Example sentences of "i [vb past] for the " in BNC.

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1 A young man wearing a yarmulka skullcap and sitting astride a roaring tractor wiped his brow with his arm when I asked for the location of Um Al-Farajh .
2 Since the controller was n't busy I asked for the rest of the weather , and was told three at 800 , or 900 feet above the threshold of Runway 18 .
3 Then I asked for the inlays , two humbuckers , two volumes and a tone .
4 For Christmas and birthdays I asked for the red , hard-backed children 's classics published by Dean and Co. and sold in Woolworth 's : Treasure Island , The Children of the New Forest , Alice in Wonderland , What Katy Did , A Tale of Two Cities .
5 And I asked for the Kommandant 's help to have him released .
6 I asked for the usual guarantees — that the object would n't endanger my ship or anyone on it , and that carrying it would breach no SenFed laws .
7 And they said so at the er at the district council , went up to district and I asked for the support of the district council and er probably John immediately said , you have the full support of the district council for it he says and I 'll ensure that you get support with the result I also received four posters direct from the Edinburgh District Council with John photograph on it and with the caption st stating every old age pensioner should be signing here .
8 From round about then , cos I asked for the
9 I applied for the occasional post that I thought might be interesting , but never heard anything back .
10 I applied for the post and was interviewed by the headmaster , a man of about my own age who was ‘ mad on Puccini ’ , and consequently thrilled to bits when I recognized
11 It was a big disappointment to me that when I applied for the news editor 's job , I did n't get it .
12 In 1969 , I applied for the post of Senior Lecturer at the new University of Lancaster , in the north of England ( about 240 miles north west of London ) .
13 I lunged for the meth. bottle and caught it before it hit the floor .
14 I lunged for the computer which contained my first four hard-laboured chapters , and it literally burst into flames at my touch .
15 I made for the hotel 's main building with several other reporters when a man with an assault rifle appeared and said : ‘ Hit the floor . ’
16 I made for the sideboard again to hover .
17 A harmless grass snake , I concluded , although I must admit that the proximity of the Reptile Centre did make me a touch more circumspect than usual as I made for the summit .
18 When both mares began aiding and abetting one another to increase the confusion and alarm , somewhere high over the Gulf I made for the cabin to solicit help .
19 I had no choice but to leave and I made for the kitchen carrying the dollar on the tray like a trophy anchored by a thumb .
20 I realised for the first time that I have never been wanted : it really was such a revelation .
21 Anyway , I was congratulated once more and I realised for the first time that I was actually doing some good .
22 At that moment I realised for the first time that not a single word had been uttered on the subject since the accident happened .
23 I lived for the six weeks almost as one of the Community except that I did not sleep at the Manor .
24 I lived for the cliches , I awaited them .
25 Of course , there was always Agnes , and I lived for the nights when I joined the Ralembergs for their simple meal .
26 For many years I consulted for the American GE in Schenectady and the thing that struck me there was the way that when they wanted to attack a particular area they could mount an army of people on it , all of whom were pretty good . ’
27 On landing I sought for the cottage occupied by the Duke of Hamilton 's piper , in which some friends had found most comfortable quarters the season before .
28 I qualified for the B final .
29 Okay , yes I agreed for the er the price but I said that I have n't seen the work .
30 I put aside some of the money I got for the silver , because Daddy meant to divide his things between us both . ’
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