Example sentences of "i [modal v] [verb] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should apologize for canned soup , but I spent so long talking to Stanley this morning |
| 2 | ‘ Sometimes I could kill for fresh pasta . ’ |
| 3 | I have already mentioned the stipulation that before I could qualify for married status I should have passed two language exams . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | " I will send for old Mokosh , " Neva said . |
| 6 | Smith : I will fight for economic efficiency and a fairer society |
| 7 | If I find I 'm at a dead end , then I can ask for outside help . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |