Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [vb infin] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I may speak for the Law Officers of the Crown , we are scrupulous in bearing that vital principle in mind . |
| 2 | I must apologise for the delay in responding . |
| 3 | ‘ I must go for the priest — ’ she said to the empty room . |
| 4 | I have n't found any , I must look for the instructions , I |
| 5 | The aorta , I should explain for the benefit of our young friend , is the major artery leading from the heart … |
| 6 | The next day I received a visit from Humphrey Atkins , by then our Chief Whip , telling me in enthusiastic and forceful terms that I should stand for the leadership . |
| 7 | Perhaps I should send for the doctor ? ’ |
| 8 | I should like for the purposes of this inquiry to reconstruct an average evening , an ordinary evening , a typical evening . |
| 9 | In alluding to Ronald Duncan and The Criterion , he was referring to a proposal by Duncan — with whom I had been in correspondence , though I did not meet him until after the war — that I should write for The Townsman ( a magazine which he edited from an ancient mill situated in a valley on the Devon/Cornish border , where I was later to live and write about ) , an article analysing the reasons why The Criterion , after flourishing for seventeen years , had so suddenly come to an end . |
| 10 | I should work for the B B C should n't I as a news reporter |
| 11 | which is enough to do four little little pictures I thought I might do for the craft thing in September , erm you know our flower festival and erm in which case I 'd have had to purchase a few of your little thingies that 's pretty . |
| 12 | Andrew said : " I 'll go for the spades . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll go for the midwife ! ’ |
| 14 | I 'll go for the bear . |
| 15 | Her nightmares had deeply affected Richard , and so Beth had told her husband , ‘ Either they stay close by where I can hear them should they need me … or I 'll arrange for the children , and myself , to move to the east end of the house . ’ |
| 16 | I 'll arrange for the carriers to come down as soon as I get back . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'll settle for the rump steak , then . ’ |
| 18 | Now listen , I need an hour 's kip and a bath , so I 'll settle for the bath . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'll pay for the call of course . ’ |
| 20 | I 'll pay for the tape . |
| 21 | Well , leave it up to me , I 'll see what I can get I 'll get for the party . |
| 22 | I 'll ask for the headmistress . ’ |
| 23 | Er on Monday the Edinburgh holiday , now er I 'll need for the Birmingham , will we need an extra coach for that ? |
| 24 | So erm the money that I was gon na you know , use for that I 'll use for the ticket . |
| 25 | I 'll come for the dog later on . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I 'll ring for the doctor . |
| 27 | And it 's something I 'll remember for the rest of my life . |
| 28 | I 'll wait for the dirt-digging till we 're eating . |
| 29 | I 'll wait for the call . |
| 30 | I wondered if I could arrange for the wreck to be taken back — er — back home . |