Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [to-vb] a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although frames can be re-used with replacement wires , one patient may need to keep a frame for months . |
| 2 | FATHER 'S LOVE Lucy 's disability helped convince Mr Stringer that he should strive to provide a home for the mentally handi-capped which he would be happy to see his own daughter live in . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , ’ said Dyson , chewing hard , ‘ 1 must admit that I should like to make a name for myself , just for its own sake . ’ |
| 4 | As well as getting used to tapping ‘ Enter ’ less often , you should try to get a feel for how hard to tap a key and how long to hold it down . |
| 5 | Alternatively O may choose to bring a claim for conversion against X or Y. Where O brings his claim against Z , Z will naturally wish to claim against Y who sold to him . |
| 6 | In the private sector a greater incentive might exist to show a need for higher fees to match high levels of dependency . |
| 7 | They started back for him , slightly embarrassed and anxious that he might decide to make a break for it but there was no need . |
| 8 | One of the main recommendations from the Governors was that governing bodies might wish to present a case for linking participation in regional and national schools . |
| 9 | Yes , you 'll have to buy a chart for that one person |
| 10 | You 'll have to get a car for a . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll have to get a frame for it , ’ said Connor , ‘ before you wear it to pieces , passing it around . ’ |
| 12 | I 'll have to make a dash for it . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ He 'll have to make a dash for it , and when he does — bam , he 's dead . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Well , in that case you 'll have to make a break for it along of me . |
| 15 | ‘ I might have to stretch a point for Rory Collins . ’ |
| 16 | I 'm conscious of the time , and we may like to have a break for tea , but there are also three people who wish to contribute to the discussion . |
| 17 | Though her lungs were aflame with her efforts , she rolled over and set off into the darkness of the tunnel that led outside before anyone could think to send a boat for her — though at least there were hiding places here in case they did . |
| 18 | ‘ If you 'd like to take a seat for a moment . ’ |
| 19 | If you 'd like to hold a torch for me I can |
| 20 | You tend to sort of I 'd like to book a table for two |
| 21 | I probably spent about $100,000 on trying to get documents out through the act , and I 'd hate to do a value for money survey on what I got . ’ |
| 22 | Few other landowners could afford to wait a generation for the return of their money , if it was to come back at all . |
| 23 | If she works in a shop or office , she could take samples of her work to show her colleagues or she could offer to make a garment for a friend for just the price of the yarn . |
| 24 | Traditional sixth form education may still exist in some comprehensive schools — the 11–18 range — but you may have to find a place for your child in a FE ( Further Education ) establishment . |
| 25 | A woman who has been raped may wish to take a test for HIV ; however the test will not show a conclusive result until at least three months after the assault . |
| 26 | Men may wish to use a jacket for one piece and only a sweater for the other . |
| 27 | The advantage of systems such as Dbase 2 are that the user controls the number of fields available ( e.g. the school librarian may wish to have a field for the person who ordered the item and a teacher could have a list of all books or items ordered by him/herself or by the Geography department ) and the size of each field , which is limited by other programs . |
| 28 | If you send a parcel that become lost or damaged , or is sent via a Parcelforce guaranteed delivery service and fails to meet its advertised delivery standard , then you may wish to make a claim for compensation . |
| 29 | We used to have to use a generator for our electricity and that used to go off at ten o'clock at night so if there was an operation that needed doing , there were two car batteries that were turned on and you used to have to do it by those . |
| 30 | She says I think one of the worst or strangest is errif which is a two year old canary — why anyone would want to have a word for that I do n't know . |