Example sentences of "[vb infin] [det] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can unplug that for the moment . |
| 2 | I know what , I 'll swop that for a pound coin , yeah , and you give me back the pound coin and plus that fifty P , yeah ? |
| 3 | And then you 'll want some for the holiday , when we go just to Cromer wo n't you ? |
| 4 | you would n't buy that for a grand off them people he said at no price |
| 5 | It sounds to me when you talk about the misery , and I 'm sure it must have been miserable , I do n't doubt that for a minute , but when you talk about this misery and everything you went through , it 's a wee bit like the old fashioned way , you know , everyone was saying my God , what I went through , you know to have you ! |
| 6 | When he caught Jeff — and he would , she did n't doubt that for a second — her poor foolish brother would have hell to pay . |
| 7 | Right , now , we do n't need that for a . |
| 8 | We 'll have to use all our rehearsal time for Luxembourg too — we ca n't possibly afford to have the full cast up here for longer than three weeks and we 'll need that for the new production . ’ |
| 9 | Right , let's , let , let's pursue that for a minute . |
| 10 | Yes , but my arm 's longer Oh it 's the Christmas crossword I could photocopy that for the children . |
| 11 | ‘ Did n't consider that for a minute , lady , ’ I said , playing the part . |
| 12 | she obviously did n't know this for a long time and then one day I said to her , well , it was lovely meal and all that but I do think your mark-up on the wine is scandalous ! |
| 13 | They felt it offered no child care provisions , did not promise much for the unemployed and will mean a rise in fuel bills from next year . |
| 14 | You can buy these for a reasonable price in any stationery shop , in a range of colours . |
| 15 | He had warned the Assistant Commissioner , McPhee , and together they would ensure that for the next two or three days the City was flooded with agents who would alert them at once to an assembly . |
| 16 | ‘ You do n't expect that for a job paying £120 a week take home . |
| 17 | But 3p off a litre of petrol will do little for the men at Ford who need their jobs . |
| 18 | That will do little for the Vance-Owen plan 's chances of success and little , therefore , for the vigour of the principles of international conduct . |
| 19 | The Single European Act , fully in force from 1992 , will be a bonus for business but will do little for the rest of us . |
| 20 | She 'll do that for a long time , I bet . |
| 21 | When a West Indian boy walks in , the girls look up ; they do n't do that for an Asian . |
| 22 | ‘ Would they ever do that for the workers ? |
| 23 | So if you could do that for the next meeting I 'd be grateful . |
| 24 | And so I said , Yes , I would do that for the year and then I 'd get back into teaching . |
| 25 | Why wo n't he do that for the people of Lincolnshire now . |
| 26 | I wrote it down but I c I did only do that for the Christmas Fair . |
| 27 | I should , therefore , be grateful if you would confirm that for a Parish of this size ( population under 500 ) the additional premium would be £25 per year . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've accepted that I can do this for a certain amount of time . |
| 29 | If we could do this for a number of stars in the same galaxy , and our calculations always gave the same distance , we could be fairly confident of our estimate . |
| 30 | I so , do n't do this for every meeting , erm , but from , you know occasionally it 's a good idea . |