Example sentences of "i [to-vb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , perhaps you might allow me to go for a walk from time to time , instead of waiting around in the servants ’ hall . |
| 2 | Well , I phoned them up , and I 'd been badgering them , and they told me to wait for a further communication . |
| 3 | My father wished me to try for a history scholarship and I occasionally read as hard as it was possible to do without any interest in history beyond the attempt to memorize facts … . |
| 4 | It was her that invited me to play for a keep fit class . |
| 5 | So I got Peggy up from Somerset , on the same farm you see , and that was much better , and erm we 've been cycling to Stroud , to the pictures you know , 8 miles there and 8 miles back , and erm but the awful job he gave me to do for a few days was along , there was a young lad there and he was going to drive the old heavy fords and tractor and I was going to walk behind , and he 'd got converted horse drags I suppose they call them |
| 6 | He told me to watch for a seaman with one leg and to let him know the moment when a man like that appeared . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , ’ said Fribble , ‘ Calatin here has been so kind as to invite me to stay for a while . |
| 8 | If they only want me to stay for a year then I 'm entitled to do what I want under freedom of contract . |
| 9 | Did any News reader obtain one and would they sell me a copy or allow me to pay for a loan of a negative ? |
| 10 | I could understand the term ‘ genetic engineering ’ — well , as long as nobody asked me to speak for a minute without hesitation or deviation — and I recognized ‘ DNA ’ , which was said to be the basic stuff of life . |