Example sentences of "i [modal v] [be] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brave Oates , who was born and raised in Mellor 's Putney constituency , told Scott as he left : ‘ I may be gone for some time . ’ |
| 2 | Did you say to her , I 'm going out to re I 'm going out and I may be gone for a long time . |
| 3 | It 's , you know , it 's like what 's his Captain Oates was it , going out into the tent in the Antarctic or something , you know it 's sort of I may be gone for a while , you know , in the in the , into the wilderness and never to return so that in , in the British structure er politicians are , their loyalty is central rather than local because their political futures are determined centrally rather than locally . |
| 4 | Working as I do for a technically based industry , I hope I may be forgiven for believing that almost anything can be achieved through technology , if we are dear enough about what is needed . |
| 5 | It is as though the Prime Minister is trying to paint a canvas in the style of Georges Seurat , if I may be forgiven for referring to a continental artist . |
| 6 | Quite a large part of that excitement is due to you , to your designs , and , also , if I may be forgiven for mentioning something so personal , for the way you have helped and befriended Therese . |
| 7 | I may be heading for the infernal scrap-heap , but I still have my professional pride . |
| 8 | Sometimes colleagues may read my signals wrongly ; they think that , because I wear short skirts and I 'm not afraid to let the conversation get personal , I must be looking for an affair . |
| 9 | He explained that first I must promise not to fight against Lilliput or hurt Lilliputians , and that I must be searched for weapons . |
| 10 | ‘ I must be spared for a reason , ’ said Liam and began to chance his luck on the Stock Exchange on Wall Street . |
| 11 | ‘ Even now you still believe your body to be so irresistible that I must be hungering for it ? ’ |
| 12 | I told myself , if there is any justice in the world I should be punished for it . |
| 13 | Now the rag I should be using for this is the very dirty one and I 've started off with the clean one by accident . |
| 14 | I should be meant for : help , and company |
| 15 | I thought to myself , ‘ Jimmy Dickinson does n't go abroad and certainly not to the States , so if I make a good job of it at Walton Heath I might be caddying for Sandy full-time in the future . ’ |
| 16 | " I think I might be falling for you , you know , " he said as they were drinking up at eleven . |
| 17 | Resentment flashed into her eyes as she said in a pained voice , ‘ If ever the time does come , I hope I 'll be wanted for more than my ability with figures . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ The money I get for the scrap is paid into the Finance Department , and when the fund has built up to a worthwhile sum I 'll be calling for suggestions for a local charity to whom we can donate the cash . ’ |
| 19 | I know if I get into trouble again I 'll be done for the arson charge and breach of probation , and that means a few years in jail and I could n't handle it . |
| 20 | ‘ Also , I 'll be looking for the slag personally , so I reckon between us we should find him . |
| 21 | If you want me , I 'll be looking for Sam . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ That 's possible — he knows I 'll be looking for him — but he 'll have to remain in this country until he can collect his legacy , and by then he 'll expect me to have given up . ’ |
| 23 | I 'll be looking for anything . |
| 24 | Tell me you 're pregnant , I 'll be looking for a camel ! |
| 25 | I 'll be damned for all eternity ! |
| 26 | I 'll be leaving for Naples within the week . ’ |
| 27 | " And I 'll be watching for you . " |
| 28 | Yeah , then I 'll be gone for half an hour . |
| 29 | ‘ I think I 'll be pilloried for it , ’ he says . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'll be praying for you . ’ |