Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nineteenth-century origins of these provisions are closely tied into a desire to hold down state expenditure and to ensure that the wealthier classes did not have to dig too deep into their pockets to support people who could not work for wages . |
| 2 | Dear people who could hardly write for arthritis , who had to send aged husbands staggering out in the frost to find something suitable , people whom I had hardly seen and had exchanged no more than the shiest of glances were sending me pictures of daffodils , valleys , seas and mountains . |
| 3 | The other person was a man who could actually speak for hours about his reading , which was extensive . |
| 4 | Who would not sing for Lucidas . |
| 5 | On 27th May there is A River Sutra , the new novel by Gita Mehta , who will also visit for publication ; as will Amanda Filipacchi , whose first novel Nude Men is described as ‘ an erotic tour de force ’ . |