Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [verb] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.

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1 I said I may have to hurt him for a remark like that .
2 And erm I got down on my hands and knees I must 've done it for an hour
3 After reading your December/January issue of Tennis World , I felt I must write to thank you for the article entitled ‘ Agassi — A Coach 's Dream ’ .
4 but I should like to examine it for a little longer .
5 I should like to thank them for their outstanding contribution to BP , extending over many years .
6 I should have asked you for more , ’ said Nubenehem .
7 I should have done it for myself . ’
8 Now we do n't have any new things , I should have Thank you for asking the question because we 're trying to give the impression of a medieval house the what 's special about this is that it 's a medieval house as it looked when it was new .
9 Seemed to think I should have known it for myself .
10 I should have taken it for granted there was something the matter . ’
11 I should have won it for Everton .
12 I might have to hurt you for that .
13 I think I 'll stop using it for a bit .
14 I 'll have given it for someone else who needs it just as badly , ’ Belinda finished for him .
15 But I 'll have done something for four years .
16 " If you wo n't do it yourself , I 'll have to do it for you . "
17 But we , cos I 'll have to do it for you so , something interesting for me to do .
18 it finishes on the eighteen so I 'll have to book it for the previous Friday so Harry says oh that 's great it 'll be my birthday too .
19 you know , I 'll say thank you for taking Anna-Marie to , to the Mozart concert .
20 Just tell me and I 'll try to get it for you . ‘
21 ‘ He 's your picture , Jake , ’ she used to say over the laddie 's cot , laughing like a witch ; and I could 've killed her for it . ’
22 But she was gone before I could finish asking her for help , borne away by three identically dressed musketeers , waving her whip in the air , and lost in the crowds again .
23 say if you 'd done it I could have took it for you tomorrow or the next day .
24 I could have said it for him .
25 I could have forgiven him for the debts he piled up , but the lies , having another woman — I can never forgive that , ’ Jean says .
26 I 'd never read it but I knew how much I could have sold it for .
27 I could have resolved it for you , ’ he said , ‘ if only you 'd come to see me earlier .
28 Mona hesitated , then offered : ‘ If you seriously need that list I could try to get it for you .
29 I thought I 'd 've got them for me bleeding snap .
30 Conversations such as this can help children see the point : Penny : " I love giraffes — I love stroking them on my lap — I 'd love to have one for a pet . "
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