Example sentences of "[pron] i [vb mod] [vb infin] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In spite of no one being here but you and me I shall dress for dinner tonight , and expect you to do likewise . ’ |
| 2 | Fiction : With a sunscreen to protect me I can sunbathe for much longer . |
| 3 | There was nothing I could do for it this time' ) , but ‘ Is She Really Going Out With Him ? ’ , formerly ditched , now finds itself reinstated , although apparently in a setting designed to tease out its reluctant humour once and for all . |
| 4 | As Fielding led me back to our table I made a powerfully worded verbal pass at a salacious waitress , who appeared to be all for it but then came down with some deep sorrow in the kitchen , and when I burst through the double-doors to console her two men in sweat-grey T-shirts assured me there was nothing I could do for the poor child . |
| 5 | Harold there 's nothing I can do for you , but a Cadbury 's boost |
| 6 | The plain fact of the matter is , there is nothing I can do for your wife . ’ |
| 7 | I was especially fond of my maternal grandparents ' dog , Luath , an exquisitely patient collie with whom I would sit for hours , pretending or half-pretending that we could read one another 's thoughts . |
| 8 | Yeah , I I 'll pay for it ! |
| 9 | I 'm well in front and I can easy just lose the hundred but I I 'll try for it without trying to knock down too many skittles . |
| 10 | Right well I let's I I I would go for schools if I were you . |
| 11 | The er the only figure that I I can find for commuting erm supplied by the County Council is in er table five of N Y six I think it is , N Y six , where the County Council give er at the bottom of that erm on the bottom line of that table , a figure for Richmondshire of er three point five percent . |
| 12 | And my Will is to be Buried in Linen in a Suit which I shall provide for that purpose And I do hereby order and direct that the Sum of Ten Pounds shall be paid to the person who shall be the last in attending me to the time of my expiring and who shall see me Inclosed and laid in my Coffin in Linen . |
| 13 | Certainly , field research of this kind is not something which I would recommend for the inexperienced . |
| 14 | I knew that there was one place , and one place only — and there one person only — to which I might turn for help ! |
| 15 | I have considered whether this is a case which I should remit for hearing before the justices . |
| 16 | I could send you a list of vacancies , and mark any I thought might suit Mrs Ross and which I could vouch for . |
| 17 | There is no way in which I can vote for a guillotine which so severely curtails debate in Committee . |
| 18 | Your expenses , beyond stamps , which I can provide for you , will be nothing , I suppose , at Sandgate — no railway fares , & c & c . |
| 19 | Certainly it 's one small car which I can drive for several hours at a stretch and step out feeling refreshed . |
| 20 | I do not consider he or she a terrible mistake which I will regret for the rest of my life , and I do n't feel I have lost important years of my adolescence . |
| 21 | The local authority , the Croydon London Borough Council , had applied to the justices in circumstances to which I will refer for an interim care order . |
| 22 | I enclose herewith a photocopy of my suggested replies to the various categories , with the exception of ‘ What is your planned use of reserves ? ’ and ‘ What is your Regional charge on band D of the Council Tax ? ’ , both of which I will leave for you to insert at the appropriate time . |
| 23 | And there 's a couple of blokes I need to talk to , old mates who I can trust for a good turn , if and when I hear that you need it . |
| 24 | All right I 'll try for you I 'll try for you I 'll see if I can O nine O four six four one six four one . |
| 25 | I 've always voted conservative but I feel they 've made such a mess of everything I 'll vote for someone different this time . |
| 26 | If there is something I might do for you in return ? ’ |
| 27 | And it 's something I 'll remember for the rest of my life . |
| 28 | Ex-presidential candidate Ross Perot told The Wall Street Journal he did n't mean he would take John Akers ' job when he told TV host Larry King that ‘ If there 's something I could do for IBM , well , I owe them that forever . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Is there something I can do for you ? ’ she snapped peevishly . |
| 30 | As someone said before in his starts for Leeds his goals per match are pretty impressive , and he plays his heart out , not something I can say for Dean . |