Example sentences of "i [modal v] [vb infin] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may look for another opportunity to talk to Mrs Tate . ’ |
| 2 | Shiva thought , I must wait for more news , I must bear it and wait . |
| 3 | I should apologize for canned soup , but I spent so long talking to Stanley this morning |
| 4 | I 'll do for that bastard one day . |
| 5 | I 'll send for some brandy and then she 'll be her old self again . |
| 6 | I 'll send for some coffee and we can plan this . |
| 7 | Also if we do this self employment , I 'll ask for more admin time . |
| 8 | Well I think I 'll wait for some cheese |
| 9 | ‘ We 'll give it another quarter of an hour or so , ’ Laura said , ‘ and I 'll try for another reduction . |
| 10 | ‘ Sometimes I could kill for fresh pasta . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I could die for that ceiling , ’ he says . |
| 12 | I have already mentioned the stipulation that before I could qualify for married status I should have passed two language exams . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'd kill for some chocolate ! ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd kill for some chocolate ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd wait for that call . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ( In spite of the light breeze I would pay for this indulgence . |
| 18 | I would recommend for any talk that you give that you do n't use more than two types of visual aid . |
| 19 | I would ask for some Kleenex , some razor blades and I would get to that word and I could n't do it . ’ |
| 20 | And my Will is to be Buried in Linen in a Suit which I shall provide for that purpose And I do hereby order and direct that the Sum of Ten Pounds shall be paid to the person who shall be the last in attending me to the time of my expiring and who shall see me Inclosed and laid in my Coffin in Linen . |
| 21 | " I will send for old Mokosh , " Neva said . |
| 22 | I warned him that the trouble would probably recur , but with a smile he said , ‘ If it does , I will go for another ride in a bullock cart ! ’ |
| 23 | Smith : I will fight for economic efficiency and a fairer society |
| 24 | Struggling to control his anger , he stormed : ‘ If that 's what football is all about I will look for another job . |
| 25 | So it 's going to take a very long time , because it has been male orientated , but until we get the attitude of the work place , which is encouraging their piers to apply for jobs instead of , oh , of course , I do n't think I will apply for that job . |
| 26 | I might fool the fans , but the best I can hope for this season must be second from bottom and the third preliminary round of the FA Cup . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've had about all I can take for one day . ’ |
| 28 | If I find I 'm at a dead end , then I can ask for outside help . |
| 29 | I wan na know how much I can get for that thing though . |
| 30 | His saying was " If I can work for 1 Yard an hour I can walk for 1 1/2d an hour . |