Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They ought to thank us for letting our Thing do their job for them , ’ said Gurder solemnly . |
| 2 | You ought to shop him for the income tax then |
| 3 | We get quite used to our domestic dog actually bringing us sticks and balls so that we may throw them for our four-legged companion to retrieve . |
| 4 | ‘ I hope you wo n't be stuck in your bag of ‘ defending ’ the underground ; like the man said , let's make it for the hell of it . ’ |
| 5 | I find that the minute I write down , erm , you know , somebody phones me and says I want another meeting with you , let's make it for next Friday at three o'clock in the afternoon , and I find within half an hour of me writing that down on the calendar card in ink , er , the people who 's parentage I then start to question , phone back and say well whoops , you know we , we forgot we actually had another meeting then , and so on and so forth . |
| 6 | Let's chop it for you . |
| 7 | Outgoing ministers may buy them for about £75 , but the boxes must be fitted with new locks to preserve the secret of their mechanisms . |
| 8 | Some fire brigades may bill you for coming out to help rescue an animal . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | Another problem with doing these talks is working out at what level I should pitch them for different age groups . |
| 11 | You have your own life before you ( rather as you said to me , Therese ) and you must make it for yourself . |
| 12 | I must prepare you for a surprise that will not , I hope , upset you too much . |
| 13 | I think BT should compensate us for the concern and inconvenience these mystery calls cause , perhaps by reducing bills for that quarter . |
| 14 | Bought as an ‘ add-on ’ with a house contents policy for a few pounds a year , it should cover you for consumer , household and personal injury claims . |
| 15 | I may tell lies all my life if it 's expedient but I must know them for what they are and I must never tell them to myself . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 ) . |
| 18 | If you are paying a little more for the food you should enjoy it for what it is — avoid recipes which suggest such things as stuffing breasts of chicken with Parma ham mousse , then wrapping them in smoked salmon and poaching in wine before serving with a cream sauce . |
| 19 | ‘ And if he will not , then John Major must do it for him . ’ |
| 20 | I said , ‘ That is why you must do it for me , Colonel . ’ |
| 21 | You must do it for humanity 's sake . ’ |
| 22 | The great church was mute and dark , for compline was long over , since the routine of the house clung as yet to its winter timetable , and the monks were in their beds until midnight should rouse them for matins . |
| 23 | Then one lady wrote and said that the ladies of the local church should do it for us . |
| 24 | ‘ Are you suggesting that I should do it for you ? ’ she queried sweetly . |
| 25 | ‘ If not , John Major should do it for him . ’ |
| 26 | Upon receipt of the proceeds of sale the trustees must invest them for the tenant for life and that person 's successors in title . |
| 27 | He stormed : ‘ The FA should suspend him for a couple of years and if they ca n't ban the video then they should fine him every penny he makes out of it . |
| 28 | If you intend to proceed with the appeal on your own , you should contact me for a copy of the relevant parts of the Sheriff Court process . |
| 29 | The questions you then have to tackle are what you can use it for and , even more important , what you should use it for . |
| 30 | That should see me for a while . |