Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | We w er we would , we would only need to pay for them at the rate where they lived . |
| 2 | Had she not met Flynn , she would merely have asked for the farms to be restored to Maran Hill ; but the news from London made her too bold . |
| 3 | ‘ And yet to have been there and heard none of the holy words which we should naturally have listened for from those lips at such a time — how distressing ! ’ |
| 4 | Thus , the pre-industrial family in Britain will not only have cared for its members but will also have educated them and been the focus of their work activities . |
| 5 | During the period the hired car will be insured under this policy in exactly the same way as your own car is insured and you will only have to pay for the petrol used . |
| 6 | What was needed however was a concrete demonstration of support by the British government , and this was most unlikely to be forthcoming , no matter how much the Queen might personally have hoped for it . |
| 7 | Finally , you need enough rest to allow for adaptation to the training . |
| 8 | Naval construction work of this type will obviously lead to work for subcontractors . |
| 9 | er We 've got some very disturbed children in Oxfordshire who need all sorts of help , which do n't necessarily get provided for at the moment . |
| 10 | ‘ I think I 'd better start looking for another yellow Datsun . ’ |
| 11 | I made a mental note to myself that if the doctor on her case set that beautiful leg anything other than back the way it should be , then he had better start looking for a good dentist . |
| 12 | He supposed he had better start reading for the Bar , quick and easy . |
| 13 | ‘ Ian Wright could be in the National Basketball Association , he did so much trash talking for 45 minutes , ’ Meola said . |
| 14 | Various factors could prevent the tenant from commencing to trade within a specified period and where a tenant has fitted out the premises and is paying a full rent ( or using up a rent free period ) the tenant would hopefully only delay opening for trade for a good reason . |
| 15 | ‘ How could anyone not want to go for a sail on a day like this ? ’ |
| 16 | Such a purchaser would , in effect , buy a firm that he did not want to own for long in its present shape . |
| 17 | Likely you 'll not want to stop for a cup of tea ? |
| 18 | ‘ Your father did not want to pay for the doctor , while the priest 'e comes free ! |
| 19 | Suppose a company has a training policy that women over 50 and men over 55 will not be reimbursed correspondence course fees because the company does not want to pay for training unless it can get at least ten years benefit from that training . |
| 20 | ‘ Did you really not want to stay for my wedding ? ’ |
| 21 | This had been doubly hurtful , for it meant that she not only did not want to work for and look after him but preferred his lifestyle to her own , and by implication ( for she was a lazy woman ) that meant that she considered what he did not to be work at all , merely a pleasurable means of making a great deal of money . |
| 22 | Enter Rita , a young , timid , nervous , woman in clinging red dress , lipstick to match and a pair of shoes in which you would not want to run for a bus . |
| 23 | ‘ I know they need to protect their client 's confidentiality but there are certainly many companies I would not consider working for and that ought to be got out of the way early on . ’ |
| 24 | He will not normally seek to account for the mental processes involved in any language-user 's production of those sentences , nor to describe the physical or social contexts in which those sentences occur . |
| 25 | By holding one end of this batten against the wall , floor ceiling , and using the tape to measure the gap , you will be able to do it on your own without needing someone to hold the other end of the tape , and will get more accurate measurements , as you will not need to allow for the width of the tape measure case . |
| 26 | We do not need to wait for new efficient technology : as Stewart Boyle described in ‘ More work for less energy ’ ( New Scientist , 5 August 1989 ) , the technology exists to take the first step towards the targets we have set to save energy and fossil fuel , and to cut back on carbon dioxide emissions . |
| 27 | We do not need to wait for the Reeve 's Tale for a fabliau in which the Miller can be identified with a target figure : the Miller 's Tale itself links its dramatic teller , the Miller , with John the carpenter as John repeats the Miller 's axiom found in the Miller 's Prologue : in his own homespun wisdom : — a valuing of ignorance which Nicholas is able to play upon ( 3558 ) . |
| 28 | For these reasons , an analysis of the so-called ‘ uneven playing-field ’ in Europe does not need to dwell for too long on the fact that there remains in many countries a low level of compliance with the rules . |
| 29 | You may not need to queue for stamps again . |
| 30 | This owed something to the thoroughness with which Gloucester outmanoeuvred the opposition , which meant that he did not need to hunt for extra support . |