Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [vb infin] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may have something for him . ’ |
| 2 | I must leave you for a while . |
| 3 | I must prepare you for a surprise that will not , I hope , upset you too much . |
| 4 | ‘ He 's a professional photographer — I must pay him for his work ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I must thank you for this , if for nothing else , ’ she said and , placing him back in Tamar 's arms , turned and went from the room . |
| 6 | ‘ I suppose I must thank you for that , ’ replied the Queen of Casterbridge market rather ungratefully . |
| 7 | I must thank you for replying so promptly to the questionnaire which we enclosed with the last issue of The Birmingham Magazine . |
| 8 | ‘ I must thank you for your kindness — and you too , Mrs Wood . |
| 9 | Only a man could say such cruel things , ’ and then , belatedly , remembering her manners , which her mama had so often told her she was always forgetting , ‘ But I must thank you for taking me in . |
| 10 | ‘ Let me help you to put your shoe back on , ’ he said gently , ‘ and I must thank you for coming to my rescue . |
| 11 | ‘ And I must thank you for consenting to see me . |
| 12 | ‘ Master Parry , ’ he said , ‘ I must thank you for granting me this interview , so strangely requested . |
| 13 | ‘ I must thank you for all this and giving me food in the week and I 'm sorry for what I said , it 's just that I 'm not used to people being nice to me . |
| 14 | I must ask you for help — I have no one else ! |
| 15 | I think , therefore , that I must ask you for a ruling . |
| 16 | I may tell lies all my life if it 's expedient but I must know them for what they are and I must never tell them to myself . |
| 17 | I must get one for my er garage er , er a tape recorder , I 've got the wireless in there but oh you know er , most of the time it 's the noise is n't it , you know what I mean , get the odd programme you want to listen to , but a lot of the time it 's erm pop music and that which I ca n't , I ca n't abide and then your Jimmy Young and |
| 18 | Another problem with doing these talks is working out at what level I should pitch them for different age groups . |
| 19 | ‘ Are you suggesting that I should do it for you ? ’ she queried sweetly . |
| 20 | Yet it is impossible I should love him for his vices all ugly him over . |
| 21 | Thinking that maybe this man was the right man , that maybe it was him I should ask him for directions , him who would take me home or wherever it was I was trying to get to . |
| 22 | ‘ But if I should ask you for — say , a cordial , to relieve my troubles … ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I should slap you for that remark but you 're not worth soiling my hands with . |
| 24 | I know I should hate her for it , but I ca n't . |
| 25 | ‘ And then I should hate you for ever , ’ complained Anne . |
| 26 | If you were three feet shorter , I might mistake you for Grumpy sometimes , ’ she ventured . |
| 27 | And then when I gave you the minimum premium er it was like right okay well that 's , that 's the easy way out is n't it , twenty quid a month , okay I might do something for twenty quid because I was n't committed and that 's what exploration of needs is all about and it 's , it 's so easy for me to sit and say yeah that 's what you need to do but putting myself in your shoes , you know , a few years ago |
| 28 | I might see something for Jackie . |
| 29 | four hundred and thirty quid , he said bloody hell , so what I said to him is , I know you 're gon na need a car , what I 'll do is er , I 'll get to work , I 'll put it , I 'll bring the car , you bring the car in beginning of the month , next month , right , said I wo n't be able to guarantee that I 'll get it done in a week cos I 've got other work booked in , but I 'll have it in here which means I 'll be able to do work to your car , right , and it 's better me being able to do that , then it , it 's sitting out outside your house and nobody touching it for a couple of weeks , now , I might have it for a couple of weeks , see and I 'll be able to do it in my own leisurely time then |
| 30 | ‘ Well , then — if you 'll go under the machines for me — I 'll do something for you . ’ |