Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [modal v] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just hope she 'll sleep for a little while . |
| 2 | We think they should be able to get jobs and hope they will stay for a few years at least . |
| 3 | If your hair is fine and limp you should go for a conditioner with body building properties . |
| 4 | now I am retired and er yes last year I was feeling a bit decrepit , you know I used to go for a full wal walk round after lunch , after dinner , around where she lives and it 's much harder now . |
| 5 | I know it will hurt for a little while , but I 'll get better , so why worry ? |
| 6 | ‘ I just think I ought to look for a useful job . |
| 7 | There are many good makes of boots in this category though I think I would opt for a pair of Scarpa boots because they will accept the wonderful Yeti gaiters ( £50 ) and are excellent in their own right . |
| 8 | I think I 'll go for a W-A-L-K. ( spelling the word letter by letter in front of a dog ) |
| 9 | ‘ I think I 'll go for a walk , ’ she said . |
| 10 | ‘ Whatever Sara might or might not have done , I think I 'll go for a walk . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ No , I think I 'll go for a short walk along the seafront . |
| 12 | ‘ I think I 'll walk for a bit , ’ she called to him . |
| 13 | MAX : I think I 'll relax for a while . |
| 14 | I think we ought to ask for a pay increase , not from him , from the job cos he comes home scruffy this is the cleanest that he 's come home so far . |
| 15 | This we think we can discount for a number of reasons : first , the magnitude of the risk aversion would need to be rather large for the result ( that an increase in a is good ) to be reversed ( particularly when the reservation value is generally above the mean price ) ; second , subjects were paid proportionately to their total profits over 16 decision periods ( 32 decisions ) so that any risk aversion would already have been significantly averaged out ; third , the subjects appeared to be trying to make as much money out of the experiment as possible ( implying that they were behaving in a risk-neutral fashion ) ; fourth , the majority of the responses to two questions on the questionnaire indicated risk-neutrality . |
| 16 | I promise it will make for a more positive atmosphere around you . |