Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [adv prt] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Valeria had asked us for the afternoon and suggested that we should stay on for the evening , as her mother had gone to spend the night with a friend . |
| 2 | There is nothing more important than that we should stick up for the system that we have inherited down the ages , and that still has so much to offer the people of our country . " |
| 3 | It considered that if the Community 's system of quotas in its present form allowed member states to introduce certain requirements whose compatibility with Community law could only be justified by the necessity to attain the objectives of that system , then such requirements could only be incorporated into the quota licences or other quota management measures which the United Kingdom must lay down for the management of its quotas under article 5(2) of Regulation ( E.E.C. ) No. 170/83 , and not be imposed as conditions for the registration of vessels . |
| 4 | An imaginative pragmatist judge might be tempted , for example , to divorce the question of what rule he should lay down for the future from the question of how he should decide the case before him . |
| 5 | Lord knows where they 're heading , but you really should go along for the ride . |
| 6 | Maybe we should listen out for the noise in the voices of Kristin Hersh , Tim Buckley , Prince , Michael Jackson — the way they chew and twist language not for any decipherable , expressive reason , ( that 's to say , not to accentuate more deeply the conventional mannerisms of ‘ passion ’ ) , but for the gratuitous voluptuousness of utterance itself . |
| 7 | Of course we can , he wo n't mind , we know him , just let's go , we 'll stop out for the day , and let's bring it back tomorrow . |
| 8 | But I doubt he 'll hold out for the money . |
| 9 | ‘ If the murder rate speeds up , ’ said Milton , ‘ perhaps you might put in for the job yourself . ’ |
| 10 | Perhaps you 'll get back for the Gala . ’ |
| 11 | We 're just taking a bag , we 'll come back for the rest when the wind 's gone down . " |
| 12 | I must be with my Minister at ten but I 'll come back for the funeral … or if anyone else wants to talk to me … ’ |
| 13 | It is er And get Madge and Tom if you like , er , when we get , we 'll nip over for the week , you know ? |
| 14 | The government has a list of long-promised infrastructure projects that could make up for the fall in private investment , though a bitter dispute in progress between the government and foreign banks that have lent 20 billion baht ( $187m ) for an elevated motorway in Bangkok may make finance for future projects harder to come by . |
| 15 | But no amount of talking could make up for the unhappiness and lost innocence of my childhood . |
| 16 | Looking more like a bewildered Old English sheepdog than a thwarted child-molester , he throws himself around the place , lying on his back and waggling his feet in the air , as if by an excess of physical effort he could make up for the thinness of the script . |
| 17 | Before he could head off for the dustbin , Elinor gripped his wrist firmly . |
| 18 | If one wished to do so , one could sign up for the directive while keeping the 1908 legislation in force . |
| 19 | I dreaded seeing him , and thought I 'd go out for the evening , but then I realized there was no point in that , it was only putting off the inevitable . |
| 20 | The incident must have shocked them , so logically they 'd rest up for the night . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I thought I 'd turn in for the night . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I was just about to ring you , dear , to see if we could pop over for the day , just to say goodbye — but I 've been so busy these last few days , what with one thing and another . |
| 23 | When the vicar got a new bishop who was Anglo-Catholic he appealed to him for his sanction , in the hope that the bishop 's approval would make up for the lack of faculty . |
| 24 | I then learned from the media that these payments would make up for the loss of revenue caused by people who could not or would not pay the community charge … |
| 25 | He would come down for the weekend before and see to the final arrangements , of various things . |
| 26 | However , as the Office seem to have decided otherwise , let's get in for the report . ’ |
| 27 | Come on , Miss Williams , you 're not so naïve that you honestly believe that a mere apology will make up for the way you behaved . ’ |
| 28 | Nothing , according to Slater , will make up for the fact that Alpha is three years late to market . |
| 29 | I very much hope that both you and your husband will stay on for the wedding . |
| 30 | Clyde Walcott , the former Test batsman who is now chairman of the West Indies Board , will take over for the remainder of the series . |