Example sentences of "i [vb past] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wife and daughter were usually silent , but Service and I made up for that . |
| 2 | The producer , a blase+ young woman , toyed with a lettuce leaf and an olive , but on the rare occasions I am asked out to lunch I generally do without breakfast , so I made up for her and discussed the shooting schedule ( you soon pick up the jargon ) with the director . |
| 3 | Young Mrs M. looked shocked at the thought , so she waited outside , while I sprinted in for a quick glimpse at Bishop Stock 's former domain . |
| 4 | Helen was worse than me , I got up for Neighbours , I mean , she was really dead . |
| 5 | How I got round for the four days of the tournament , I do n't know . |
| 6 | And when I got back for the last few weeks Mortimer had left … ’ |
| 7 | I lined up for the 100 metres at the AAA Championships and , lo and behold , everybody came out in similar outfits ! |
| 8 | School taught me how to read early , and I found out for myself how to do it fast . |
| 9 | I phoned down for some eggs , toast and a quart of coffee . |
| 10 | I wandered around for a bit and then came back again . |
| 11 | Then I wandered around for a while , casting wistful glances at my tables . |
| 12 | I wandered around for a while , in a bit of a daze , and then strolled back here . |
| 13 | When I wandered out for a surf-check in the morning , Michael was sitting on the bench . |
| 14 | Taking my leave , I headed off for the developing tanks at my studio . |
| 15 | And he cancelled his er trip but I 'd I booked up for one to go to Norway |
| 16 | On the second day , I geared up for the Horseshoe Pass , three miles up followed by a long down to Llangollen . |
| 17 | I sauntered about for an hour before I could find Sir James Macdonald … |
| 18 | ‘ I came on for the final five minutes of that match and got 45 minutes in the second half of the second leg which we won 1–0 . |
| 19 | I came over for a short visit when my parents first moved here … ’ |
| 20 | And , ’ he went on , before Marc could interrupt , ‘ you happened to be in Paris when I came over for them . |
| 21 | When I came round for coffee . |
| 22 | I came up for air . |
| 23 | ‘ I came in for a lot of criticism but I know in my heart that the good things I did there were very conveniently swept under the carpet at the time . ’ |
| 24 | Hateley baffled and upset by the affair says : ‘ I came in for that one game , and I thought I did reasonably well . |
| 25 | ‘ I came in for a lot of adulation during my racing days — groupies . |
| 26 | I came down for the fire , for it was cold in my room . |
| 27 | I came back for a month , met a Peruvian girl and then I got a letter from her giving me a really good reason to come back . |
| 28 | ‘ I came back for pre-season perfectly all right and fit , but I twisted the ankle in the first minute of our first workout game against Brentford at the training ground . |
| 29 | He told me , before I first went to England in 1947 , to make sure I came back for the next Australian season so that I would be eligible for selection for the '48 tour . |
| 30 | I came back for you . |