Example sentences of "[verb] i [vb mod] [vb infin] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm not all that interested in voting , but if I do I think I 'll vote for Mr Field , but I 'm not sure , ’ said Mr Bingham . |
| 2 | ‘ Good try , but you surely do n't think I 'll fall for a line like that ? ’ |
| 3 | No , I do n't think I 'd go for a house that erm I would n't but those big houses of course it would have alarms would n't it ? |
| 4 | So it 's going to take a very long time , because it has been male orientated , but until we get the attitude of the work place , which is encouraging their piers to apply for jobs instead of , oh , of course , I do n't think I will apply for that job . |
| 5 | What do you think I can do for you ? ’ |
| 6 | I do n't think I can play for the dancing this year . |
| 7 | what do you think I should have for tea Kyle ? eh ? |
| 8 | There 'd been some snow , and erm er he was n't well , and could I if I cared I could look for a work elsewhere , as i it was just impossible for him to pay wages , you see ? |
| 9 | I 'd barely finished my prawn cocktail before I realised I could fall for him . ’ |
| 10 | No well I mean I can pay for it , it 's just a question of getting it and sort of erm only we 're not often here on a Sunday , if Mr is here , is it |
| 11 | If a girl had exceeded the way she should behave I would send for her parents . |
| 12 | I promised I 'd cook for them . ’ |
| 13 | If they know which party you are from and say , ‘ Oh I expect I 'll vote for you ’ , they probably mean ‘ I wo n't , but I want to get rid of you quickly because Dallas is just beginning ’ , or , I 've no idea and I 'm really not interested — politicians are all the same . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , I expect I 'll volunteer for one of the leads , ’ he said , leaning back and crossing his long brown legs nonchalantly . |
| 15 | A blue one signifies I shall wait for better days . |
| 16 | ‘ Yes , but I 've said I 'll experiment for a while before making a decision . |
| 17 | At two fifty , thank you , at two fifty I 've got I shall sell for two fifty if there 's no further bid at two hundred and fifty pounds . |
| 18 | ‘ My son is entitled to his natural heritage and my wealth will be his wealth in time , though as he grows I 'll pay for his welfare and his education . ’ |
| 19 | Mum flopped down in her chair and did n't say a word but by her look I could see I would suffer for it later . |
| 20 | With my family growing up I was needing more money and er that 's when I decided I would apply for a foreman 's job at . |
| 21 | Having hit a bad patch , financially , I decided I must try for some paid work with my knitting machine . |
| 22 | I guess I could pass for short and fat if you looked at me through the end of a glass of liquor . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Does that mean I can apply for the job ? ’ |
| 24 | I felt I might cry for ever , whereupon Stu shouted ‘ Wensleydale ! ’ and I just howled some more , like a jackal , like a pathetic pye-dog . |
| 25 | I was shaken by its totality , its danger — here was a being that I knew I would die for without hesitation . |
| 26 | I knew I should wait for you to grow up . |
| 27 | How could you leave me when you knew I 'd come for you ? |
| 28 | You knew immediately that Jancey had stuffed these guys into her flat because she knew I 'd come for a showdown , and it had to be tonight . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |