Example sentences of "they [modal v] [vb infin] [noun sg] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the Japanese want a government they can be proud of , they must stop voting for permit-wielding , contract-fixing crooks . |
| 2 | If MPs want an easy life , they should make way for people who are willing to work hard for their country . |
| 3 | The peasants might have even less electricity than the town-dwellers , but they could collect wood for fuel and could find foodstuffs available only on the black market in the urban centres . |
| 4 | Since Jarvella instructed his subjects to recall as much as they could remember word for word , and he scored for accuracy of verbatim recall , these results suggest not only that the last-heard clause has the highest verbatim recall but also that the amount of syntactic information which is being retained about a preceding clause depends on whether or not that clause forms part of a larger linguistic unit which also includes the most recent clause . |
| 5 | Good news has also come from the government who have recently announced that they will match pound for pound any money raised by the charity and donated to a hospice . |
| 6 | These laws are not perfect and will not satisfy everyone in the Church , but they will achieve provision for women to be ordained as priests — and at the same time seek to respect the consciences of those opposed . |
| 7 | say that they do this so they can get money for fireworks for Guy Fawkes night . |