Example sentences of "[vb infin] for [pron] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How much of your clobber will you need for your first two days ? ’ |
| 2 | Is this the full complement of men you 'll need for our next operation ? ’ |
| 3 | She could hardly believe it , and she could not wait for her next consultation to see what was going to happen next . |
| 4 | He described one woman who kept saying , ‘ I ca n't wait for my second one to leave home , ’ but was actually denying the sadness she felt . |
| 5 | ‘ I ca n't wait for his first day — I 'll spend it in bed . ’ |
| 6 | Mm yes , let's see what you can do for me first . |
| 7 | It has spent most of its 37 years counselling university graduates about where they should look for their first jobs . |
| 8 | We acted in the belief ( for which there was statistical support ) that the majority of students having obtained their Certificates , would look for their first jobs locally . |
| 9 | It 's a fresh , young style you might use for your first home , or if you want to start anew in your lounge or bedroom . |
| 10 | Compound nouns in which the second element denotes an agent or an action may have for their first element a noun denoting the object of the action : housekeeper , housekeeping . |
| 11 | Oh I 'll pay for mine first and sh she 'd already rung mine through till like , little dickhead . |
| 12 | When he did leave for his next promotion , the ‘ real polises ’ reading his c.v . |
| 13 | And now , in less than five hours , Prince Yuan would arrive for his first annual inspection . |
| 14 | What did you get for your tenth birthday ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't want to say too much as people will think I am only concerned because if the new rules come into force it will mean Shelford ca n't play for us next season . |
| 16 | Oh I 'll play for your last tuppence ca n't you ? |
| 17 | It is not too difficult to imagine how this could slip quietly into polyandry : females could develop the habit of mating with a second male and letting him care for her second clutch . |
| 18 | From an early age , Shah Jehan made it clear that he did not care for his third son , and instead increasingly lavished attention on the more amiable Dara Shukoh . |
| 19 | Well done , what you gon na sing for me next then ? |
| 20 | I watched the official video for our first year in Div 1 ( when chappie scored 31 goals ) again over the weekend … |