Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [pron] [adv] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The survivalist culture of the ghetto insists that , instead of leading ever fuller lives , we should strip ourselves down for action and retaliation : it 's a culture fascinated by war games , fitness , one-upmanship . |
| 2 | Maybe I should see myself back for midday then ? ’ |
| 3 | Establishing and sustaining relationships — ‘ We must have you over for dinner before we leave . ’ |
| 4 | " I 'll chop them up for kindling . " |
| 5 | and I thought well I 'm not gon na eat them now they 've been out of bag , so I thought oh I 'll boil them up for dog |
| 6 | I 'll boil you down for soap . |
| 7 | ‘ We 'll keep him in for observation just for tonight . |
| 8 | So that was the attitude hey , but erm they 'll have me up for libel here . |
| 9 | ‘ We 'll take you out for dinner , ’ Penny suggested . |
| 10 | I 'll get something in for breakfast — you bring the duty-frees . ’ |
| 11 | I 'll put them up for auction . ’ |
| 12 | A self-reliant smallholder with a good workshop could set himself up for barn-drying quite cheaply , connecting a second-hand electric or internal combustion motor to a suitable turbo-fan , and leading the air through ducts on the barn floor . |
| 13 | To the Queen , Cranmer was not only detestable as a heretic but odious as the man who had arranged her mother 's divorce ; he had however been legally consecrated as Archbishop by order of the pope , and only the Pope could hand him over for judgement and punishment by the civil power . |
| 14 | There you have , let's have it back for honesty . |
| 15 | He had thought he would invite her out for lunch , talk to her , try and work things out , assess things . |
| 16 | He would invite me over for dinner quite often , and nearly every time they 'd have a fight . |
| 17 | He would drag it out for exercise every day . |
| 18 | Flowers such as strelitzias , anthuriums and orchids last a very long time and are well worth taking home — some flower shops will pack them specially for export . |
| 19 | The ducks will be hatched at the plant but the ducklings will be raised by local farmers who will send them back for packaging and freezing when they are around 10 weeks old . |
| 20 | You can eat anything there for lunch and I 'm going to put sandwiches and cake out for tea . |
| 21 | Chilean fishermen are killing thousands of some of the world 's rarest dolphins so that they can chop them up for bait to catch the southern king crab . |