Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [vb infin] [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Former full-time housewives should search around for evidence of skills other than domestic ones . |
| 2 | In many cases deputy heads of schools will stand in for heads who are absent or where there is a vacancy . |
| 3 | Every day contains more weather than a week in Scotland , and weeks in Scotland can drag on for centuries , believe me ! |
| 4 | And court cases could drag on for years . |
| 5 | Up to now , the Government , rather than the UN , has met the cost of the 3,000-strong British contingent and the UN presence could go on for years , he said . |
| 6 | Still the Japanese refused to surrender and it appeared that the war might drag on for months , even years , at terrible cost . |
| 7 | Former Middlesbrough midfielder Mark Burke could line up for Wolves . |
| 8 | Significantly , though , the Soviet leader added that since a new constitution was being prepared , any article could come up for review , and this included Article 6 . |
| 9 | And the team will cry out for joy as well , because we were created for this community , and in a way we have been looking for it all our lives . |
| 10 | Michael Morris will sit in for Betty Boothroyd … the first woman Speaker , who was elected last week . |
| 11 | Michael Morris will sit in for Betty Boothroyd … the first woman Speaker , who was elected last week . |
| 12 | YOU MAY sneer — God knows , my upper lip has been twitching like the pelvis of Elvis throughout this re-birth — but it is odd how bands can trundle on for decades , blithely ignored , while Madness were thrust back into a critical firing line . |
| 13 | No amount of brilliance can make up for knowledge of the idiom of the field . |
| 14 | It is generally accepted in the 1990s that no academic library can be self-sufficient , and that academics must move around for materials ( see Chapter 11 on ‘ weeding ’ ) . |
| 15 | In 1989 the government 's proposals for the reorganization of the NHS included the creation of an NHS ‘ internal market ’ in which GPs could shop around for health care , the establishment of a new management board , with most members drawn from industry , permission for hospitals to become self-governing and new contracts for GPs . |
| 16 | Days like this , she wished people would drop in for coffee , knowing they would n't after the song and dance she made about needing solitude . |
| 17 | A unique collection for research , and a place people can wander through for peace and tranquility . |
| 18 | She needed strength : her and Bernard 's nightly love play would go on for hours , limbs lurching and surging in some kind of gladiatorial combat as if the one who weakened first lost . |
| 19 | ‘ A typical Robson team-talk would go on for hours — no wonder the Ipswich lads in the squad had nicknamed him Mogadon . |
| 20 | McGee could come in for Andy Mockler , who is the latest injury casualty and leaves McHale with a depleted squad . |
| 21 | They also provided the food and baking would go on for days beforehand . |
| 22 | Lawrence will set off for England on Sunday . |
| 23 | A collection of classic boats from the golden age of messing about on the river will go up for auction this weekend . |
| 24 | Dr Garfield himself has been as cautious as anyone in making claims for his technique , not least because it does not allow one to predict which specialities the Nobel authorities will single out for acclamation . |
| 25 | If it happens , Tranmere will go in for Mike Quinn . |
| 26 | An analysis may go on for years , so the free associations , and the dreams recalled , will be conditioned by the analytic process itself , the patient 's contribution increasingly representing the assumptions of the analyst . |
| 27 | The 1919 Murray 's Handbook asked in a revealing suggestion that travellers should watch out for instances when third-class passengers were not treated considerately and should report them to the management . |
| 28 | Takes more than a little snow ( like four feet of it in the suburbs ) to slow down the charging bull of Oracle Corp , and the company yesterday said that ‘ Through Rain , Sleet or the Coldest Arctic Snow in Century , the show will go on for Oracle 's Product Announcement of Cooperative Development Environment in New York City today ! ’ adding that ‘ If you are stuck on the sunny west coast attending UniForum , please join us for the delayed CDE announcement and demonstration . ’ |
| 29 | It has drawn up a list of some 30 technical consultants , with interests ranging from marine science to energy , which the bank will call in for advice on esoteric projects that it is asked to fund . |
| 30 | Or give them to a nearby playgroup or primary school , which will welcome any old cards that the children can cut up for collages . |