Example sentences of "[adj] i [vb mod] [vb infin] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Master Taplow , ’ he whispered , ‘ there is very little I can do for you except make sure the gaoler gives you your wine , pray for your speedy death and that in Purgatory Christ will have mercy on your soul . ’ |
| 2 | This ‘ staff ’ he referred to was , of course , nothing more than the skeleton team of six kept on by Lord Darlington 's relatives to administer to the house up to and throughout the transactions ; and I regret to report that once the purchase had been completed , there was little I could do for Mr Farraday to prevent all but Mrs Clements leaving for other employment . |
| 3 | like that I 'll pay for it . |
| 4 | So erm the money that I was gon na you know , use for that I 'll use for the ticket . |
| 5 | But , if a test on a chimpanzee would save my child 's life I 'm afraid I 'd go for the test on the chimpanzee . |
| 6 | I wan na know how much I can get for that thing though . |
| 7 | but the back of the settee goes right back I know it looks nice , that 's about all I 'll say for it . |
| 8 | An enigma was all I could hope for . |
| 9 | I 've come on your wild-goose chase and that 's all I can do for you . ’ |
| 10 | That 's all I can promise for now . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 've had about all I can take for one day . ’ |
| 12 | Wheels are quieter than feet , you know , which is about all I can say for them . |
| 13 | By now my courage had failed and I had to be helped up the steep , wooden steps , the executioner 's assistants whispering that if I made a good show they would make sure I would choke for no more than ten minutes . |
| 14 | There 's nothing more I can do for you . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Is there anything more I can do for you today ? ’ he said presently . |
| 16 | Now , if there 's nothing more I can do for you for a while , I 'll leave you to rest . ’ |
| 17 | Time , right , I am moving the amendment the reference back and I 'm handing those papers to the Chief Executive and I 'm gon na ask the Chief Executive to get someone independent to do this because you ca n't get away from the numbers that the numbers I 've get someone independent I 'll ask for that . |
| 18 | At first I would go for short walks , lasting perhaps half an hour , and then return to bed sufficiently impressed with my own daring to be able to relax into sleep . |
| 19 | Of her forty-one Landseers , his group portrait ‘ Windsor Castle in modern times ’ and ‘ Isaac Van Amburgh and his animals ’ are the two I would pick for my imaginary show . |
| 20 | She said a troubadour needs only three things , an instrument , a horse , and a lady love , and the first she desired to give me , and the other two I must find for myself . |
| 21 | I might fool the fans , but the best I can hope for this season must be second from bottom and the third preliminary round of the FA Cup . |
| 22 | The best I can hope for is to be dragged home and given stuff to make me manageable . |
| 23 | My husband must have been unhappy , that 's the best I can say for him . ’ |
| 24 | My studies were n't going so well ; a 2.2 was probably the best I could hope for . |
| 25 | Here , the best I could get for you is evens , but with another fiver collected for you from me mates , and the prize for winning , you 'll go home with fifty pounds in your pocket . |