Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pers pn] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If ever he used to take us for a spare lesson , all he used to do was draw on the blackboard the scrum lineouts and things . |
| 32 | The water for drinking they used to collect from the gutters and erm it used to go into big barrels and then they used to boil it for a long while . |
| 33 | These emotions may disturb you for a little while , but they are simply a natural response to the trauma of death and they will usually pass with time . |
| 34 | Others would buy it for a fancy dress party or a dare . |
| 35 | We shall need it for the forty foots . |
| 36 | We devised a system whereby three dealers would be asked to give an independent appraisal , and we would average them for an official evaluation . |
| 37 | In that case the Lapp had said he would do it for a few drinks if we had any with us . |
| 38 | I wonder what price the bookies would give us for a Central South treble ; that 's Oxford to win the Boat Race , Gloucester to reach the Cup Final and Swindon to beat West Brom . |
| 39 | One day soon she would see him for the last time . |
| 40 | This was discussed at length with Janet , after which it was agreed that the therapist would see her for the next 2 months at fortnightly intervals and that no more than one telephone call per week would be acceptable . |
| 41 | There they would meet some others , who would join them for the next stage . |
| 42 | 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 . |
| 43 | And you shall not strip your vineyard bare , neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard ; you shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner : I am the Lord your God ’ ( Lev . |
| 44 | I support the intention of the Bill and its important deterrent aspects , and I shall support it for the same reason as the hon. Member for Oxford , East , but I must confess that I do so with some reluctance at this stage . |
| 45 | Mr Kinnock staggers under the additional handicap of having no ministerial experience which would equip him for the supreme office to which he aspires . |
| 46 | As beautiful and as wholesome as you may be on the outside , I shall reveal you for the black-hearted trickster that you are . |
| 47 | It would last her for a few days . |
| 48 | I shall ask him for the latest joke at the gates of heaven , . ’ |
| 49 | In exploring such environments pupils will experience the type of argument and logical analysis that will prepare them for the real-life problems they will tackle outside . |
| 50 | In complete contrast , nothing will prepare you for the jaw-dropping experience of taking the desert road out of the city for the first time . |
| 51 | After all , good results will qualify you for a better job , and give you the added satisfaction of proving to your boss that you are good at what you do . |
| 52 | You will take one of these blocks you will wet it for a certain time and you |
| 53 | This data set , coupled with extensive satellite observations , will give us for the first time a essentially a snapshot view of the behaviour of the ocean . |
| 54 | Though the supplier has no guarantee of the business , it has an advantage and , once it has the business , the firm can be fairly sure it will keep it for a long time . |
| 55 | So that perhaps will interest him for a little while . |
| 56 | But if every man here used his vote as he should and put a Labour government not only in the State of New South Wales but throughout the dominion , not only throughout the dominion but the Commonwealth , not only in the Commonwealth but throughout the world — ’ Bobby was enjoying himself now and so were most of his audience , standing under the afternoon sun. ’ — then the working man will have his true voice and he will make it heard in the corridors of power , for we will be the new power then — and we will use it for the greater good of all . |
| 57 | Or you can forget the week as a unit of work altogether and you can say : ‘ I will contract you for a certain number of hours . ’ |
| 58 | Finn 's Hotel will enable us for the first time to approach the encyclopedic Finnegans Wake with a true and not misleading knowledge of its origins and of the prototypes of its protagonists . |
| 59 | Having tried several adjustments to the system over the past 6 years , I hope this provides a format which will serve us for a good while into the future . |
| 60 | And he added , ‘ Please do n't send along the young pseudo-philosopher who will tell us for the umpteenth time that , of course , he fully understands the Bank 's attitude . |