Example sentences of "[verb] i [vb mod] [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.

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1 Oh I do n't think I shall go in for that .
2 Do you think I might come in for a few minutes and talk to you about Matilda ? ’
3 ‘ Then I do n't think I 'll venture out for a stroll before bedtime . ’
4 She says yeah she says I 'll pop in for a quick cuppa .
5 Dublin said : ‘ I hope my first goal will now help me settle and show I can score more for the club and the fans who have been so good . ’
6 He had said : ‘ I hope my first goal will help me settle and show I can score more for the club .
7 I vowed I would do better for him , but no doubt overlooked some of the conditions relating to repeat performances and foreign rights .
8 ‘ When I succeed I will do so for me , for my family and for the people of Britain . ’
9 ‘ I suppose I could go in for advertising . ’
10 I dreaded seeing him , and thought I 'd go out for the evening , but then I realized there was no point in that , it was only putting off the inevitable .
11 ‘ I thought I 'd turn in for the night . ’
12 ‘ I do n't mind waiting , ’ she told him politely and pleasantly , though she could n't resist adding , ‘ Rosemary and I are friends ; I have n't seen her for ages , so I thought I 'd ring up for a chat . ’
13 So I thought I 'd put in for that , it was a lateral move you know , but still it was getting back to my depot and nearer my home .
14 I thought I 'd wait up for the early morning newscast on the radio . ’
15 Yes , I think I shall stay on for a few days here . ’
16 ‘ I think I 'll go home for a couple of hours then come back later , ’ replied Nina , standing up and draining her mug .
17 " I say , darling , " Stephen said , " I think I 'll go out for a bit , blow the cobwebs away . "
18 ‘ My good girl , you must be very naïve — as naïve , apparently , as my dear stepsister — if you think I 'd contemplate even for one moment sharing these very cramped quarters with you .
19 Now here was another set of lawyers coming along and saying , ‘ I think I can do better for you than that . ’
20 And this is the other aspect of Freud 's debt to Darwin which I mentioned at the beginning but said I would hold over for later .
21 And then after oh , after a few weeks she said I 'll come in for a cup of tea .
22 You know the thing you went in for , , you said I could go in for recording ?
23 She started telling us how she had a bell which she rang if she needed help and I said I 'd listen out for it .
24 I wish I could do more for them . ’
25 ‘ Did n't I say I 'd fill in for Stella ?
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