Example sentences of "i [modal v] [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If , as I must assume for present purposes , the plaintiffs have a good cause of action in professional negligence against the third party , then it must be at least possible , if not indeed likely , that the damages recoverable by the plaintiffs from the third party would include damages under at least some of these heads . |
| 2 | I should apologize for canned soup , but I spent so long talking to Stanley this morning |
| 3 | ‘ Sometimes I could kill for fresh pasta . ’ |
| 4 | I have already mentioned the stipulation that before I could qualify for married status I should have passed two language exams . |
| 5 | When I was a bairn I loathed and feared these dogs , and as my parents often liked to get rid of me I used to stay for short holidays with both uncles , and so I saw more of the dogs than I liked . |
| 6 | At first I would go for short walks , lasting perhaps half an hour , and then return to bed sufficiently impressed with my own daring to be able to relax into sleep . |
| 7 | Well Fred 's got my Graham Thomas because it really is a superb rose but as well as that I would go for hybrid musk and I think of all the hybrid musk , my favourite is Felicia because of that silvery pink , lovely double shaped flower and that is very very heavily scented and I would have to have the bourbon rose the th the double white creamy white bourbon rose , if , you could almost eat that , that wo n't get more than about six foot and you can prune it to keep it in shape a bit if it begins to get too straggly . |
| 8 | Dana was always balanced between the two , whereas I would fluctuate for long periods — a year or two in the male , a year or two in the female scale , with often sharp and distressing adjustments of behaviour and character . |
| 9 | Mr Hamilton said : ‘ I am deeply concerned at what you have told me and I shall ask for immediate steps to be taken for normal decencies to be observed . ’ |
| 10 | " I will send for old Mokosh , " Neva said . |
| 11 | Smith : I will fight for economic efficiency and a fairer society |
| 12 | He can go for long periods without food ; I can go for long periods without sleep . |
| 13 | If I find I 'm at a dead end , then I can ask for outside help . |
| 14 | I said , ‘ I 'm so afraid that the motor areas are taking over ; but at least reflex actions are true to oneself , which is more than I can say for blind hatred . ’ |