Example sentences of "[modal v] [pron] [verb] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " May I sit here for a while and keep you company ? " asked the fox . |
| 2 | ‘ May I stay here for a pot of tea ? ’ |
| 3 | May I come in for a moment ? |
| 4 | Should you pay more for the rock — especially if there is something else attached to the rock , other than your intended purchase ? |
| 5 | Should she go in for a drink ? |
| 6 | ‘ Should we pop out for an hour or so and take a late breakfast ? ’ |
| 7 | ( Why should anyone pay more for the right to purchase a share than the price of the share itself ? ) |
| 8 | please , please could someone help just for an hour , we need help , we 're too sh |
| 9 | Well Miss rang me up about twenty to nine and said could I come in for the day and I said you 've had it for the day though consider the afternoon . |
| 10 | Could you stay here for a minute ? |
| 11 | ‘ May we stay here for a little , until we find a place of our own ? ’ |
| 12 | May we search consistently for the best in other people . |
| 13 | anyway the girl said well I 'll ring first to see where you get your application form she , and the , Sue phoned and was on the other end and I said oh you should apparently you 've got have erm , er , application form and Mrs going to send you one , I said is that Mrs on the line she said is that Mrs speaking , she said yeah , I said will you tell it 's Mrs she said oh , well , tell Mrs she 's no need to apply I 've got all her details and she is being looked at , you know , we are looking into it anyway erm , as I say I had this letter just after Christmas to say that there was a job coming up at the Mencap at Wellingborough Road , Rushden , and I was being selected and erm would I go up for the informal interview on the Monday and the formal interview at the hospital the next morning , so I went up got the first person there and er she , she , it 's a new , it 's an old house but they 've done it all up and there all papers on the floor and then she said oh I think I 'll pick these up Ir Irene , I said oh call me Joy everybody does and she said alright , OK , I said oh I 'll help you so of course I said , I went straight down with her on the floor picking all these papers up and she , and when the next person come she said poor old Joy ai n't even got in the door and that 's it , she 's already working and she said I can see you 're like me Joy you 'll do a job when you see it 's got ta be done , I said I 've always been the same , I ca n't , I ca n't see a spoon or a bit of paper laying on the floor |
| 14 | Which way shall I turn round for the fringe ? |
| 15 | er , how long have we got , oh about , not even half way through the tape yet , shall we go upstairs for a bit ? |
| 16 | Would it hold up for the half-minute or so it would take me to drive across ? |
| 17 | The upshot of it all was that they wanted me to ask Derek would he come in for a sperm count . |
| 18 | Will you come in for a cup of tea ? |
| 19 | Can I come up for a moment ? ’ |
| 20 | If I 've had a big bill , occasionally I 've had to say to my mum ‘ I 've no money left , can I come down for the week ? ’ and I 've had to go down there . |
| 21 | Now we need an optimistic accountant , can somebody look out for an optimistic accountant |
| 22 | Can you sit down for a while after that ? |
| 23 | Can you find out for the Army for me ? |
| 24 | Can SHe stay here for a few days ? ’ |