Example sentences of "they [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may even wish for death , but they still care . ’ |
| 2 | When women have had many children , and are older , births of higher order may suffer not only the effects of the mother 's physical debilitation from excessive childbearing but , as noted above , in certain circumstances , they may also compete for sustenance unsuccessfully with older siblings . |
| 3 | Armed guards told thousands of people with jobs in the western sector they should not report for work ‘ for the time being ’ , while a few were said to have turned a blind eye as scores of their fellow citizens ran for freedom . |
| 4 | ‘ They should always check for identification and following the incident should not disclose anything to anyone without first checking with their bank direct . ’ |
| 5 | They 'll not return for love nor money , because of the bad spirits . |
| 6 | They 'd rather live for ages with sagging shelves and peeling paint . |
| 7 | The farmers knew this ; and they 'd often come for advice : ‘ Owd Todd is going to sell one of his horses — Champion , d' you know him ? |
| 8 | Some of these regulations may not promote efficiency but be justified on paternalistic grounds : workers are held not to be the best judges of their own interests and so are prevented by law from taking risks they would voluntarily undertake for money . |
| 9 | They would not touch for fear — for abject terror that their former friends were carrying the seeds of death . |
| 10 | Eventually , they would even turn for expression to European artistic forms like the novel , or abstract painting . |
| 11 | And then they would all stay for tea or whatever . |
| 12 | They would happily ask for permission if they intended to organise a big march through a major city . |
| 13 | ‘ They ca n't pay for music lessons . |
| 14 | Although they will not qualify for discounts or bonus shares , they will get a larger allocation . |
| 15 | As flat rate farmers are not registered for VAT , they will not account for VAT on their sales , nor will they be able to make a claim for VAT incurred on business purchases . |
| 16 | well it is n't even a priority , it 's nothing , they wo n't get the money , th they wo n't pay for walk to go swimming but I thought that now that the has acquired that bus and it 's gon na be standing around doing nothing for most of the time and it 's a twenty nine seater bus . |
| 17 | grandmother and I think there was an aunt , and I said Ken were living in a three bedroomed semi , oh they wo n't mind for Christmas . |
| 18 | That as they 've been made redundant , as they 've been victimized for trade union activity possibly , we then as a union decide that they can not stand for office ? |
| 19 | Unfortunately — ’ he caught Owen 's eye meaningfully — ‘ they can not answer for others . ’ |
| 20 | The nature of the marketing process may have to vary with customer size ; paint manufacturers will for instance have to get themselves onto a list of approved contractors before they can even bid for orders to major customers such as the railways or car manufacturers . |