Example sentences of "i [vb base] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's rows of benches in front of it and I sit down for a bit to look at the tree . |
| 2 | I feel much better when I 'm back on the platform , and I sit down for a breather . |
| 3 | ‘ I warm up for the down strokes by doing fast alternate picking … ’ |
| 4 | I fumble around for the rest of my kit and fall over Shelagh , who is shining a torch gingerly in one of her boots . |
| 5 | ‘ I put in for a supplementary allocation only last week , ’ he said . |
| 6 | ‘ That 's why I put in for the R.F.C. We 're literally the only sportsmen left . ’ |
| 7 | Yeah but erm , I , I ca n't understand why because when I put in for the my , my house I did n't put him , he were n't even on the pap paperwork and all of a sudden he , he |
| 8 | I put in for the eh , my driving test again . |
| 9 | ‘ I guess when I show up for the Majors I 'll be a little more popular . |
| 10 | Halfway through a morning 's work , I climb down for a coffee . |
| 11 | I 'm going to stay there for a bit while I look round for a place . ’ |
| 12 | I hang around for a bit , pretending to look at some writing on the board . |
| 13 | ‘ All right if I drop in for a drink this evening ? ’ he said . |
| 14 | Sometimes I drop out for the first verse of songs and let Keith do rhythm and then I come back in for the second verse ; it brings the level of intensity right up . |
| 15 | When the rain stops I set off for a walk in the cool , after-rain air . |
| 16 | Before I set off for the station for the train to Puno , I loaded up with imodium to seal my loose , nervous bowels ; folded my chain and felt its weight in my hand . |
| 17 | Anyway , being in the fortunate position to be able to drive along the road to Corrour , although my car suspension did n't agree it was so fortunate , a companion and I set off for the first peak , Beinn Eibhinn from halfway along the road , above the river Ghuilbinn . |
| 18 | When Kalchu and I set out for the headman 's house several mornings later it was bitterly cold . |
| 19 | I set out for an appointment in Sunderland on the day of its launch , full of hope as York station 's displays indicated the 11.34 InterCity to Newcastle was running ten minutes late . |
| 20 | While I go up for a bath you can take stock of the supplies I brought . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ We 're going to take him to Italy when I go over for the collections . |
| 22 | Once a month I go out for a serious session — the last of which was a hard circuit of Radnor Forest , but I enjoyed it tremendously . ’ |
| 23 | First time I go out for a week and I 'm on tablets ! |
| 24 | you have a sweet and all that sort of thing , I mean you ca n't I ca n't resist them if I go out for a meal , I 've got to have the sweet , I 'd rather have the sweet |
| 25 | For all this however , he has an iron nerve and told me , ‘ I have never been scared but when I go out for the National I get a tingling sensation . |
| 26 | Yeah if they if their churning out the stock that tu tend to churn out , I mean I go along for an enquiry for a few and find they 've got thousands in stock . |
| 27 | ‘ I go in for a certain amount of golf , you know . |
| 28 | " I mean , what are my chances , if I stick around for a couple more months ? " |