Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [verb] [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must sit down for two minutes , Jim . |
| 2 | I must save up for all of him . |
| 3 | ‘ I must get back for that . |
| 4 | I might send away for that last one . |
| 5 | I might get up for one thing and put back another by mistake . |
| 6 | I 'll sit down for three minutes ! |
| 7 | I 'll send off for some stuff . |
| 8 | I was just thinking I 'm going to MacDonalds on Thursday so I 'll look out for that . |
| 9 | I 'll find out for next week . |
| 10 | Oh so I 'll put down for that then . |
| 11 | I 'll come in the morning instead or whatever , erm but quite often it means if they 're coming in they say , well I 'll be in town anyway I 'll come in for that hour |
| 12 | I debated whether to be sick or not myself , and decided that I could hold out for another half hour . |
| 13 | I could go on for some time sir , but I will now proceed to the technical planning matters . |
| 14 | In the end my parents agreed that I could go up for one year instead of being at the Royal College of Music . |
| 15 | I got back , I could find out for certain who had told who . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | When I ran out of breath I 'd come up for another helping , then duck the head again . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | I would put in for that if it came up . |
| 20 | I firmly told him that if he ever came near me again , I would fight back for all I was worth and , even if he managed to beat me every time , sooner or later I would get lucky and hurt him . |
| 21 | I would look probably for another course |
| 22 | Oh I do n't think I shall go in for that . |
| 23 | No , I shall settle just for one person . |
| 24 | ‘ I can go on for another three or four years yet because I 'm still as fit as a fiddle , ’ he said . |
| 25 | Erm I have four or five people I can take on for any one of those companies so nobody 's in competition with |
| 26 | But I can find out for definite later on . |
| 27 | I bought a pass for the swimming baths so I can get in for free . |
| 28 | An ‘ abstract ’ — a summary of your claim in not more than 150 words — needs to be written for this stage , which may go on for some time . |
| 29 | But the Queen will see just about every past and present RAF aircraft a flypast which will go on for three quarters of an hour . |
| 30 | Individuals entering the scheme — which will run initially for five years — do not have to prove there are corncrakes on their land . |