Example sentences of "i [be] [vb pp] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ maid ’ in the villa in which I am lodged for the purposes of research ( she is a statuesquely beautiful and highly intelligent woman who is called ‘ maid ’ , rather in the way the South Africans call elderly black servants ‘ boy ’ ) suffered the horror of seeing both her parents shot by the Germans whilst the aristocrats from the local castle entertained the S.S. officers to black market dinners of wild boar and chocolate sauce . |
| 2 | Then I arrive in America , I make Robocop and I 'm grilled for the violence . |
| 3 | I make Total Recall and I 'm grilled for the violence . |
| 4 | I make Basic Instinct … and I 'm grilled for the violence . ’ |
| 5 | My lack of culinary expertise has always been a source of great mirth to the men in my life and my well-attended failures embroidered into legends over the years , so I was prepared for the banter that accompanied dinner . |
| 6 | Even so , I do n't believe I was prepared for the facts . |
| 7 | So you could say I was prepared for the ‘ English way of Life ’ from what I 'd read . |
| 8 | And I made up my mind — " Now Mary Edgar you 'll be terribly sea-sick , " so I was prepared for the worst . |
| 9 | I was intended for the religious life . |
| 10 | I was abused for the first time at three years old . |
| 11 | I make this point after returning from a day 's walking near Ullswater when I was approached by a party of walkers who had followed me for some distance thinking that I was headed for the same destination . |
| 12 | Jan Holt , director , explains : ‘ I realised something had to be done when , on a recent trip abroad , I was mistaken for the hotel lift attendant . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I was asked for the first time last week what I 'd do if we got into the Premier League . |
| 14 | And , if any other recommendation be needed , I was asked for the second time to be coach monitor on our outing to Brighton , so you can see that I must be OK . |
| 15 | I ca n't recall what I was paid for the film . |
| 16 | I was paid for the lessons not in money but in food , so we always had enough oil , sugar , cheese and butter — commodities that were now difficult to obtain . |
| 17 | No I did n't apply , I erm , although I was interviewed for the job . |
| 18 | Can I say that , when I was interviewed for the job of er , Director , or I was asked along with other applicants , to put forward a er paper presenting my issues and concerns , and I can say to you , equal opportunities was a key one there . |
| 19 | Melanie already knew I was popular with the fair sex , but when she discovered I was tipped for the top in my career as well she decided it might be a good idea to marry me . ’ |
| 20 | I trusted him to see that I was equipped for the new life I had chosen . |
| 21 | When we arrived at King 's Cross I was told for the sake of reality I must find my own way to the Savoy Hotel , although the film crew would be close by in case of emergency . |
| 22 | And I was angered for the dynasty |
| 23 | I was refused for the Rescue Service , you know . ’ |
| 24 | Luck plays a great part in success and as mine would have it , I was chosen for the pre-Christmas show . |
| 25 | I said that unless I was picked for the final leg I would n't run . |
| 26 | But I was picked for the bench against England and was in the clubhouse on the Saturday night before when someone said : ‘ Have you heard the news on the radio ? |