Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [verb] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyone who is stupid enough to try and derail a train should be locked away for a long time . |
| 2 | Pétain , he recommended , should now be put in command not only of the Left Bank , but of the Right Bank as well ; the ‘ fatigued ’ General Herr should be kept on for a while as Pétain 's adviser , then quietly ‘ limogé ’ . |
| 3 | Just as zooming should be done only for a good reason , panning is also a camera move which should be used sparingly if it is not to become visually irritating . |
| 4 | Still , I should be coming in for a tidy sum of compensation . |
| 5 | Well you must be getting on for a hundred , because I believe you were in the Boar War , were n't you ? |
| 6 | Here your lines should be fine , light and crisp and areas of colour must be blended carefully for a smooth result . |
| 7 | If the complaint turns out to be more serious or if agreement can not be reached on a resolution , it must be referred back for a full investigation . |
| 8 | You might be locked up for a long time , or you might be given a fine , which is taken out of your weekly allowance . |
| 9 | She might be go out for a hike later in her slippers . |
| 10 | He 'll be kicked upstairs for a year or so before taking early retirement . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ No , I 'll be staying here for a while , sharing the caravan with Boz and Alamena . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Then we 'll be travelling together for a couple of stops . |
| 13 | He said hastily , ‘ I 'll be going away for a bit and I guess I 'll be ravenous when I get back . |
| 14 | McGillicuddy would n't relish the idea of giving up the General Director 's job as European overlord , but he was also sixty and could be kicked upstairs for a year or so before taking early retirement . |
| 15 | A vindictive hatred of Kit Nubbles for saying that he was ‘ an uglier dwarf than could be seen anywhere for a penny ’ causes Quilp to set on Sampson Brass and his sister falsely to incriminate the boy . |
| 16 | Mr Gregory could be looking around for a job at the moment . ’ |
| 17 | PLACE your bets with Bugsy — and you could be jetting off for a week in Las Vegas the gambling capital of the world . |
| 18 | certainly I think er we 'd be looking perhaps for a minimum of er er of one mile but I ca n't advise you on any level of agreement as to as to what any definition of it . |
| 19 | The child understands that these may be exchanged later for a big reward . |
| 20 | UB may be pencilled in for a show in the King 's Hall on January |
| 21 | ‘ Malcolm may be coming in for a couple of days each week , ’ said Rofe . |
| 22 | The UK had maintained that rates should be left for the market to decide , and had demanded the indefinite maintenance of discretionary zero rating for sensitive items ( the Commission 's position being that zero rating would be tolerated only for a limited period ) . |
| 23 | They could get quite boisterous and reckless , especially during the early days , when they would be shut in for a while . |
| 24 | Because New York in the summer was too hot even for the natives , shows would close for a couple of months when the Girls would be sent home for a holiday on half pay , which was better than the average salary in Britain . |
| 25 | Three of the four students not looking for employment and without plans to continue their studies would be travelling overseas for a time before commencing job search . |
| 26 | He holds pubs in thrall to his Welsh past — the stories which would be told afresh for a lifetime now emerge in their first edition — and his childhood , far from seeming a ball and chain in this airy court of privilege , glowed into a magic kingdom to match any of them . |
| 27 | We therefore propose to introduce a National Lottery from 1994 , which would help provide funds for a number of good causes in the artistic , sporting , heritage and charitable fields — and from which some funds would be put aside for a Millennium Fund . |
| 28 | British immigration officials have extended Natasha 's visa until February 1993 and have said that it will be renewed automatically for a certain period of time after that . |
| 29 | B : ‘ That would be wonderful but I think we will be saving up for a long time . |
| 30 | WWF will be campaigning hard for a total halt to the ivory trade when the organisation responsible for controlling wildlife trade — the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species ( CITES ) — meets in Switzerland this month . |