Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] for [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although occasionally an older vessel may substitute for one in dry dock , many venerable craft have been pensioned off . |
| 2 | One of them — a little old-fashioned perhaps , for I do not see many people doing it nowadays — is to walk around it guide-book in hand , best of all with one of those old Murray 's Handbooks for Travellers , the most catholic , the most informative , the most solid guide-books ever written in this country ; still well worth buying though the last one came out nearly fifty years ago and one must hunt for them with increasing difficulty in the second-hand bookshops . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll knock for you at eight for dinner . |
| 4 | He opened it and said over his shoulder , ‘ I 'll call for you at seven-thirty . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll call for you at eight-thirty p.m . |
| 6 | I 'll call for you at eight-thirty if you promise to leave the briefcase at home . |
| 7 | When , a few minutes later , she stopped the car and said , ‘ I 'll call for you at seven . |
| 8 | The law was not formulated so that men and women could exchange favours promiscuously , but rather that a woman , being unable to decide upon a marriage offered to her , might select for herself without prior commitment from the men available and willing to accept her . ’ |
| 9 | I 'd go for something for higher wages at the end of it ! |
| 10 | She often used to ask for him after that , and nobody knew why . |
| 11 | Those were the days … what the County Ground fans would give for something like this tomorrow … |
| 12 | It would control referrals to providers outside the district and it would pay for them at negotiated prices . |
| 13 | It would also control patient referrals to providers outside the district and would pay for them at negotiated prices . |
| 14 | It would control referrals to providers outside the District and it would pay for them at negotiated prices . |
| 15 | In the national scheme of things , clippies would pay for themselves in increased efficiency , but more direct finance could come from super-taxing car fuel to penalise the gas guzzlers , and by re-allocating the tax benefits which currently go to company car drivers . |
| 16 | SAAB had estimated the costs and benefits of the line-out system and had calculated that the system would pay for itself within four years , with more than half of the savings coming from the increased production flexibility of the system and another 25 per cent coming from reduced labour turnover and absenteeism . |
| 17 | such a programme would pay for itself within five years , and save fuel worth something like £2800 million a year . |
| 18 | But of course these stocks are dependent on the amount of wheat sown in the preceding year ; and that , in its turn was largely influenced by the farmers ' guesses as to the price which they would get for it in this year . |
| 19 | ‘ In the voting booth , ’ he said : ‘ If you will be my voice , I will speak for you for four years . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ We were looking forward to going seven points clear for Christmas but four will do for me at this stage . ’ |
| 21 | Always remember to keep the Lord first and He will provide for you in any circumstance . |
| 22 | Dr James Walker , assistant director of the laboratory , estimates that the four computers will pay for themselves in two years because they reduce the high cost of buying , housing and feeding experimental animals . |
| 23 | The best ( rated 5 ) will pay for itself in less than a year , while the least cost-effective ( rate 0 ) is worth doing only if you are planning to carry out other major renovation work at the same time . |
| 24 | The Chancellor has been waiting for Father Christmas since the spring , and I do not think that Father Christmas will arrive for him before 25 December . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'll find you some ear-rings , ’ he promised , ‘ and the car will come for you at six , ready or not . ’ |
| 26 | Law binds not because it says it does ( although it does say just that ) but because there are good reasons for accepting its claim to mandatoriness and these good reasons have to do with what law can do for us in certain situations of social opportunity , difficulty and peril . |
| 27 | The outer layer — what we look like — can work for us in another way too . |
| 28 | let's assume that Mr is right in the suggestion he put to you about the building on the left , that it 's a golf course and we can see for ourselves without any evidence there 's a man fishing on the lake at the bottom there , were you trying to suggest that as part of the deal at a lake would be provided or a golf club ? |
| 29 | Again , this is something you can observe for yourself in any public eating place . |
| 30 | Where are the rules that can legislate for someone like that ? he typed ( as Harsnet had written ) . |