Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [verb] [indef pn] for [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | ‘ You know that I 'll do anything for the children . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll send someone for a blanket and we 'll get her there in no time at all . ’ |
| 3 | Oh and I 'll have one for the last card . |
| 4 | I 've got to get out as soon as I get , I 've , I 've promised at night I 'd have , I 'll , I 'll have someone for a night , I 've got to have someone at night as well as the day |
| 5 | I 'd give anything for a sight of you in your pleasant civilian dress , and even the ‘ digs ’ would seem a veritable palace , compared with sand , and ragged Arabs , and khaki-drill shorts . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd give anything for a cup of tea . |
| 7 | I 'd promise anything for a leg over in those days , he used to say , but I 've got more about me now . |
| 8 | ‘ I shall do nothing for the simple reason that — knowing Doreen — it would be a waste of time and effort . |
| 9 | A good reputation will be merely a means to winning what I want from others ; I shall care nothing for the respect or contempt of people who can not help or ham me , and find no pleasure in the prospect of millions seeing my face on television or reading my books after I am dead . |