Example sentences of "he [modal v] [adv] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A reminder that he should not take it for granted that he would in time succeed to England , Normandy and Anjou ? |
| 2 | He 's very good and he 'll probably do it for nothing if he can get a couple of hours off . ’ |
| 3 | Yes , and then he 'll probably remember you for that . |
| 4 | And now he 'll not forgive me for a twelvemonth . |
| 5 | What a waste of time , cos he 'll only sell them for things he |
| 6 | Surprise Offer was running without blinkers and Hannon said : ‘ He 'll definitely wear them for his next race , the Cornwallis Stakes at Ascot . ’ |
| 7 | He 'll never forgive her for the life she has spent and she wo n't let him see what she 's come to at the end of it ! |
| 8 | He 'll actually bore them for me . |
| 9 | Uncle Mosse had wanted to be dead there , and since he could n't achieve it for himself , his clothes had done it for him . |
| 10 | He captured the citadel but he only had a few troops with him and it was clear he could n't hold it for long , so he pushed on east past Excideuil into the Limousin , driving straight into the heartland of the rebel cause and devastating the country as he went . |
| 11 | Just as she did n't take him for granted , she made sure he could n't take her for granted either . |
| 12 | When George saw that Curley was attacking Lennie , George allowed Lennie to fight back because he knew that he could not do everything for Lennie . |
| 13 | However , the man with the radio at the final door worked for TAP , the state airline , not the airport , so he could not open it for us . |
| 14 | He believed she did not love him because he was like his father but he could not blame her for this because he knew he was unlovable . |
| 15 | More than that , and far worse , he is aware that he could not have it for himself even if it did exist . |
| 16 | I discovered he was teething — the sucking made his gums sore so he could only do it for a short time . |
| 17 | He 'd just hit me for two huge sixes , then slapped me savagely through the covers . |
| 18 | A chocolate bar or an ice-cream , or sometimes he 'd just take them for a walk . |
| 19 | I left him in charge of the whole of my affairs during my absence from England , with a perfect conviction that he would zealously exert himself for my interest , and the confidence I reposed in him has been fully realised , not only during my absence , but during the long period of eighteen years . ’ |
| 20 | Mahmoud Abul Abbas , leader of the Palestine Liberation Front , was not re-elected ( he had earlier announced that he would not nominate himself for membership ) , following the recommendation of a special committee set up to investigate his abortive seaborne raid against Israel in May 1990 [ see pp. 37443-44 ] . |
| 21 | The book is intended for undergraduates in their second or third year of a philosophy degree , but this need not necessarily deter readers with other backgrounds ; e.g. , my father claims to be able to understand it , though perhaps he would not thank me for the suggestion that he is representative . |
| 22 | Michael says it 's ‘ very decent ’ of them ; Nick says he would n't miss it for the world . |
| 23 | ‘ I have such confidence in Edgar 's love that I think I could kill him , and he would n't blame me for it . |
| 24 | He realized with a stab of regret he had never once seen her face clearly , and if he went back to seek her out he would n't know her for sure among the many daughters of the chief . |
| 25 | She shrugged , still hurting at all he 'd suffered , although she knew instinctively that he would n't thank her for it . |
| 26 | He would never forgive her for abandoning his child . |
| 27 | And he ca n't blame us for singing ‘ You 're Only Here For The Money etc ’ when we travel to Ewood Park . |
| 28 | Then he said flatly , ‘ He ca n't want it for Fincara , because Fand attacked him . |
| 29 | For , if he does exist he will surely forgive you for your dereliction , being such a sop in these matters , a meddling milk toast . |
| 30 | He will then bill us for half the cost as agreed . |