Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a long discussion , they decided that one of them should ask for more food after supper that evening , and Oliver was chosen . |
| 2 | I may look for another opportunity to talk to Mrs Tate . ’ |
| 3 | If , as I must assume for present purposes , the plaintiffs have a good cause of action in professional negligence against the third party , then it must be at least possible , if not indeed likely , that the damages recoverable by the plaintiffs from the third party would include damages under at least some of these heads . |
| 4 | Imagine my disgust when I told the car park attendant of the delays , only to be informed that I must pay for two hours parking , as ‘ That is what is on the computer . ’ |
| 5 | Shiva thought , I must wait for more news , I must bear it and wait . |
| 6 | There 'll be a great big clamour I sho I should think for those seats ! |
| 7 | I should apologize for canned soup , but I spent so long talking to Stanley this morning |
| 8 | I 'll do for that bastard one day . |
| 9 | I 'll send for some brandy and then she 'll be her old self again . |
| 10 | I 'll send for some coffee and we can plan this . |
| 11 | Also if we do this self employment , I 'll ask for more admin time . |
| 12 | I 'll ask for , I 'll ask for ten pence |
| 13 | Well I think I 'll wait for some cheese |
| 14 | Well I 'll play for two players . |
| 15 | ‘ We 'll give it another quarter of an hour or so , ’ Laura said , ‘ and I 'll try for another reduction . |
| 16 | ‘ The big turning point was against Norway , when I proved I could go for 90 minutes . |
| 17 | ‘ Sometimes I could kill for fresh pasta . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I could die for that ceiling , ’ he says . |
| 19 | I could play for 13 hours on one 10p . |
| 20 | I have already mentioned the stipulation that before I could qualify for married status I should have passed two language exams . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'd kill for some chocolate ! ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd kill for some chocolate ’ |
| 23 | I thought I 'd play for thirty minutes , 'cos any more than that is kinda boring — thirty minutes of anything is enough . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'd wait for that call . ’ |
| 25 | When I was a bairn I loathed and feared these dogs , and as my parents often liked to get rid of me I used to stay for short holidays with both uncles , and so I saw more of the dogs than I liked . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Well Fred 's got my Graham Thomas because it really is a superb rose but as well as that I would go for hybrid musk and I think of all the hybrid musk , my favourite is Felicia because of that silvery pink , lovely double shaped flower and that is very very heavily scented and I would have to have the bourbon rose the th the double white creamy white bourbon rose , if , you could almost eat that , that wo n't get more than about six foot and you can prune it to keep it in shape a bit if it begins to get too straggly . |
| 28 | ( In spite of the light breeze I would pay for this indulgence . |
| 29 | I would recommend for any talk that you give that you do n't use more than two types of visual aid . |
| 30 | I would ask for some Kleenex , some razor blades and I would get to that word and I could n't do it . ’ |