Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pron] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If Daddy was home , she 'd invite him in for a coffee and a clean-up . |
| 32 | ‘ I 'd invite you in for a chat , ’ said Joe , ‘ but I 'm just about to go out . |
| 33 | David and I were wondering if we could take you out for a spot of lunch . |
| 34 | To keep us all happy and friendly and wanting to work together , I 'd split us up for a while . ’ |
| 35 | Clara could not count the times she had heard her mother declare that when she died she would be dead , and she would n't care what happened to her body , and for all site cared they could put her out for the dustman to collect sentiments which from the first had filled Clara with a vague alarm and horror , for they were clearly reasonable enough in their own way . |
| 36 | ‘ I was hoping Kenny could put me up for a few days until I 'd sorted things out with my parents . |
| 37 | He said he 'd put them away for a bit and give them to Oliver when he started smoking again . |
| 38 | Even before you understand the words of a text you could play it sometimes for the sake of the intonation , as mentioned in ch. 2.1.1. of this book under the heading of LISTENING . |
| 39 | Well , she had some Holy Water in it , and she used to spray it about , and it used to keep them out for a bit , you know . |
| 40 | Include it in that , those twelve weeks because I know it 's , you know , a bit erm I would try and see if I could set up some sex education with the health centre and the , you know , that she used to take them and they went through contraception and condoms and whatever at the , and she used to take them down for an afternoon it might well be that they have to miss a lesson |
| 41 | W. P. With kids , I used to carry my gloves in my hand and without any fingers in , and I used to catch them with the gloves if they were cheeky , and if they got cheekier still , I used to take them home for a belt . |
| 42 | ‘ That may appeal to you , but there 's no way I would consider it even for a moment . ’ |
| 43 | The size and weight of the larger models would suit them only for a fairly hefty boat . |
| 44 | I did n't consider the possibility of turning back to the runway behind me , but at the time I thought that a very low-level circuit to the left would bring me round for a landing on an adjacent runway . |
| 45 | Then they ( the police ) would lock me up for a couple of hours at a time but I did n't get charged until I was 15 . ’ |
| 46 | ‘ Fortunately , the nail had only gone into his chest wall and did not enter his lungs , we shall keep him here for a day or two under observation . ’ |
| 47 | That would set him up for a world title shot at the end of this year in Belfast . |
| 48 | That would set him up for a world title shot at the end of this year in Belfast . |
| 49 | She would see– him occasionally for the rest of her life , and she wanted to be able to chat to him , invite him for more games of chess , more visits to historic gardens . |
| 50 | I would recommend them only for the casual observer who wants little apart from views of lunar craters . |
| 51 | ‘ I shall pay you well for the boots , of course , ’ Charles said in a matter-of-fact tone that did little to conceal his emotions . |
| 52 | Harry Little — the turnstile operator who would let you in for a penny or five Capstan Full Strength . |
| 53 | Maybe it would shut him up for a while . |
| 54 | Though she 'd never worked in insurance , her potential employers thought her smiling manner and evident efficiency would equip her well for the task , particularly as she appeared a quick learner , and did well in the practical assignment they gave her during the period of the interview itself . |
| 55 | We get a glimpse of it when Curtis argues , in support of his view that America should have Near Eastern mandates , that this would place her advantageously for the regeneration of post-revolutionary Russia ; as ‘ steward of the Near East ’ , she could ‘ extend to the blind giant the neighbourly hand of a friendship which is open to no suspicion ’ . |
| 56 | ‘ Rather than selling him , we are about to offer James a new and extended contract which will keep him here for the next two or three years . ’ |
| 57 | Gary Stevens , whose non-appearance was announced on Monday , is to enter hospital tomorrow for an operation on his damaged left foot that will keep him out for the rest of the season . |
| 58 | ‘ We 've been struggling a bit at Everton , especially at home , but we hope that will set us up for the rest of the season . ’ |
| 59 | Because terms like highway hypnosis , DWA and DWAM have been used somewhat indiscriminately in the literature previously this thesis will reserve them exclusively for the hypothetical trance-like state which may be a precursor to motorway accidents and use Reason 's term ‘ time-gap experience ’ to refer to this second phenomenon . |
| 60 | Say they started on a Monday at two o'clock in the afternoon , he or she will take them away for the first hour and go through some of the main points of their work here . |