Example sentences of "he [modal v] [vb infin] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he ca n't afford a Solicitor and he feels he ought to be represented by a Solicitor , he may apply for Legal Aid , and of course it 's public money concerned so I suppose in an ideal society everybody would be legally assisted who wanted to be , but obviously we ca n't afford that as a country , so that erm generally erm his application would be judged according to certain criteria erm which would suggest perhaps he needed to be represented . |
| 2 | The trail seemed obvious enough , but my intended killer had come and gone that way — must have done — and if he should return for any reason I would n't want to meet him . |
| 3 | If he was ever to be an artist , he should strive for more balance . |
| 4 | Fry , dismissed by the 20-stone ticket-broker for the third time yesterday , wo n't be kissing and making up this time … he 'll sue for wrongful dismissal . |
| 5 | Her doctor had told her that there was nothing he could do for this problem , so she decided on private treatment from a doctor that a friend recommended . |
| 6 | The other way in which he could compensate for unfavourable power relations was through effective public relations . |
| 7 | The guy was talking to Pete , he thought he could , he develop , he could develop for coarse fishing |
| 8 | Is it not a ridiculous situation when the motoring correspondent of The Times ( 30 Jan. ) describes how he intended travelling from Brighton to Birmingham by rail , but found that he could drive for one quarter of the price , despite sole occupancy of a largish estate car ? |
| 9 | In the same edition of The Times , their motor correspondent describes how he considered making the return journey from Brighton to Birmingham by rail , but found that he could drive for one quarter the cost of a second-class fare , despite being the sole occupant of a largish estate car . |
| 10 | Er I 've known er one bloke he , he 'd send for a pint of Shipstons beer when it was sixpence a pint , and then he 'd send for another pint and he 'd be drunk , or , or he 'd be ready f to fight anybody that wanted to fight him . |
| 11 | Aloud he said he would stay for another night and take her place on the constituency slate . |
| 12 | Mr Ashdown dismissed suggestions that he would ask for four Cabinet posts for his party in a coalition government . |
| 13 | His head was growing heavy , he would ask for some coffee when the waiter returned ; it was dark indoors , darker than he would have expected on a showery early summer afternoon , when the sun outside does not dazzle . |
| 14 | Mesic , who reiterated on Sept. 12 his intention to resign after the expiry on Oct. 7 of the EC moratorium , accused the army of staging what amounted to a military coup by ignoring his orders , saying that he would ask for foreign intervention and bring charges against army commanders unless the JNA halted its attacks on Croatian towns and withdrew . |
| 15 | There was to be a review for them , when any man who would like to go back to France would be sent back by a route through Marseilles , and he would provide for any man who wished to serve with his newly formed force , the Free French . |
| 16 | Although he has completed five years , he will continue for another couple of years until the parish is ready to be handed over to the local clergy . |