Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The clause should therefore be amended to read : " the Tenant " includes the successors in title of the Tenant A landlord may nevertheless for the purpose of privity of contract wish to ensure that the person with whom it is entering into the agreement will be the original tenant under the lease . |
| 2 | The contract had been until the end of September when she could reapply for the job she had been turned down for , ‘ provided she had had sufficient experience nursing very sick children ’ , he said . |
| 3 | For the next few days I was horribly inactive , gripped by a lethargy that I could not for the life of me understand . |
| 4 | I said that it would be unkind and discourteous to decline a visit , but I could not for the life of me see how I could help him where persons of much greater power were impotent . |
| 5 | He could not for the life of him understand why they should wish to remain inside the cottage while the Domain was dusted with poisons . |
| 6 | Mahmoud , incoherent with fury , could not for the moment say what it was . |
| 7 | It was enough for a while just to have this clever , charming man as a friend , flattering to have him travel so far when he could just for the pleasure of her company . |
| 8 | As I heard the words I knew they were wrong , but could n't for the life of me remember the dolmen 's proper name . |
| 9 | The Marshal could n't for the life of him remember that . |
| 10 | Because he could n't for the life of him imagine what he personally could have done to her . |
| 11 | That evening , I went to see King Lear at the Old Vic , but I was unable to shake off my self-pity and I could n't for the life of me see what the old git was moaning about . |
| 12 | You know , when I was bringing up my children in the early seventies I read about the the mergence of the new working woman , you know , how to balance a career and a home and children , and I could n't for the life of me think what was new about this working woman ! |
| 13 | Harris knew that something had happened but he could n't for the life of him think what it might be . |
| 14 | ‘ I could n't for the life of me remember the English name for this vehicle and certainly did n't know what the Russian name was , so I asked him what he would call it . ’ |
| 15 | I could n't for the life of me understand what Emily Lightbody might see in him , except an eternal good time . |
| 16 | Guy had always liked tall women , preferably those built on rather buxom lines , but right now he could n't for the life of him remember why . |
| 17 | and one of the girls who I was speaking to , oh I 'd like to do that , she could n't for the , the one that we 're doing |
| 18 | There had to be something she could say , something sharp and snappy , tailor-made to disabuse him of that idea , but was n't it just typical that she could n't for the life of her think what it was ? |
| 19 | We felt we had done all we could there for the moment and did n't want to get lazy . |
| 20 | Gentlemen , I would not for the world be judge in a cause in which I am one party among three . |
| 21 | And I would not for the world meddle with her plans , though I am proud that she has consented on the way to visit me for a while . |
| 22 | I would not for the world keep him from his rest . |
| 23 | If your good lady mother is indisposed , I would not for the world — ’ |
| 24 | Critical of the US deployment , the Soviet Union would not for the time being join an international force , but would consider how to respond if the UN Security Council decided on military action . |
| 25 | My friend answered that he would n't for the life of him ever tinker with such a volcano : ‘ If I did , ’ he said , ‘ the whole man might fall apart . ’ |
| 26 | I would n't for the world he should miscarry . ’ |
| 27 | I ca n't for the life of me understand what it is you see in it . |
| 28 | I honestly ca n't for the life of me figure out how to express the rest so I hope you 'll forgive me if I stop here . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh heck , I ca n't for the life of me remember . ’ |
| 30 | It is just the latest , polite way of saying that whites want to live in Africa , but they ca n't for the life of them get along with Africans . |