Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [adv prt] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pattern is very much first half er , erm , loss or small profit , second half all the profit and in fact you should watch out for the bigger , the bigger Addison Wesley gets , the more the loss in the second half will be because we 're investing for that sale |
| 2 | Ideally , I suppose , we should look around for the thickest available development of a particular unit if we are to find anything approaching continuous sedimentation . |
| 3 | if I won bigger money , I should go in for a new house , which would be built to our own idea , so that we could get a bigger scullery … . |
| 4 | You know then we thought right , we 're not just gon na forget about this you know , we 'll we 'll carry on for a little while longer and then as soon as the ball really started rolling , er personally I thought well you ca n't back down now , . |
| 5 | So then I decided I would like to be that I knew there was a job going on the electricians , so I thought well I 'll I 'll go in for the electrical side . |
| 6 | I 'll get this train stopped and we 'll go back for the lost car . |
| 7 | The way things are , you might struggle on for a few months . |
| 8 | You would think that one of us might scurry around for a new word instead of accepting linguistic hand-me-downs . |
| 9 | Do you think I might come in for a few minutes and talk to you about Matilda ? ’ |
| 10 | We all thought right okay , we 'll get out for a few days and matters 'll come to a head , get sorted out and we 'd be back at work , happy as anything you know , everything sorted within a couple of weeks . |
| 11 | Now if they 're multiplied or divided then you ca n't say , Oh well I 'll just take this bit and do that and then I 'll come back for the other one . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , I 'll come along for a little while to the bonfire , but do n't accept for me later . |
| 13 | He had thought that he might slip in for a quick snack that would keep body and soul together before he went back to his room to brood about the situation that he had handled so badly . |
| 14 | Dana has missed a few fittings , but the earth wo n't stop turning and I 'm sure she 'll turn up for the next one . ’ |
| 15 | We can only pray and hope it 'll turn out for the best . ’ |
| 16 | She says yeah she says I 'll pop in for a quick cuppa . |
| 17 | I thought I 'd wait up for the early morning newscast on the radio . ’ |
| 18 | He 'd speak out for a poor helpless old man like Donny , just as he did for Ireland . ’ |
| 19 | Often the Phantasms — daemon-masked , each dabbed with different costly scents , and gowned in luminous silk appliquéd with lascivious emblems — would bomb around the broad upper avenues on their jet-trikes , and through almost deserted midnight malls , seeking stylised mayhem with another brat gang or hunting for an odour bar or an elegant brothel which they could take over for a few hours before fleeing just ahead of a Judge patrol . |
| 20 | We could also decide on points where the accompaniment could take over for a brief period , or perhaps form a dialogue with the melody . |
| 21 | It could go on for a long time in this condition , like the Spanish Empire in its centuries of decline . |
| 22 | The list could go on for a long time . |
| 23 | This is another list that could go on for a long time . |
| 24 | I could go on for a long time in praise of Maxwell . |
| 25 | But er I could er I I could go on for a long time on that subject but time 's short dear , |
| 26 | His meeting was not until the next morning , so he could switch off for a few hours . |
| 27 | Oh I see they 'd put in for a new pair and sell the old pair ? |
| 28 | ‘ She desperately wanted to play the wife role and would spend an afternoon cooking a beautiful meal for him and he would arrive with an expensive bottle of wine and they 'd settle down for a cosy evening . ’ |
| 29 | Then if you 'd lie down for a few minutes , have a few minutes ’ sleep , you were right again . |
| 30 | Let's go out for a nice meal somewhere . |