Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [vb infin] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I might sue for damages , ’ he threatened with vindictive relish , disregarding her complaint . |
| 2 | I could sit for hours on buses without worrying about how much time I was wasting . |
| 3 | So is there anyone out there that has a similar machine that is now ‘ surplus to requirements that I could cannibalise for parts ? |
| 4 | Liese explained how I could look for answers ; but first , silently , I had to formulate my question . |
| 5 | I could see for miles . |
| 6 | The evening ‘ tide ’ had gone out and I could see for miles . |
| 7 | I 'd stand for hours in front of the mirror , painting my face and fingernails and backcombing and lacquering from a sticky , plastic squeeze bottle until my hair resembled a busby . |
| 8 | Then I 'd disappear for days and make everyone go crazy with worry while I whooped it up down the nearest alley with some ear-tom tom . |
| 9 | It 's the kind of environment I would want for visitors to London . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I would go for parts and they would still have this idea that Chrissie was very much in the series . |
| 11 | Right well I let's I I I would go for schools if I were you . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I would lie for hours in my sea grey with the remains of bubble bath . |
| 14 | I also wore my own garments with pride and let it be known that I would knit for others if they wished . |
| 15 | All of which makes it a bargain and one I shall miss for years to come . |
| 16 | So tell me , or I will arrange for others to take over the questioning . ’ |
| 17 | I can not afford to send donations to every appeal that comes through my letterbox , but I can walk for miles in glorious locations and sit for hours enjoying the birds in my garden . |
| 18 | I 'm a social smoker but I can go for months at a time without even thinking about it . |
| 19 | th the problems that that is causing erm I 'm obviously I , I , you know very well I can talk for hours on , on many subjects and this is one of those that I can do so . |
| 20 | I can look for reasons for what I did and call those reasons excuses ; what he did to Alice , how he bullied Mother , how I hated him . |
| 21 | As an individual , I can look for ways of dealing with conflict in my own life through negotiation and avoiding imposing my will on others . |
| 22 | I did The Player for a third of what I can get for films I do n't want to do . |
| 23 | ‘ I can see for miles . ’ |
| 24 | it 's cold up here but I can see for miles |
| 25 | Further , the need for many victims to bring a civil action against the perpetrator requires continuing contact with the offender which may extend for years in a protracted case . |
| 26 | Labov 's quite proper feelings of pleasure are evident to any reader of his article ; he plainly views the episode as an example of the opportunities which may arise for linguists to repay a debt to the communities they have worked with . |
| 27 | 15.30 Teaching about language through speaking and listening , which should start for pupils working towards level 5 , should focus on : |
| 28 | Perhaps we should not look for too deep a political explanation : ostracism was for the man whose leadership had been rejected — which might happen for reasons of style rather than content — and whose disapproving presence was an obstruction and a reproach . |
| 29 | She would sit and answer back , stripping away his pomposity as she would the layers of an onion , before going into a sulk which could last for days . |
| 30 | A service between midnight and 0700 should be the responsibility of family health services authorities , which could arrange for visits and perhaps a night time surgery . |