Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [modal v] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Now , or I 'll do it for you ! ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You , shut up , ’ Blanche cut in firmly , ‘ or I 'll arrest you for wasting police time by giving us a false alibi . ’ |
| 3 | I thought we could have lunch in the garden after your inspection — I 've already arranged for the fridge to be restocked — and afterwards , if you do n't fancy going to the beach , we could go out in my boat , or I 'll take you for a tour of North Zealand , through the quaint old villages with their farmhouses and gardens full of hollyhocks and the beech woods . |
| 4 | ‘ I ca n't do it ! ’ she had to tell her , and , when her sister 's look suddenly became hostile , ‘ I 'm sure if you wrote to Mr Gajdusek , or phoned him — or I could do it for you , ’ she volunteered hastily , not wanting to be bad friends with her , now of all times . |
| 5 | Flour beetles breed best at 25 C , so you should try to find a warm room or cupboard where you can keep them for 3 or 4 months at least . |
| 6 | We have a shop in Southport like this , where you can buy anything for any hobby . |
| 7 | I jumped to the edge of the cage , the man told me ‘ do n't look down or you 'll spoil it for yourself ’ . |
| 8 | As it is helpful to hear them without a break you may ask the LH to mark which words you want him to say , or you can mark them for him . |
| 9 | They can be hired by individual groups with specific needs/goals or you can join them for days on plastic or longer courses on snow . |
| 10 | Imparting some factual information but more commonly referring the sufferer to resources from which he or she may find it for himself or herself . |
| 11 | They told him to ignore it and to remain at home where they would join him for the evening . |
| 12 | Or they can sue them for loss of income . |
| 13 | Right now I was too busy working on where he could take her for a honeymoon . |
| 14 | The service also maintains that nothing can beat it for warmth , dependability and value for money . |
| 15 | When I consider the striking natural beauties of such a river as that at Matlock , and the effect of the seven-storey buildings that have been raised there , and on other beautiful streams , for cotton manufactories , I am inclined to think that nothing can equal them for the purpose of disbeautifying an enchanting piece of scenery ; and that economy had produced , what the greatest ingenuity , if a prize were given for ugliness , could not surpass . |
| 16 | People do not understand that no-one will pay you for your blue eyes in a capitalist society . |
| 17 | I was n't saying Kerslake was crap , just that I would swap him for Dixon , Parker , Nilsson or Rob Jones . |
| 18 | It may surprise readers but , since I wrote about her recently , Barbara and I have become good friends , so I rang her up to tell her that I would join her for a good gloat . |
| 19 | I swear before God that I 'll expose you for what you are : a four times murderess . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I doubt that I 'll disturb you for much longer . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ You know that I 'll do anything for the children . |
| 22 | I think , therefore , that I must ask you for a ruling . |
| 23 | I mean they 're the ones who are badgering me for , for qualifications , they 're badgering me for , I , I , I just told them straight that I will do it for them because I , I wo n't get paid for it |
| 24 | And anything that I can do you for three four three four three four to ring . |
| 25 | When a kestrel I was looking after died recently , I put it in the freezer so that I can use it for ‘ spares ’ if necessary . |
| 26 | and that means that I can photocopy them for half the price . |
| 27 | One o'clock — after lunch my mother shows me how to make a cake so that I can have it for tea . |
| 28 | If I were to ask a school-teacher to choose for me a sample which she considered to be a fair cross-section of her pupils so that I could interview them for a survey , there would almost certainly be a personal bias in the sample given to me . |
| 29 | I did n't realise that I could enjoy it for myself , not just for him . |
| 30 | ‘ Are you suggesting that I should do it for you ? ’ she queried sweetly . |