Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ellis believed that the women 's movement had taken a wrong turn in demanding equality with men in the public sphere and should rather have worked for the elevation of motherhood . |
| 2 | It is n't difficult to calculate how long we should reasonably expect to wait for the random computer ( or baby or monkey ) to type METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL . |
| 3 | We must again remember to search for the constitution amongst the realities , and not confine ourselves to pretty normative structures . |
| 4 | The same man might well have worked for the Alkmaionidai in exile . |
| 5 | It 's interesting actually that it says on all the outsides of all the tapes Aston Business School so I 'd just like to say for the benefit of the tape recorder and the British National Corpus , this is where the Business School ends and this is where Psychology takes over . |
| 6 | She 'd just have to send for the rest of her things . |
| 7 | Sam 's song is simple and obvious , coming from ‘ the voice of a forlorn and weary hobbit that no listening orc could possibly have mistaken for the clear song of an Elven-lord ’ . |
| 8 | It could also pay to go for the next larger filter if your pond is alternatively stocked . |
| 9 | They may also come to contract for the community health and care services their patients need , taking over from the social services departments or competing with them . |
| 10 | Now back at Jan Smuts Airport , X-Ray Foxtrot may well have flown for the second time in civvies by the time these words are read . |
| 11 | To the locals it was a wilderness they would rather have preserved for the hawks , the salmon and the mountaineers . |
| 12 | Had she not met Flynn , she would merely have asked for the farms to be restored to Maran Hill ; but the news from London made her too bold . |
| 13 | I shall just have to wait for the next Guinness Book of Records for the answer . |
| 14 | After all , if you had asked him , Boy would probably have said for the first time in his life , yes , thank you I am very happy . |
| 15 | Asked to predict the most likely site of synaptic plasticity , theoreticians would probably have opted for the interneurons , as these can clearly receive and modulate signals from many different inputs before dispatching them to varied outputs . |
| 16 | They would never have done for the vicarage windows . ’ |
| 17 | During the period the hired car will be insured under this policy in exactly the same way as your own car is insured and you will only have to pay for the petrol used . |
| 18 | You will also have to allow for the time lag between installation and productive use which will probably be months rather than weeks or days . |
| 19 | Wilkinson will now try to qualify for the British Open as he aims for a European tour card later in the year . |
| 20 | My intention is to let the barbel in all areas know that there is free feed about in the hope that they will then begin to search for the source . |
| 21 | The feeling of fullness you acquire from , say , jacket potato or brown rice or wholemeal bread can certainly help compensate for the restriction of saturated fat and refined sugar . |
| 22 | Deer nosing through the far undergrowth , always standing in clearings you can never hope to reach for the ensnaring , chest-high coils of bramble . |