Example sentences of "i [vb mod] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I watched the distant cloud from the explosion drift away over the firth , dispersing , then I turned and ran as fast as I could for the house . |
| 2 | I had discovered all I could for the moment . |
| 3 | ‘ Not too good , I 'm afraid — I did everything I could for the moment , but his kidney failure is almost complete . |
| 4 | I would for the moment , yeah , I would for the moment . |
| 5 | I would for the moment , yeah , I would for the moment . |
| 6 | More exactly , since these five writers differ not only from other New Critics but also among themselves , I shall for the sake of clarity and simplicity concentrate on two texts , Wimsatt 's The Verbal Icon and Brooks 's The Well-Wrought Urn , referring to the work of the others only insofar as it corroborates or develops what is said there . |