Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] my [noun] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we were sitting there , in this horrible place where the ‘ glass of white ’ is even more noxious than the yeoman 's brew , and their selection of Highland malts is less than the finest , and I 'm getting these pancreas-piercing whiffs of other people 's nicotine ( hit me with a gasper , go on , do it to me — I 'll betray my country for a Silk Cut , I 'll betray my friends for a Winston ) when Stuart , with a creepily smug look on his face , suddenly announces , ‘ We 're taking off , you know . ’ |
| 2 | So we were sitting there , in this horrible place where the ‘ glass of white ’ is even more noxious than the yeoman 's brew , and their selection of Highland malts is less than the finest , and I 'm getting these pancreas-piercing whiffs of other people 's nicotine ( hit me with a gasper , go on , do it to me — I 'll betray my country for a Silk Cut , I 'll betray my friends for a Winston ) when Stuart , with a creepily smug look on his face , suddenly announces , ‘ We 're taking off , you know . ’ |
| 3 | To cut a long story short , it was n't until Wednesday that I could fit my shoes for the wedding , which was Thursday ! |
| 4 | I could n't wait for the bell to ring at four in the afternoon when class would end and I could bang my lid for the last time before running all the way down the Whitechapel Road to help out on the barrow . |
| 5 | Surely I could forget my surroundings for an hour and a half . |
| 6 | PAMELA : [ aside ] I would give my life for a farthing . |
| 7 | Today , I would give my life for the state of Israel . |
| 8 | The ‘ grounds ’ that most interest me are about 6in beneath those once trod by the aristocrats , so I 'm sure the snobbish doctor 's ghost will tolerate my company for an afternoon . |
| 9 | ‘ That fucker , my father-in-law , will ruin my erection for the whole day , ’ he said . |
| 10 | I hope you will print my letter for the benefit of the young women who think they are in love and are willing to overlook ‘ a few things ’ because they are afraid that they ca n't live without the guy . |
| 11 | ‘ Take them off and let's get them dry , you can borrow my slippers for the time being . |
| 12 | Nothing my father says can enter my brain for the words already in there screaming : Murdering toad . |
| 13 | You can thank my wife for the date . |
| 14 | I have almost no social life , free only when my disabled mother can manage my child for a few hours . |
| 15 | It 's all right for me — I can close my eyes for a moment , and stroke my beard , and make little gasping noises to myself . |