Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [modal v] [vb infin] [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But global expansion has been an expensive objective for banks : they lent vast sums on poor terms to borrowers who could shop around for money , starting in Japan . |
| 2 | He was an Englishman , she said , an associate of her father , who 'd come across for years on whatever business it was he did . |
| 3 | These were family treats particularly enjoyed by the star-struck sisters who would sit silently for hours lost in the fantasy of the silver screen . |
| 4 | And there were people in this City who would pay well for things like inventories of valuable objects , plans of security arrangements and the combinations of private safes . |
| 5 | Ms Hutchison did not boost her case , however , by asserting in a recent televised debate that she is ‘ a fighter ’ who will stand up for Texas in the Senate . |