Example sentences of "i [verb] [to-vb] [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I got to charge you for the call-out , ’ said the cop . |
| 2 | There are four key ideas in that sentence , and I want to underline them for a few more minutes . |
| 3 | ‘ I want to thank you for the roses , ’ she said . |
| 4 | ‘ I want to thank you for the last five minutes . ’ |
| 5 | Two months later this tram-driver stopped me : ‘ I want to see you for a minute . |
| 6 | For example , although we do not have in English the grammaticalization of the levels of respect that exist in Javanese , we do have means of expressing degrees of respect , largely by choices in the use of expressions : thus ( 31 ) would generally be a more polite request than ( 30 ) : ( 30 ) I want to see you for a moment ( 31 ) I wondered if I could possibly see you for a moment So by taking at first just the grammaticalized or encoded features of context in the world 's languages , we would have both something like a " discovery procedure " for relevant functions of language , and a constraint on the relatively vacuous theorizing that often attends speculation about the " functions of speech " . |
| 7 | I want to commend you for the excellent job you have done on the Missing Girl story , from the time it broke until her body was found . |
| 8 | done it , she said I was reading it here and I meant to ask you for the , she said , anyway when he come back I said have you found them out , alright , he said I 've had a go he said |
| 9 | A trip to the local agent found they had not got one in stock , but I managed to get one for a P6 car . |
| 10 | ‘ On behalf of the family of my late brother , Robert , I wish to thank you for the compassion and care shown to him by your organization during his long and difficult illness . |
| 11 | But I need to see you for a moment . |
| 12 | If I have to lift them for a match of that importance then I might as well walk out of the job . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I have to see someone for a minute . |
| 14 | I wanted to thank you for the wonderful pair of walking boots — a prize from the February issue of Outdoor Action . |