Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [verb] [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must leave you for a while . |
| 2 | I must prepare you for a surprise that will not , I hope , upset you too much . |
| 3 | I think , therefore , that I must ask you for a ruling . |
| 4 | four hundred and thirty quid , he said bloody hell , so what I said to him is , I know you 're gon na need a car , what I 'll do is er , I 'll get to work , I 'll put it , I 'll bring the car , you bring the car in beginning of the month , next month , right , said I wo n't be able to guarantee that I 'll get it done in a week cos I 've got other work booked in , but I 'll have it in here which means I 'll be able to do work to your car , right , and it 's better me being able to do that , then it , it 's sitting out outside your house and nobody touching it for a couple of weeks , now , I might have it for a couple of weeks , see and I 'll be able to do it in my own leisurely time then |
| 5 | I 'll do it for a hundred and thirty quid no more ! |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll do 'em for a penny , if yer like , I got lots of spit . ’ |
| 7 | No she , I 'll leave her for a , she 's gon na have , have her tea in a minute , she can have a bit after her tea . |
| 8 | Well no , you have to scarify it and then you have to you have to carry on the work , you ca n't sort of do it and then think , ooh I 'll leave it for a couple of months . |
| 9 | ‘ You do n't seem to have much hesitation about speaking your mind , whether I want to hear what 's on it or not , so I 'll speak mine for a change . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll send someone for a blanket and we 'll get her there in no time at all . ’ |
| 11 | I 'll tell you for a fact that Steven wo n't go for Ollie tonight , it 's Paul that 's gon na go for him . |
| 12 | He said to Mariana , ‘ I 'll take her for a few minutes . |
| 13 | " If that be so , then I 'll take you for a wife . |
| 14 | I thought we could have lunch in the garden after your inspection — I 've already arranged for the fridge to be restocked — and afterwards , if you do n't fancy going to the beach , we could go out in my boat , or I 'll take you for a tour of North Zealand , through the quaint old villages with their farmhouses and gardens full of hollyhocks and the beech woods . |
| 15 | I 'll take you for a closer look . ’ |
| 16 | I 'll take you for a meal and drop you at Ilse 's place afterwards . |
| 17 | I 've got to get out as soon as I get , I 've , I 've promised at night I 'd have , I 'll , I 'll have someone for a night , I 've got to have someone at night as well as the day |
| 18 | but , so I said oh I 'll have it for a month and then I 'll tell you then whether |
| 19 | ‘ I 'll canter him for a bit , then wait till you come up for your turn . ’ |
| 20 | If I were to ask a school-teacher to choose for me a sample which she considered to be a fair cross-section of her pupils so that I could interview them for a survey , there would almost certainly be a personal bias in the sample given to me . |
| 21 | ‘ Well now , I could see her for a moment . |
| 22 | I reckon I 'd do it for a thousand pounds . |
| 23 | I 'd give anything for a sight of you in your pleasant civilian dress , and even the ‘ digs ’ would seem a veritable palace , compared with sand , and ragged Arabs , and khaki-drill shorts . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'd give anything for a cup of tea . |
| 25 | I 'd promise anything for a leg over in those days , he used to say , but I 've got more about me now . |
| 26 | I would leave it for a while Richard |
| 27 | ‘ Well , no dear , I do n't think I would mistake you for a stook of corn . |
| 28 | I would ask him on authorisation from er the Assistant Chief Constable , I would ask him for a number of officers . |
| 29 | It may surprise readers but , since I wrote about her recently , Barbara and I have become good friends , so I rang her up to tell her that I would join her for a good gloat . |
| 30 | I shall keep it for a bit longer Clare |