Example sentences of "[modal v] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The Countess did all she could for me , arranging for me to have the baby away from the Castle , because of gossip in the servants ’ hall , and afterwards she took me back into service . |
| 2 | As de Lattre presented his case , his plan to construct 1200 bunkers of the Siegfried Line-type ( one wonders why its French counterpart was not mentioned instead ) was to provide against future Chinese attacks but , on the assumption that the Chinese might be deterred , French success seemed to be simply a matter of US munitions and confidence and , although it might have been misleading as a performance indicator , at the end of his visit to the Pentagon de Lattre was rewarded with Defense Secretary Lovett 's assertion that General de Lattre was regarded as a comrade in arms and that the US would do everything they could for him that was within their capabilities . |
| 3 | yeah I know , but its still very hard work , and I 'm ten years older than he is I , I just did as much as I could for him really , I mean I did more mixing than he did , I did nearly all the mixing |
| 4 | We 'd got word of these outlaws passing through the woods , though they never came near the villages , and then this master-carpenter and his fellow came back to us and told us what had befallen them , and we did what we could for them to set them on their way back to Shrewsbury . |
| 5 | ‘ You did everything you could for us . |
| 6 | ‘ I would do anything I could for you , save — ’ |
| 7 | Maintain 'd for me a saving intercourse |
| 8 | ‘ It will for me , ’ Ruth said . |
| 9 | So there 's a general agreement for every well there will for me , like , if at any stage you want to talk turkey . |
| 10 | I reckon it 's done all it can for me now . ’ |
| 11 | In my guts I feel that , even if everything goes the best it possibly can for me , my life has changed completely and forever . |
| 12 | ‘ Do what you can for me , ’ and he crossed himself , picked up his suitcase and moved on . |
| 13 | You just shake your head and do the best you can for them . ’ |
| 14 | Easterners are especially dissatisfied with the EC 's claim that it is doing the best it can for them . |
| 15 | Okay , so they may ask you to use something which you have n't necessarily had to do before so that they 're really all that the examiner 's testing is that you 've got a little bit of nous , a little bit of savvy and with what you 've got available you can improvise a dressing or use the dressing in a sensible manner so that your casualty 's comfortable and you 're doing the best you can for them , okay ? |
| 16 | ‘ We 've got lots of room , and you know that I 'll do anything I possibly can for them . |
| 17 | I 'll do the best I can for him . |
| 18 | Here , his unequivocal response to Mrs Hollar 's pleas — " Mrs Hollar , I will do everything I can for him " ( p. 82 ) — is made more emphatic by the fact that he interrupts her in order to say it , and its effect is to affirm his commitment to help at the expense of any considerations for his negative face , a change in priorities which is central to the development in Anderson 's character . |
| 19 | But they want to do all they can for him . |
| 20 | But now Lizzie 's insurance company have said they 'll do what they can for her , but as she had opened the door into the oncoming traffic , probably was her fault . |
| 21 | In his letter of acceptance he wrote , ‘ I gladly accept and I shall do all I can for you , ’ and he did literally that . |
| 22 | They 'd served their purpose , as a handwritten note pushed through the door on the Saturday afternoon had shown ; Mr Sampson — Appreciate your haste and will get things moving as quickly as I can for you . |
| 23 | They 've said they 'll do what they can for you , and I believe them . |
| 24 | although no doubt they are doing the best they can for you Mr , erm , but I mean that 's why , that 's what I was putting to you at the beginning . |
| 25 | We 'll make it as easy as we can for you . |
| 26 | Yeah , hope you can for you then . |
| 27 | I know some people say it takes time , but I think if you spend a year producing a lamb it is nice to see it sold and you do the best you can for it . |
| 28 | If they 're gon na put it through as quick as they can for us , cos they want us |