Example sentences of "i [vb mod] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The notion of difference of level between quite different programming languages can equally well be expressed within a single language : at a single level of language , say of the programming language LISP , one normally defines a function in terms of sub-functions , so that I might for example write a function WALK(x) ( where x ranges over walkers ) whose sub-functions ( to be executed in order ) might be some form of LIFT-RIGHT-LEG ; FLEX-RIGHT-FOOT ; and so on ( I am not suggesting that sequence would be even remotely plausible in fact ) . |
| 2 | I did all I could for that plant , but while my White Poplar in the garden went from strength to strength , sprouting new branches and hundreds of suckers that came up like a forest over all the lawn , the fern bought on that memorable day when the second deluge had fallen just faded away before my eyes . |
| 3 | I was put off at Smith field and asked to get to the Strand as best I could for another bus . |
| 4 | I could no longer contain my emotion , but going down on my knees I wept as quietly as I could for quite a long while . |
| 5 | ‘ I have never sought an honour in my life — I just did what I could for my home village where I was born and raised . |
| 6 | And Gregory : ‘ I found it a tremendously exciting challenge to depict the past as convincingly as I could for the mass-market audience of today . ’ |
| 7 | I wanted the freedom and the encouragement to do the best I could for myself and my family . |
| 8 | I had discovered all I could for the moment . |
| 9 | ‘ Not too good , I 'm afraid — I did everything I could for the moment , but his kidney failure is almost complete . |
| 10 | I was glad to do what I could for my friend , the only survivor of the Praça days . |
| 11 | ‘ I would do anything I could for you , save — ’ |
| 12 | I watched the distant cloud from the explosion drift away over the firth , dispersing , then I turned and ran as fast as I could for the house . |
| 13 | So it was all a hotchpotch , it was all and I had to do the the best I could for those who showed fish and that was the only way I could do it . |
| 14 | I did as much as I could for as long as I could . |
| 15 | ‘ I did as much as I could for as long as I could . |
| 16 | yeah I know , but its still very hard work , and I 'm ten years older than he is I , I just did as much as I could for him really , I mean I did more mixing than he did , I did nearly all the mixing |
| 17 | Having regard to the terms of that subsection in its substituted and current form I would for my part place the duty which it imposes on the local authority on the decision-making , as distinct from the executive , side of the line . |
| 18 | For that reason I would for my part discharge this committal order . |
| 19 | I would for the moment , yeah , I would for the moment . |
| 20 | I would for the moment , yeah , I would for the moment . |
| 21 | But I would for two brothers or eight cousins ’ . |
| 22 | I mean I would , I would I 'd stick a needle in their bottoms just like I would for a dog that had gone b , gone bad , I 'd say poor creature ca n't help it |
| 23 | But one reason why on Thursday I shall for the first time be voting Conservative , with passionate conviction , may be illustrated by a meeting I attended in our constituency last Sunday , at which several hundred people were addressed by our four candidates . |
| 24 | More exactly , since these five writers differ not only from other New Critics but also among themselves , I shall for the sake of clarity and simplicity concentrate on two texts , Wimsatt 's The Verbal Icon and Brooks 's The Well-Wrought Urn , referring to the work of the others only insofar as it corroborates or develops what is said there . |
| 25 | In his letter of acceptance he wrote , ‘ I gladly accept and I shall do all I can for you , ’ and he did literally that . |
| 26 | The tremolo took all the abuse I could possibly muster against it and I can for once say that retuning the guitar was not necessary as a result — absolutely solid as a rock . |
| 27 | But my place is here , to gain the best terms I can for this unhappy town . |
| 28 | Had she been asked that minute what her exact feelings were , she might have said , I have done what I can for Andrée , if she 's going to blow cold again , if she does n't want to see me any more , vogue la galère , I shall have to survive , I shall . |
| 29 | I can for myself see no argument in favour of the privilege against producing a document the contents of which may go to show that the holder has committed a criminal offence . |
| 30 | They 'd served their purpose , as a handwritten note pushed through the door on the Saturday afternoon had shown ; Mr Sampson — Appreciate your haste and will get things moving as quickly as I can for you . |