Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [pron] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 I 'll propose Emily 's report and , and in doing so I 'd like to say thank you to her for her sterling work this year , I think she 's done a terrific job erm and I 'd like to thank her personally for the help she 's given me over the year .
2 ‘ I should like to see you alone for a moment , Caroline , if you please . ’
3 Cos the we er did get people contacting the office to say I 've got a lump sum , I 'd like to put it somewhere for a couple of years , and er we always wondered why they 're thinking of a couple of years .
4 I do n't want to do something just for the sake of it , I do n't really care about being on the Council , it 's just that I wanted to do something about those wretched caravans .
5 As for snooker , well , to approach the televisual ideal , by which we all measure ourselves , I 'd have to do nothing else for the rest of my life .
6 Someone must have brought it here for a purpose , but I must admit it looks abandoned .
7 Yes ar are not that good but I 'm working at it on a sort of regional basis erm but you may have to keep me here for a very long time in order to achieve it .
8 Well , you never know , you might have to study it then for the exams .
9 Otherwise , Kovacevich was well wide of the mark and if he respects this work he might contemplate putting it away for a few years before reconsidering its interpretation .
10 Perhaps you and Iris would care to join me there for a drink one evening ? ’
11 we can always ask to put them away for a week yeah that 's what I might do
12 I can not say thank you enough for the effort that has gone on . ’
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