Example sentences of "[vb infin] [indef pn] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , clearly we 've got enough op , it would seem that if we could recruit somebody for the rest of this year , and er which would help us get our times down , if in if in fact we were able to recruit somebody who was instantly productive , which is not all that likely . |
| 2 | : 25mm x 5mm ( 1in x ¼in ) by the width of the blind less 20mm ( ¾in ) ; you will need one for the base of the blind and one for each channel . |
| 3 | ‘ Would n't it buy something for the girls here or put someone through school even if you did n't want to take it for yourself ? |
| 4 | Buying a ticket for last night 's game does NOT guarantee one for the all-Ireland clash in November — unless a formal application was made at the time of purchase to the IFA office . |
| 5 | That will save money and expense , but the question is , will it guarantee anything for the pensioners themselves ? |
| 6 | Both thorns are tolerant of pollution and are tough enough to grow in open , exposed seaside sites regularly raked over by salt-laden winds , although these of course will do nothing for the autumn display . |
| 7 | A party that will attempt nothing for the unemployed at home will do nothing for the poor and starving abroad . |
| 8 | Firstly , I have been in football management long enough to know that team changes at this late stage will do nothing for the confidence of existing players . |
| 9 | Making it hard for directors to talk to outsiders will also do nothing for the cause of good management . |
| 10 | ‘ I shall do nothing for the simple reason that — knowing Doreen — it would be a waste of time and effort . |
| 11 | It is true that right at the end , in October 1097 , when Anselm was on the point of leaving England , Eadmer reports him as saying to the Canterbury monks : ‘ I go willingly , trusting in God 's mercy that my journey will do something for the liberty of the Church in future times . ’ |
| 12 | Harold Macmillan was by no means alone at that time in looking forward to a government of Mosley and the younger men who would do something for the country at last . |
| 13 | And I think that if people who are still smoking , and I think nearly every smoker is unhappy with their habit , if they will remember that and think that they can actually do something for the next generation , it 's not their fault , there are people out there , there are forces out there who are forced them to start smoking and who are trying to get the generation to start . |
| 14 | I mean , it needs to perhaps perhaps they can do something for the first couple |
| 15 | Runner-up River Falls , beaten a head , and his stablemate Swing Low , third , are both in the 2,000 Guineas but Richard Hannon will send one for the Italian version . |
| 16 | Collectors would give anything for the chance to hear him project his art to us from the clarity of a recording studio . |
| 17 | During much of the book you do not feel anything for the androids , but as you see their struggle for survival and begin to sense that they have gained the feelings that humans are losing , you realise the irony of the book . |
| 18 | First , and obviously , does it do anything for the sufferer 's disease ? |
| 19 | I 'm not particularly fond of the control layout , either ; all the pots in a row look a bit ‘ lumpy ’ and do n't do anything for the line of the body . |
| 20 | would do anything for the crack |
| 21 | No , how about the men , do you do anything for the men ? |
| 22 | It really is important to get your statement , but first we 've got to see if we can do anything for the poor devil down there . " |
| 23 | Side by side with Voltaire and Kant , with their admiration of constructive and public-spirited autocrats , were others such as Helvétius , Holbach , Diderot and Rousseau , who refused to believe that this form of rule , however ‘ enlightened ’ , could do anything for the liberation of the individual subject . |
| 24 | It did n't do anything for the tenants of this city or did n't put any new proposals forward . |
| 25 | ‘ You know that I 'll do anything for the children . |
| 26 | She says she 'll do anything for the safety of the children . |
| 27 | You got ta do anything for the kids parties this year or no ? |
| 28 | And then , when she looked at the high terrace with its pots of trailing geraniums , she could see nothing for the shadow was so intense — not the pale blob of a face or the movement of a hand — but she was suddenly as sure as she could be of anything that someone was standing there , looking down , waiting for them to get out of the car and watching them . |
| 29 | Riven could see nothing for the water in his eyes , but when the dark shape of the hull loomed up he pushed Madra towards it . |
| 30 | can if you want , in the it 's not that far to go around and use one for the whole day . |