Example sentences of "he [modal v] [vb infin] [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , he may take you for a meal after he 's stayed a , a fortnight , and it 'll , he might lose his wallet , or , take you to the sausage and chips place round the corner , so he , he 's a nightmare . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't know if Bobby will break into the Great Britain team for the World Cup final against Australia in October , but he should make it for the next series and then hang on to the job . |
| 3 | They were left feeling drained , insulted and angry at a man who suggested he should bill them for the five hours he spent at their home . |
| 4 | His Prince Hal is never a roaring boy : he sits hunched or sprawled , with dark unwinking eyes : he hopes to be amused by his bully companions , but the eyes constantly muse beyond them into the time when he must steady himself for the crown . |
| 5 | What he can do is to say that the legal owner can not in conscience , in equity , make use of his Common Law right for his own benefit ; he must use it for the benefit of the man for whom he holds it in trust . |
| 6 | If a secured creditor omits to disclose his security in his proof of debt , he must surrender it for the general benefit of creditors unless the court relieves him on the ground that omission was inadvertent or the result of honest mistake ( r 6.116 ) . |
| 7 | Curtis , fully aware that this was the last night of the Prophet 's current crusade , had anticipated that he might choose it for a last hunting expedition , before retreating to his lair upstate . |
| 8 | He wants a quick sale , and there 's a friend of his who thinks he might like it for a weekend cottage . |
| 9 | This was n't exactly comfortable , but he could stand it for a while longer . |
| 10 | Right now I was too busy working on where he could take her for a honeymoon . |
| 11 | Give Ray half a chance and he 'd blame himself for the invention of gunpowder . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I would n't do that , girl ; he 'd fight you for the child . |
| 13 | In that case the Lapp had said he would do it for a few drinks if we had any with us . |
| 14 | Heseltine declares that he can not foresee the circumstances in which he would challenge her for the leadership . |
| 15 | He vowed that when they returned in the summer he would take her for a holiday . |
| 16 | I imagine he is impressed and that he will invite us for a coffee after , but when I look again he is gone . |
| 17 | The outspoken Mrs Clinton , an assertive Leftish lawyer , has already become a campaign issue because of a scathing remark she made about women who ‘ stay at home and bake cookies ’ and because Mr Clinton says he will consider her for a job in his Cabinet once he wins the White House . |
| 18 | Commenting on the scope of a scheme that can give every farmer a stake in conservation , he said : ‘ If someone wants to make a 20 metre-wide headland , he can run it for a mile and still use up only eight acres of his set-aside land . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ No , tell him he can have it for a hundred ! |
| 20 | He may meet in private with his lawyer , but access to his family is severely restricted : he can see them for no more than one hour a month , under tight surveillance . |