Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [verb] for [art] " 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 | If I may digress for a moment , I refer him in turn to the successful water system invented by the Greeks at Pergamon . |
| 3 | ‘ I just think I ought to look for a useful job . |
| 4 | " Dr. Lorrimer — he 's the Principal Scientific Officer in charge of the Biology Department — says that I ought to work for an A-level subject and try for a job as an Assistant Scientific Officer . |
| 5 | I must apologise for the delay in responding . |
| 6 | ‘ I must go for the priest — ’ she said to the empty room . |
| 7 | Ranald , lad , I must sit for a while . ’ |
| 8 | I tell myself I must prepare for the worst . |
| 9 | I have n't found any , I must look for the instructions , I |
| 10 | The aorta , I should explain for the benefit of our young friend , is the major artery leading from the heart … |
| 11 | Well then while I was serving as a detective , you can just imagine I made plenty of arrests , and I got along reasonably well with most people , but there was one man I hated yes I hated him , I , I 'd only been a detective I should think for a period of about , oh five or six months , and a man , he called on the Reverend who was the , the vicar of St. Mary where |
| 12 | I dreaded to discover just what symptom of drug dependency I was witnessing , and wondered if I should shout for the big Jackson Chatterton to come and rescue me , but then Rickie turned his terrified gaze on to me . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | But just in case Vecchi tied in with the five thousand reward Mr. Bonanza was posting , I did n't see why I should settle for the usual sawbuck . ’ |
| 15 | But perhaps I should stop for a moment and explain why Rose was angry about my nose and my hair — and why I , a Rassendyll , said I was an Elphberg . |
| 16 | Perhaps I should send for the doctor ? ’ |
| 17 | I should like for the purposes of this inquiry to reconstruct an average evening , an ordinary evening , a typical evening . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | I should work for the B B C should n't I as a news reporter |
| 20 | ‘ Someone must pay for the Privilege of having me spend valuable time in directing the operations of bone-headed policemen like you ! |
| 21 | I might go for a stroll to get up an appetite — the exercise 'll do me good . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Er I might come for a little while . |
| 24 | Could you tell me what kit I might need for the cross country phase for both horse and rider ? |
| 25 | The little shop had been arranged as what I have seen described as a mini-hypermarket , so I found a basket and busied myself with collecting what supplies I thought I might need for the next couple of days . |
| 26 | And then , you know you think well erm , this sort of the area we 're going , I might look for a person , you know , particular types of person . |
| 27 | I 'll vote for the right person wo n't I . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll stay for a few days at least — if she can put up with me . ’ |
| 29 | Then they 'll say ‘ I 'll stop for a cup of tea then — oh , I ca n't go now it 's too late , I think I 'll stop tonight but I must go home tomorrow ’ . ’ |
| 30 | I 'll walk for a couple of hours . |