Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I may speak for the Law Officers of the Crown , we are scrupulous in bearing that vital principle in mind . |
| 2 | I must apologise for the delay in responding . |
| 3 | ‘ I must go for the priest — ’ she said to the empty room . |
| 4 | The aorta , I should explain for the benefit of our young friend , is the major artery leading from the heart … |
| 5 | The next day I received a visit from Humphrey Atkins , by then our Chief Whip , telling me in enthusiastic and forceful terms that I should stand for the leadership . |
| 6 | Perhaps I should send for the doctor ? ’ |
| 7 | which is enough to do four little little pictures I thought I might do for the craft thing in September , erm you know our flower festival and erm in which case I 'd have had to purchase a few of your little thingies that 's pretty . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll go for the midwife ! ’ |
| 9 | I 'll go for the bear . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll settle for the rump steak , then . ’ |
| 11 | Now listen , I need an hour 's kip and a bath , so I 'll settle for the bath . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll pay for the call of course . ’ |
| 13 | I 'll pay for the tape . |
| 14 | Well , leave it up to me , I 'll see what I can get I 'll get for the party . |
| 15 | I 'll ask for the headmistress . ’ |
| 16 | So erm the money that I was gon na you know , use for that I 'll use for the ticket . |
| 17 | I 'll come for the dog later on . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 'll ring for the doctor . |
| 19 | And it 's something I 'll remember for the rest of my life . |
| 20 | I 'll wait for the dirt-digging till we 're eating . |
| 21 | I 'll wait for the call . |
| 22 | I wondered if I could arrange for the wreck to be taken back — er — back home . |
| 23 | Er … would you by any chance have a room I could take for the night ? |
| 24 | I 'd vote for the party candidate . ’ |
| 25 | I really could n't I would never get the price I 'd want for the alphabet . |
| 26 | We arranged that I 'd go for the weekend , but I would n't leave my sister . |
| 27 | But , if a test on a chimpanzee would save my child 's life I 'm afraid I 'd go for the test on the chimpanzee . |
| 28 | She glanced downwards , just exactly as she had on the day I 'd come for the room . |
| 29 | I thought first of all that I 'd wait for the newspaper reports of the killing and use those as an excuse . |
| 30 | But I I really could n't I would never get the price I would want for the alphabet . |