Example sentences of "[noun pl] [Wh pn] [modal v] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first five are in Latin , but Miller , realising his limitations , wrote in August 1763 , ‘ I have taken the liberty of writing to you in English , being informed that you can either read it yourself , or have some persons who can translate it for you ’ . |
| 2 | Our collections would be a random sample from the wild cocoa population , to be handed over to cocoa breeders who could screen them for genes that would be useful under their own conditions : a genotype that was susceptible to witches ' broom disease might still be useful for other reasons to farmers in West Africa , where this disease does not occur . |
| 3 | Ken 's last wish was that his coffin should be carried by six Athletico players but I could not find a single one of the bastards who would do it for less than fifty quid . |
| 4 | The kind of crooks who 'd do anything for money , deal in guns , that sort of thing . |
| 5 | With their novel shape and colourful appearance , Dolphin scissors have proved very popular with children who can use them for cutting paper , card or fabric . |
| 6 | Harold Macmillan was by no means alone at that time in looking forward to a government of Mosley and the younger men who would do something for the country at last . |
| 7 | To be sold primarily through VARs and system integrators who will customise it for vertical markets , InConcert serves Unix and PC users in configurations from entry-level workgroups up through the enterprise . |
| 8 | It was impossible not to notice how aroused he had become , and she thought of all the women who would envy her for being in this situation . |
| 9 | There are women who will do it for a glass of champagne ! |
| 10 | In November 1959 he found himself back in Montreal , ‘ to renew his neurotic affiliations ’ as he was to repeat endlessly to journalists ; meeting his friends and family , sometimes bumping into his uncles who would take him for expensive meals at top restaurants — such as the Ritz — and hotels ; and generally awakening and reawakening those impulses and memories which would fire his imagination and energise his mind for months to come . |