Example sentences of "i [modal v] [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I just think I ought to look for a useful job . |
| 2 | Er I might come for a little while . |
| 3 | I 'll go for a tied up cat . |
| 4 | ‘ No , I think I 'll go for a short walk along the seafront . |
| 5 | I 'll settle for a good long engagement — to give you both time to be sure . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd settle for a Big Mac . |
| 7 | I 'd settle for an equal share . ’ |
| 8 | Even money , I 'd go for a nice simple runaway wife or daughter . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I thought I 'd go for a quick swim before breakfast , ’ she told them , deeply grateful that there was no sign of Guido . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I used to work for a certain er c er creamery there . |
| 12 | I used to work for a young lady who loved roses , you see , and she had a lot in her garden . |
| 13 | Although it 's not a shape that I would recommend for a large picture , it can look very attractive used to decorate cards and calendars . |
| 14 | Accordingly , I would ask for a periodic statement , preferably by the House of Lords , of some of the general principles upon which their charity decisions are founded … ’ |
| 15 | But I would opt for a self-catering package which enable you to take full advantage of the excellent weekly markets . |
| 16 | Oh I shall go for a quick B H. |
| 17 | Yet there are also brief moments of recovery , moments of gratified desire and a coming to life : ‘ on this abandoned divan , I shall inhale for a long while still the earthy , vegetal smell which the faun left behind ; then , in the morning , wakened at dawn , I shall fling myself into the delicious air ’ ( p. 104 ) . |
| 18 | The local authority , the Croydon London Borough Council , had applied to the justices in circumstances to which I will refer for an interim care order . |
| 19 | I will arrange for a spare office to be placed at your disposal . ’ |
| 20 | In future I will go for a rousing chorus of ‘ Absolutely , Cheerio , Cheery-bung , Bottoms up , Chin-chin , and a touch of the Pip-pips to you too . ’ |
| 21 | In time these three will form a screen so that I can arrange for a complete change of scenery on either side . |
| 22 | And there 's a couple of blokes I need to talk to , old mates who I can trust for a good turn , if and when I hear that you need it . |