Example sentences of "[indef pn] i [vb mod] [vb infin] for " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | Harold there 's nothing I can do for you , but a Cadbury 's boost |
4 | The plain fact of the matter is , there is nothing I can do for your wife . ’ |
5 | I 've always voted conservative but I feel they 've made such a mess of everything I 'll vote for someone different this time . |
6 | If there is something I might do for you in return ? ’ |
7 | And it 's something I 'll remember for the rest of my life . |
8 | 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 . ’ |
9 | ‘ Is there something I can do for you ? ’ she snapped peevishly . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | ‘ Something I can get for you ? ’ she asked . |
12 | I mean something I 'd fall for myself . |
13 | All of which makes it a bargain and one I shall miss for years to come . |
14 | The other method was developed by one of the other British nut dealers , and this one I can vouch for . |
15 | I did n't recognise him , nor did there seem to be anything I could do for him . |
16 | Anything I could get for you ? ’ |
17 | Nevertheless if there is anything I can do for you in the way of friendship , now or in the future , I hope you will not hesitate to call upon me . |
18 | If there is anything I can do for you … ’ |
19 | ‘ Is there anything I can do for you , my boy ? ’ |
20 | His last question to bishops on their ad limina visits was always the courteous : ‘ And now , is there anything I can do for you ? ’ |
21 | ‘ Well , of course , anything I can do for the poor girl — ’ she began . |
22 | And you know , anything I can do for you — just ask . |
23 | ‘ Anything I can do for you ? ’ |
24 | ‘ Is there anything I can do for you ? ’ |
25 | ‘ Is there anything I can do for you in return ? ’ |
26 | Is there anything I can do for you ? ’ |
27 | Is there anything I can do for you before I go ? ’ |