Example sentences of "you [modal v] [verb] [pron] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 You may thank me for the breakfast , ’ McAllister said , sitting down to attack her own meal with vigour , ‘ but the weather — now that , alas , is beyond me .
2 You ought to shop him for the income tax then
3 ‘ I 'm afraid you must prepare yourself for a shock .
4 So if the carriages are at the right , you must set them for an anti-clockwise circle , if they 're at the left , for a clockwise circle ( Figure 2 ) .
5 You must take me for a fool !
6 ‘ You 're ordering me around again , if that 's what you mean , ’ she replied , ‘ and if you think I 'm going to trot obediently upstairs and take off all my clothes you must take me for a fool . ’
7 ‘ Then you must thank her for the invitation and suggest a postponement . ’
8 Whether you 've been asked to open the discussion or not , you should prepare yourself for the tutorial as follows :
9 If you intend to proceed with the appeal on your own , you should contact me for a copy of the relevant parts of the Sheriff Court process .
10 ‘ Though your Majesty 's affections may be very well known as to religion , ’ he urged , ‘ yet it may be expected that you should say something for the world 's satisfaction . ’
11 There 's a spitball course going through now , you 'll join it for a couple of days . ’
12 You 'll say nothing for the moment , ’ said Miss Thorne .
13 These are substitutes , but you 'll need it for the authentic taste .
14 ‘ Laura must be nearing forty — her daughter , Hilda , is sixteen — but you 'd take her for no more than thirty-five .
15 You could meet me for a drink sometimes . ’
16 And if you could watch him for a while longer , you might discover just what he — a descendant of herd-living , company-loving , fast and flighty wild horses — feels about domestication .
17 If you could take them for a walk every day , from three to half-past four or something like that , I 'd be terribly grateful .
18 And you shall not strip your vineyard bare , neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard ; you shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner : I am the Lord your God ’ ( Lev .
19 You shall have it for a bride gift . ’
20 Some lay eggs among the stones , so camouflaged you would mistake them for the rocks themselves .
21 You will take one of these blocks you will wet it for a certain time and you
22 ‘ Mary , my dear , you will excuse us for a moment .
23 : 25mm x 5mm ( 1in x ¼in ) by the width of the blind less 20mm ( ¾in ) ; you will need one for the base of the blind and one for each channel .
24 Do you think you can hold it for an hour ? ’
25 And you can do it for a fraction of the price and without finding yourself on first-name-terms with your local AA recovery team .
26 You can do it for a week .
27 When it comes to mixing the colours it 's totally different from mixing paints — but at least you can leave it for a while and come back to it later . ’
28 ‘ I 'm buying it , but you can save it for the next guy .
29 You can close it for the moment , ’ Robyn said reluctantly , ‘ until I 've decided what to do . ’
30 Your wife 's very tired — she 's bound to be weak , after losing so much blood — but you can see her for a few minutes . ’
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