Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 I may go through for a day you know .
2 I may go through for a day you know .
3 I was very tired but I knew that I must look out for a trap .
4 if I won bigger money , I should go in for a new house , which would be built to our own idea , so that we could get a bigger scullery … .
5 ‘ I should love to see them sometime , ’ said Charles , ‘ but I wonder if I might sit down for a little ?
6 Do you think I might come in for a few minutes and talk to you about Matilda ? ’
7 Actually I might put down for a s .
8 So then I decided I would like to be that I knew there was a job going on the electricians , so I thought well I 'll I 'll go in for the electrical side .
9 " I say , darling , " Stephen said , " I think I 'll go out for a bit , blow the cobwebs away . "
10 ‘ I 'll wash my hair — and then I 'll go out for a walk . ’
11 She says yeah she says I 'll pop in for a quick cuppa .
12 I 'll come back for an answer later on ! ’
13 I must be with my Minister at ten but I 'll come back for the funeral … or if anyone else wants to talk to me … ’
14 Now if they 're multiplied or divided then you ca n't say , Oh well I 'll just take this bit and do that and then I 'll come back for the other one .
15 And then after oh , after a few weeks she said I 'll come in for a cup of tea .
16 ‘ Well , I 'll come along for a little while to the bonfire , but do n't accept for me later .
17 ‘ Then I do n't think I 'll venture out for a stroll before bedtime . ’
18 I could go on for a long time in praise of Maxwell .
19 But er I could er I I could go on for a long time on that subject but time 's short dear ,
20 She told me she did n't eat lunch any more as it had become a bourgeois meal , but I could call in for a cup of de-caff and con her into whatever it was I wanted .
21 So he asked me if I 'd go in for a couple of weeks until he got something sorted out you know .
22 I dreaded seeing him , and thought I 'd go out for the evening , but then I realized there was no point in that , it was only putting off the inevitable .
23 ‘ I thought I 'd turn in for the night . ’
24 I thought I 'd wait up for the early morning newscast on the radio . ’
25 ‘ I do n't mind waiting , ’ she told him politely and pleasantly , though she could n't resist adding , ‘ Rosemary and I are friends ; I have n't seen her for ages , so I thought I 'd ring up for a chat . ’
26 Then I 'd go down the town buy us all clothes then , you and I would go out for a private dinner Jean .
27 I said that I would come in for every match and sit in the library and deal with questions and enquiries — there was no point in simply having it supervised by a steward who might know nothing about books or history . ’
28 When Tamar rose from the table , she remarked , ‘ I shall go out for a ride , Mama . ’
29 Yes , I think I shall stay on for a few days here . ’
30 I shall look out for a move . ’
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