Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chelsea managing director Colin Hutchinson confirmed : ‘ We have received his international clearance and he should make his debut for the reserves . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ That should suit your taste for the melodramatic . ’ |
| 3 | He knows that he must improve his footwork for the grass courts , and he is also concerned that the head of his racket , which is smaller than most manufactured nowadays , may put his volleying at a disadvantage . |
| 4 | Thus Leo I thought it better that his congregation should keep their fasting for the proper liturgical seasons publicly set aside for it , rather than carry it out as a private ascetic exercise . |
| 5 | Despite the unpopularity of politicians , John Major is considered one of the best of the political bunch , with 67% agreeing that he is doing a good job as Prime Minister , housewives , particularly , approve of his performance ( 74% ) , which should raise his confidence for the election . |
| 6 | The company also believes that its increasing experience of managing what is claimed to be the largest CT2 network in the world should increase its competitiveness for the future . |
| 7 | They hurt , sometimes excruciatingly , but on the deepest level of all , it is somehow ‘ all right ’ ; and out of the praise and gratitude and joy that spring from it when we can grasp it , I think that we may give ourselves permission for the more mundane , but wonderfully healing emotion of happiness . |
| 8 | I 'll give you money for the assassin . |
| 9 | Might slit your windpipe for the gain of your house , |
| 10 | Kevin Thomas , a 17-year-old striker who has scored eight goals during the reserve team 's 14-match unbeaten run , could make his debut for the Tynecastle club . |
| 11 | I know but he , we 've got it here early March and we said that we 'd do his paperwork for the the afternoon |
| 12 | If Dad was alive he 'd give me money for the bike like a shot . |
| 13 | If Alger Hiss could betray his country for the sake of Communism — and he is still trying to establish his innocence — where else among the highest in the land might treason be found ? |
| 14 | Fred could see her hatred for the man showing plainly on her face , and he thought of Nellie 's closing words which kept running around inside his head . |
| 15 | I do n't know cos we thought you 'd be the only one who actually managed to get a copy when nobody else could lay their fice for the af from two o'clock in the afternoon yeah F finalised |
| 16 | After that the Bruces could renew their struggle for the throne . |
| 17 | I could n't wait for the bell to ring at four in the afternoon when class would end and I could bang my lid for the last time before running all the way down the Whitechapel Road to help out on the barrow . |
| 18 | He had been running , running as hard as he could to break his record for the five miles . |
| 19 | They describe it as a terrifying ordeal and although it was around two o'clock in the morning , they say a number of people were in the area and could help their search for the rapist . |
| 20 | In the parliament of 1371 two Austin friars argued that in a national emergency the prince who has endowed the churches may resume their property for the good of the realm ; about this time Langland was enlarging in Piers Plowman upon Holy Poverty , as were so many friars in their sermons ; before the end of the reign Wyclif , spokesman for Gaunt , especially against his wealthy political enemy , Bishop Wykeham of Winchester , was denying the right of priests to hold any property . |
| 21 | If boss Lennie Lawrence decides Pears is unfit to play against Brighton tomorrow , Ironside , 28 , would make his debut for the club . |
| 22 | If boss Lennie Lawrence decides Pears is unfit to play against Brighton tomorrow , Ironside , 28 , would make his debut for the club . |
| 23 | You would compensate your neighbour for the loss of his marginal benefit . |
| 24 | Today , I would give my life for the state of Israel . |
| 25 | NEWSAGENTS have rejected a move which would see them campaign for the restoration of capital punishment . |
| 26 | They would take their chance for the sale price of $380 million . |
| 27 | Instead of putting their money into business , people lent it to the government in the hope that ERNIE ( the nickname of the Electronic Random Number Indicator ) would select their number for the top prize ( then ) of a modest £1,000 . |
| 28 | Furthermore , the research process was to be used to train locals in obtaining the information they needed , and thereby develop a network of individuals and groups who would express their concern for the land issues of the region by an ongoing commitment to further action at local and National level using the results obtained from the study . |
| 29 | Which would leave us room for the |
| 30 | The government would end its support for the programme , amounting to some £13 million annually , in March 1993 because a " fast-breeder reactor was unlikely to become commercially viable until 2030 at the very earliest " , he told the House of Commons . |