Example sentences of "[subord] i [vb mod] [vb infin] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you could find me a garret somewhere near you , where I could live for the next three months , I could finish it , and perhaps get it Published . |
| 2 | ‘ Which is more than I can say for the rest of this wretched world . ’ |
| 3 | which is more than I can say for the inflatable . |
| 4 | More than I can say for the other fella , Berger . |
| 5 | Now listen , I need an hour 's kip and a bath , so I 'll settle for the bath . |
| 6 | He had me educated so I could speak for the Romanies of today — and of the future . |
| 7 | If I may speak for the Law Officers of the Crown , we are scrupulous in bearing that vital principle in mind . |
| 8 | That 's including Chippingfield if you had seen it as we saw it when we came here you would recognise how much work has gone into building the town because I was on the the council then I was asked if I would stand for the council which was then only a parish council there was no urban district council that was n't formed for four or five years afterwards and of course , we had to fight for lights everything that , er that we needed we had to fight for because there was no lighting on Netteswell Road where our children were going to school , and there were little ones . |
| 9 | She came to me one day and asked me if I would stand for the council , which I did . |
| 10 | I dreaded to discover just what symptom of drug dependency I was witnessing , and wondered if I should shout for the big Jackson Chatterton to come and rescue me , but then Rickie turned his terrified gaze on to me . |
| 11 | Just to answer some of the queries and comments that perhaps with Mr on the er problems of consultation , which we do accept , and they 're , if I can apologize for the coverage of the leaflet . |
| 12 | I wondered if I could arrange for the wreck to be taken back — er — back home . |