Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] it for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | I 'll change it for that goose , I will . ’ |
3 | 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 . |
4 | Er that was n't er on competition though , th that was er an Intercity job which Birmingham said they could do it for that figure . |
5 | Peasants with a minimal surplus of food could barter it for vital equipment . |
6 | I said er or he said we could have it for twenty pound a month and we said |
7 | ‘ I did n't think they 'd print it for some reason . |
8 | He was delighted , said he would mark it for immediate release to the newspapers under the Branch Secretary 's name . |
9 | FIserve expects $23.5m from the offering and will use it for working capital , possible repayment of debt and acquisitions of complementary businesses . |
10 | Fujitsu Ltd has won its first supercomputer order in the US since it entered the market under its own name in March last year rather than through Amdahl Corp : it will lease a VPX220 model to the Geco-Prakla Inc oil exploration unit of Schlumberger Ltd , which will use it for seismic mapping of underground oil deposits ; the value was not given . |
11 | I can do it for one minute twenty seconds . |
12 | Sort of , you 've got your health knock out sixty seventy , right we can do it for another year . |
13 | I 've got it , I can keep it for two week . |
14 | I can , you , I can keep it for two week till Johnny wants it again , not this Wedn not this Wednesday , the following Wednesday . |
15 | It is so versatile : you can use it for everyday cooking and for special and festive occasions in starters , main courses , salads and puddings . |
16 | We 're amazed that we can hear the people downstairs , cos we can hear them like , you know , if you hear somebody above you , walking here dong dong dong dong , above , you can hear it for some reason , below on the ground floor . |
17 | Gasp as you find there 's one near you — no other computer event can match it for geographical diversity . |
18 | When you created an object you can save it for later use and even add to your tag file , so it can be selected instantly from the menu . |