Example sentences of "i [be] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Since you do not want the maiden , I am taking her for myself , gracious princess ! " he called . |
| 2 | I am taking it for granted that if you used the term , even in minutes and reports , you must have meant something by it . |
| 3 | ‘ Joseph Shill , I am arresting you for the murder of your wife , Maria Shill , at Windsor , on 19th December . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Miles Engado , I am arresting you for the — ’ |
| 5 | If I can wave to that group of kids and they go home and talk about it , fantastic , or if I can just sign a measly bit of paper for a kid and he 's so stunned he ca n't talk , that really brings home to me what I am doing it for : because it really makes me feel good . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ They pay me , ’ he says , before qualifying his statement : ‘ I am doing it for the love of my art . |
| 7 | Accordingly I am invoicing you for £75 ( and CNRS separately for £75 ) on the understanding that the tapes will be used only for this joint research and that you will be separably and jointly bound by the conditions of the contract . |
| 8 | Accordingly , I am invoicing you for £75 ( and Vassar separately for £75 ) on the understanding that the tapes will be used only for this joint research and that you will be separately and jointly bound by the conditions of the contract , a copy of which is attached . |
| 9 | He thinks that I am selling her for the night . |
| 10 | ‘ I thought 14 years was a fair spell but I felt a bit sad and it will be hard to let go but I am preparing myself for that . |
| 11 | I am preparing something for my daughter 's lunch . |
| 12 | Should n't I be compensating someone for the loss of the Seren ? ’ |
| 13 | because But then I thought then I thought well I 'll Here 's Rachel do you want to and then like it 's be like Oh I 'm spoiling it for him . |
| 14 | It 's as if I 'm repaying him for looking after me at school . |
| 15 | We have n't eaten it I 'm bringing it for you . |
| 16 | ‘ Tommy Cook , I 'm arresting you for the murder of Christopher Jabelman … ‘ |
| 17 | ‘ Iain MacPherson , I 'm arresting you for the … ‘ |
| 18 | That more likely is that you realised well nigh immediately that it was Mr , that 's why you said to Mr I 'm arresting you for harbouring an escapee . |
| 19 | ‘ Here he is , I 'm holding him for you ! ’ shouted my convict . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm holding it for somebody . ’ |
| 21 | I 'm holding it for you — ’ |
| 22 | The thought pleases me but what they think is irrelevant really ; it 's Marcus that I 'm saving myself for . |
| 23 | I 'm saving it for Monday . |
| 24 | ‘ Unless , of course , ’ he said with a faintly sinister smile , ‘ I 'm saving you for something else . ’ |
| 25 | I 'm earning it for her . |
| 26 | I 'm earning it for her , that 's not fair . |
| 27 | I 'm reporting you for idling your time for two minutes . |
| 28 | — But do n't take off , mind , while I 'm getting it for you ! ’ |
| 29 | And one was going to but it off them for two hundred and fifty thousand so my mate said , You make the offer at two hundred and fifty and you 'll help me , so I says , I 'm getting it for two hundred if I say , an eighteen hole golf course , and I 'll sell it back to them when they can afford to buy it back off me , right ? |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't see why I ca n't continue my run for the seniors , ’ he says , ‘ but I 'm taking nothing for granted . ’ |