go to the supermarket , I usually stop off for a drink ; I sit at the bar and watch the real world go by . |
| 24 | I also sang in for him , but of course time was by then sadly running out . |
| 25 | And all I could do at this terrible invasion was to rise and stand mutely , with my hands by my sides , staring up at this tremendous being — whom I now saw clearly for the first time . |
| 26 | I really cried out for God 's help , and my baby answered it . |
| 27 | But what 's really scary is that I often lie there for an age afterwards thinking , ‘ Just what will I do , if this dream should ever come true ? ’ |
| 28 | they may now , but erm , I mean these I 've got on are Williams , they 're an E fit that I , I particularly sent away for |
| 29 | It is possible that I even dozed off for a few seconds , exhausted by the day 's work . |
| 30 | I even wondered just for a moment if she had , unknown to me , made another , negative , speech later in the day . |