Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [vb infin] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it may cry for a short time , it should settle down and sleep before long . |
| 2 | Without doubt the two best Cup teams in the country have reached Twickenham this season and it should make for a superb final . |
| 3 | Give it a flick it 'll go for a long way because there 's no , there 's very little friction on the ice and erm the second one is the , the awkward one . |
| 4 | Does n't matter I mean , it 'll go for a long time you know . |
| 5 | A speed which , once it had lumbered up to it , it could maintain for a long time . |
| 6 | Lastly the serrated blade of the sickle required no sharpening : it would last for a whole harvest without attention . |
| 7 | It would sit for a limited period , probably less than six months , and would take over responsibility for those areas of state operation essential for impartial elections including the security forces , a limited budgetary role , the state-owned media and the conduct of the elections themselves . |
| 8 | Either because he had the hump or because he thought it would make for a good show he started smashing the footlights one by one . |
| 9 | The process of report and interrogation took quite a time , and Rostov began to suspect that if he and the others were to be subjected to some form of tribunal before their fate was decided , then at least it would pass for a fair one . |
| 10 | But it would do for a comic sketch — ‘ |
| 11 | I know it will hurt for a little while , but I 'll get better , so why worry ? |
| 12 | The Dutch government is so concerned that at next week 's 103-nation conference in Lausanne of the Convention on Trade in Endangered Species ( Cites ) it will call for a total ban on trade in the plants . |
| 13 | He believes it will call for a fundamental rethink about the way that work is structured . |
| 14 | It can cater for a wide variety of activities , aerobics , badminton , football , martial arts , weight training and 50+ . |
| 15 | It can aim for a high probability of having the right word somewhere in the cohort without worrying too much about the size of the cohort . |
| 16 | None of this means Shawcross should stop — the cause is too important — but it can make for a frustrating life . |
| 17 | The more torque an engine has , the bigger load it can pull in the same gear or the higher gear it can use for a given load . |