Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pron] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I find that the minute I write down , erm , you know , somebody phones me and says I want another meeting with you , let's make it for next Friday at three o'clock in the afternoon , and I find within half an hour of me writing that down on the calendar card in ink , er , the people who 's parentage I then start to question , phone back and say well whoops , you know we , we forgot we actually had another meeting then , and so on and so forth . |
| 2 | Another problem with doing these talks is working out at what level I should pitch them for different age groups . |
| 3 | You may say also that I think it well that the musters of the northern counties should prepare themselves for possible action against the Scots at the same date , and those along the south coast should be ready to resist any assault by sea from my enemies in Europe . |
| 4 | Immediately the caveman must prepare himself for two possibilities . |
| 5 | ‘ You must prepare yourself for bad news , ’ she told him . |
| 6 | Perhaps you should include one for each section every issue , so you can focus on what 's wrong with it . |
| 7 | There is no reason why having some coincidental sperm-and-egg relationship with a child should entitle someone for that reason to be seen as a ‘ natural expert ’ , as distinct from a very clever , highly qualified one . |
| 8 | ‘ I should slap you for that remark but you 're not worth soiling my hands with . |
| 9 | The House of Lords Committee report was even more cause for pessimism , suggesting that the UKAEA should brace itself for major cutbacks including site closures . |
| 10 | ‘ Of course , this villa has no right to be here , ’ Nigel told them , ‘ but since it is we must save it for future generations to enjoy . ’ |
| 11 | Warriors still hunt the jaguar in ritualised fashion ; they must stalk it for three days and it may only be killed with a wooden spear . |
| 12 | Green wood advise this should last you for three days forging , so phone them on 071 249 5848 . |
| 13 | Taliesin , rather appalled at the ‘ on his own ’ part of this speech , said , ‘ But we might need you for all kinds of things , Fribble . |
| 14 | And then when I gave you the minimum premium er it was like right okay well that 's , that 's the easy way out is n't it , twenty quid a month , okay I might do something for twenty quid because I was n't committed and that 's what exploration of needs is all about and it 's , it 's so easy for me to sit and say yeah that 's what you need to do but putting myself in your shoes , you know , a few years ago |
| 15 | Yeah , we 'll do it for three months |
| 16 | ‘ We 'll send him for another x-ray when he 's completed his course of strep . ’ |
| 17 | We will stop sales to countries which might use them for internal repression or international aggression . |
| 18 | In some lessons you might use it for five minutes . |
| 19 | ‘ Mr Jacobsen , ’ she said , the words low and heavy with threat , ‘ if you ever try anything like that with me again I 'll report you for sexual harassment so fast you wo n't know what 's hit you . |
| 20 | And I ring up B H and I say , I 'm sorry about Tuesday night , but I 've got this guy that wants to see me , it 's really good , and she 'll say , alright , you 're starting off , O K , off you go , we 'll rearrange it for next week . |
| 21 | He is constantly haunted by the fear that the US might abandon him for one reason or another and has been particularly uneasy over the new US administration 's attitude towards him . " |
| 22 | On days when wing inspection would come around and check our tech supplier for spare parts , we would load this trailer with all the illegal spare parts we were n't supposed to have , cos they , like the couple of it might call it for three starters and we had six , seven or eight . |
| 23 | ‘ Then you 'll owe me for six months ' work . ’ |
| 24 | I 'll change it for that goose , I will . ’ |
| 25 | There have been quite a few happenings since then , but my fingers are getting tired , so I 'll save them for another article . |
| 26 | Anybody interested in going to the theatre from tonight onwards a member of the G M B if they 've produced a ticket , you 'll get it for half price at the King 's Theatre . |
| 27 | Indemnity policies protect the lender , not the borrower , so if you failed to keep up mortgage payments and the house had to be sold for less than your outstanding debt , the insurance company would pay the lender the difference , but might sue you for that amount ! |
| 28 | He 'd do it for ten quid , let alone for this little lot . ’ |
| 29 | I want to be a social worker so I could do something for these girls . ’ |
| 30 | And he said , ‘ Do you know , all my life I 've been looking for somebody who could do everything for three pounds a week . ’ |