Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [verb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It appears contradictory that someone should ask for advice and then reject it .
2 I was never encouraged to think that I should aim for university .
3 The Lord wonderfully provided for me to visit the country in March 1990 and later that year He revealed that I should prepare for service among Albanians .
4 ‘ — that cherubic infant , ’ continued Anne , ‘ I should dance for joy from here to Westminster ! ’
5 what do you think I should have for tea Kyle ? eh ?
6 I should have for Christmas .
7 I knew that there was one place , and one place only — and there one person only — to which I might turn for help !
8 You might be surprised to find that it only means an increase in activity of fifteen percent of what you 're currently doing , to achieve something that 's in year three , that you 've got as year three , and you might think , ooh , that 's what I 'll do for year two .
9 I 'll shout for help . ’
10 I 'll go for race track .
11 DEREK REDMOND , Britain 's crocked Olympic hero , vowed last night : ‘ I 'll go for gold again . ’
12 Mummy I 'll go for blue .
13 Now I 'll go for number eleven .
14 ‘ If anything turns up , ’ she said , ‘ I 'll arrange for word to be left on the front desk .
15 But being a martyr to duty I 'll settle for tea .
16 I think I 'll settle for poverty . ’
17 ‘ I 'm not bringing anyone at all and , as to the seat , I 'll pay for mine as soon as I see you . ’
18 I 'll pay for silence . ’
19 I 'll care for baby vowed priest
20 I 'll ask for double . ’
21 I 'll ask for information Norman .
22 ‘ She says , can you come to coffee and tell her about what I 'll need for school . ’
23 I 'll wait for Daddy .
24 I 'll wait for granddad , he 's got my diary .
25 ‘ Please go , ’ Alexandra said , fielding the lion as he plunged at her , ‘ I 'll call for help if I need it .
26 There 's one thing I 'll say for history .
27 I wandered in a desultory fashion into the family room which looked dead without the fire blazing and began to wonder what I could make for dinner .
28 So I could have for instance thirty two tape devices running in parallel to back up my database .
29 I could sue for slander . ’
30 To him at least I could turn for assistance .
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