Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [vb infin] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a long discussion , they decided that one of them should ask for more food after supper that evening , and Oliver was chosen . |
| 2 | I may look for another opportunity to talk to Mrs Tate . ’ |
| 3 | If , as I must assume for present purposes , the plaintiffs have a good cause of action in professional negligence against the third party , then it must be at least possible , if not indeed likely , that the damages recoverable by the plaintiffs from the third party would include damages under at least some of these heads . |
| 4 | I must apologise for this stupid oversight which is doubtless my fault — a symptom of the pressure we seem to be constantly under these days . |
| 5 | Imagine my disgust when I told the car park attendant of the delays , only to be informed that I must pay for two hours parking , as ‘ That is what is on the computer . ’ |
| 6 | So I if I put that in , I must apologize for misleading the panel . |
| 7 | To any of you with decent sensibilities , I must apologize for these horrific images . |
| 8 | I must apologize for this one , it 's hard for me sometimes to understand it as well . |
| 9 | Having hit a bad patch , financially , I decided I must try for some paid work with my knitting machine . |
| 10 | Shiva thought , I must wait for more news , I must bear it and wait . |
| 11 | There 'll be a great big clamour I sho I should think for those seats ! |
| 12 | Her opening words , which echo a pair of lines in Chaucer 's first fabliau in the sequence of the Canterbury Tales , the Miller 's Tale ( I : 3768 – 9 ) , invite a dialogue charged with sexual connotations , not only in the obvious case of " " ryse " " , but also in the detectable reference to a conventional love-sickness : The monk 's answer immediately confirms the sexual topic of the dialogue , and dispenses with any euphemistic disguises : This rapid movement to a contextually surprising level of familiarity on the topic of sexual intimacy is paralleled in the French fabliau Auburee , where the old bawd , Auburee , in procuring a young wife for a besotted admirer , visits the wife and moves smartly into the bedroom , declaring : ( " I should certainly like to see your bed : then I should know for certain if you lie in the same splendour as the first wife did . " ) |
| 13 | I should imagine for some of the big lever locks . |
| 14 | I should apologize for canned soup , but I spent so long talking to Stanley this morning |
| 15 | I 'll do for that bastard one day . |
| 16 | And if they ever want a reference , I 'll stand for that . |
| 17 | Oh I 'll stay for this . |
| 18 | If you want me to come back , I 'll speak for another five hours . |
| 19 | Yes I 'll go for that . |
| 20 | I 'll go for that |
| 21 | er , I 'll go for that one |
| 22 | Yeah , I 'll go for that |
| 23 | I 'll go for 1–1 , failing that a 2–1 defeat . |
| 24 | Oh actually I I think I would go , I 'll go for this er mild korma chicken . |
| 25 | I 'll send for some coffee and we can plan this . |
| 26 | I 'll send for some brandy and then she 'll be her old self again . |
| 27 | I 'm tempted to suggest the Mercedes S-class for being visually boring , but I respect Bruno Sacco too much , so I 'll plump for any current Maserati for not living up to the legend . |
| 28 | You ca n't tidy up the house until after the fingerprint team have been , and I 've already told you that I 'll arrange for that to be done . ’ |
| 29 | I do n't have a thermometer to hand , but I 'll settle for 101 . |
| 30 | ‘ But if you tell me my players will perform well tonight , I 'll settle for that . ’ |