Example sentences of "i [vb past] for the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I asked for the inlays , two humbuckers , two volumes and a tone . |
| 2 | I lived for the cliches , I awaited them . |
| 3 | Of course , there was always Agnes , and I lived for the nights when I joined the Ralembergs for their simple meal . |
| 4 | I affected to become social with the others but out of the corner of my mind — while I played for the others the part of a poor miner 's son who was puzzled , but delighted by the attention these lovely people paid to him — I had her under close observation … |
| 5 | Ha ha I paid for the tickets I 'm gon na drink it . |
| 6 | My immediate reaction was to reduce power and I grabbed for the throttles . |
| 7 | During the war I worked for the women 's voluntary service and shortly afterwards I went abroad for a few years , returning in the late 1940s , divorced with three children . |
| 8 | I felt for the matches . |
| 9 | The ward had been full , the nurses worked off their feet , but their care for me — and as far as I knew for the others — had been magnificent . |
| 10 | I reached for the matches , and lit a spill . |
| 11 | With a dozen spills to hand , I reached for the matches in my pouch . |
| 12 | Girls , money , fast cars — it was the choice between that and working in a factory for the rest of your life , and I went for the girls — ‘ I 'll have the girls and all the money , please . ’ |
| 13 | Er then he , he , I sent for the police because he walked out the door and he , he threatened to kill himself . |
| 14 | We were nearing the camp , so I aimed for the ruts in the track and put my foot down . |
| 15 | ‘ The Christmas presents I bought for the kids . |
| 16 | Furthermore , the reading I did for the lectures I was called to give as a ‘ drugs expert ’ generated queries about such ambiguous areas as victimless crimes and interference in private acts , and altogether raised more questions than were solved . |
| 17 | As the Dutchwoman and I waited for the musicians to gather themselves up she commented on the sea symbols of fish and anchor in the nave . |
| 18 | Last term , all through the Coronation festivities , all through the exams , I longed for the holidays when I would see her . |
| 19 | So I fell for it and I volunteered for the Guards , but after a week , they decided I , I 'd got flat feet which was n't very good for slamming your foot down as the guards demanded in those days . |
| 20 | Two weeks later , the changes I wanted for the animals — shade , water , things like that — were done . |