Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think I can play for the dancing this year . |
| 2 | Staff at the centre say they 'll care for the animals until they 're strong enough to be returned to the wild . |
| 3 | Is the Secretary of State required to tell the prisoner what period the judiciary have recommended he should serve for the purposes of retribution and deterrence ? 5 . |
| 4 | She says you must study for the examinations for Queen 's College in two years ’ time . |
| 5 | I hope you will stay for the barbecue . |
| 6 | POSC says it 'll call for the development of a set of industry-specific widgets next year when a more complete range of interface recommendations will be presented . |
| 7 | She thinks she will die for the cause of freedom . |
| 8 | Advocates of this type of curriculum not only have the problem of deciding who can speak for the culture ( or cultures ? ) and making an appropriate selection from it , but of deciding to what extent the curriculum should attempt to conserve , reform , revolutionize or even reverse cultural patterns and trends . |
| 9 | The train had already left Sion when the avalanche struck and with the possibility of further minor falls it had retreated to the sanctuary of the station where the passengers were told it would remain for the rest of the night . |
| 10 | I do not think we could bid for the money part as Japan has the reputation of trying to get its own way by money . |
| 11 | so i guess you could try for the ‘ lottery ’ ( send a couple of ones in different names ) or try faxing/calling the leeds united ticket office — i guess tickets for our game will be really hard to get items … |
| 12 | ‘ Does that mean I can apply for the job ? ’ |
| 13 | which is enough to do four little little pictures I thought I might do for the craft thing in September , erm you know our flower festival and erm in which case I 'd have had to purchase a few of your little thingies that 's pretty . |
| 14 | The little shop had been arranged as what I have seen described as a mini-hypermarket , so I found a basket and busied myself with collecting what supplies I thought I might need for the next couple of days . |
| 15 | I just thought I 'd watch for the , you know I think it 's on every erm it 's on every da , ways you know Hawaii Five O is showing the old things again . |
| 16 | In the days leading up to this fight to decide who would fight for the world title next year , Violet had been steeling herself to be tough and resilient for the sake of her son . |
| 17 | The two suitcases represented everything she thought she would need for the next seven months at the Hamiltons ' , and it seemed like an odd way to be taking what might be a big step in her life . |
| 18 | Of course he knew he would hang for the offence , but he also knew that humanity is not an endangered species , and reckoned therefore that twenty-seven ( did you say twenty-eight ? ) |
| 19 | Indeed one of the main arguments against the televising of Parliament was that it would damage the way the House works , although some thought it would change for the better . |
| 20 | ‘ You 'd think he 'd come for the Christmas or even write but never a word , no thought for anybody except himself , ’ and it cast a deep shadow when they tried to imagine what kind of space enclosed Luke in England during the same hour , but they were n't able to imagine it . |
| 21 | Well , leave it up to me , I 'll see what I can get I 'll get for the party . |
| 22 | ‘ I think I 'd go for the Loire , on the whole . |
| 23 | And , of course , as children erm , er so I think I can speak for the rest of the children around the base , the erm cigarettes , er not cigarettes , beg your pardon |
| 24 | I really think you should go for the Broughton 's ‘ Wasa Wasa ’ masterpiece instead of this , but for a quick fix it will suffice . |
| 25 | I think you should go for the blocks of colour . |
| 26 | I think we should press for the International Olympic er Committee to look at their rules and see that er to ensure that you can not buy the Games , you , you win the Games on merit . |
| 27 | There were no obvious differences between the studies in the way in which they were conducted which could account for the wide range of rates of dream reporting from NREM sleep . |
| 28 | I mean , it 's hard to think of an equivalent , but say you were an inhabitant of Hastings in the year 2066 and you went down to the beach one day and these longships were coming towards you and lots of people in chainmail and pointy helmets got out and said they 'd come for the Battle of Hastings and would you rustle up King Harold so they could shoot him in the eye and here was a huge wallet full of money for you to play your part . |
| 29 | Did you drink it ? or Arthur drank it will look for the referent of it among liquids . |
| 30 | If a tenant takes only an upper floor of a building and has no more than a right to use the entrance hall for the purposes of approaching the property demised he must stipulate for the right to put a nameplate outside the property ( other than that part demised to him ) if he desires this convenience ( Berry ( Frederick ) Ltd v Royal Bank of Scotland [ 1949 ] 1 KB 619 per Lord Goddard CJ at 621 ) . |