Example sentences of "[conj] they [modal v] [vb infin] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In April , 50 Russian orphans will arrive at the Wells House School , where they 'll stay for 3 months . |
| 2 | When unemployment was bad those without alternative income returned to their native villages , where they might rely for support on family or communal networks . |
| 3 | probably where they would go for erm |
| 4 | Miller must surely have taken the family on local botanising expeditions to Chelsea Heath , the large stretch of common land to the north of the Fulham Road , where they could search for plants important to the Physic Garden . |
| 5 | But many of the fertilised eggs remain buried deep among the sand grains where they will stay for a month until , once more , high water reaches this part of the beach , stirring the sand , releasing the larvae to swim freely in the sea . |
| 6 | They want to be in a free and democratic Iraq where they can vote for their leaders and have a democratically accountable Parliament . |
| 7 | Or they must work for a particular employer ( eg a local council ) , or in a similar trade or occupation ( eg taxidrivers , the police ) . |
| 8 | Er or they can ask for someone to take them . |
| 9 | They are , therefore , formulaic in character and although they may call for some adaptation for contextual fit they are not composed on each occasion from constituent parts . |
| 10 | Four members of the sprint squad missed the bus and arrived at the stadium later than they should have for the morning heats . |
| 11 | Fleischmann and Pons believed that they had produced fusion in their test-tube because when they passed electrical current through it , more heat was produced than they could account for , and in amounts extending over hundreds of hours that seemed to be far in excess of what is possible in a normal chemical reaction . |
| 12 | In agreeing the format of the talks on May 9 , both sides agreed that they should be completed " as quickly as possible " , although no deadline was agreed and many observers predicted that they would last for several months . |
| 13 | Describing the acquittals as " illegal in some cases " , they said that they would press for a finding of aggravated murder rather than one of genocide . |
| 14 | It was almost unthinkable that the Americans would refuse outright to grant the exemption , but it quickly became clear that they would prevaricate for as long as possible . |
| 15 | erm I go along with what erm Simon said about Paul , I 'm I thought at one time that they would go for Cox and him , to be perfectly honest , he 's absolutely right on what he said , and I 'm sure they 're relying on the fact that I believe Paul is going to be a home track and they 're going to pick a lot points up at home . |
| 16 | The Social Democrats have already started to deny that they would ask for this help — a denial spurred perhaps by some mistrust of the Greens by their own mainstream supporters . |
| 17 | Handing out certificates recently at my adult education college in Wandsworth , I was enormously impressed by the number of special needs students who received one , who never in their lives thought that they would qualify for a certificate . |
| 18 | In the end he judged that the investment of hope should be made : that they would fight for the calf 's life and risk disappointment . |
| 19 | ‘ Look for off-farm work ’ was usually identified by those who were already part-time farmers , meaning that they would look for more off-farm work . |
| 20 | Regular visits from a social worker can be of immense value to old people living alone , particularly if their family lives some distance away and can not do all that they would wish for them . |
| 21 | He urges nurses to look beyond the immediate frustration of not being able to give all that they would wish for today 's patients , but to resolve as individuals to do ‘ everything reasonable within our power and through our nursing organisations to make sure that tomorrow 's people get the nurses and the nursing they deserve . |
| 22 | She really wanted him to teach the swimming , believing that they might achieve for Nails , even if only because they were frightened not to ; that was the reason she had made herself be nice to him , inviting him to come up when Miss Bedwelty came . |
| 23 | Yet , despite their form over the last two months , the turning point for Wigan 's 20th major trophy in six years undoubtedly came in December when it looked that they might struggle for success this season . |
| 24 | Preparing the ‘ patchwork pieces ’ from remnants was an ideal occupation for her continuing band of outworkers ; Laura considered it an essential part of her duty to keep feeding these women , many of whom lived such isolated lives in the hills that they might go for days without talking to anyone . |
| 25 | What , what I would always hope though , is that they might go for some help , because even if they decide to separate , and er get support while they 're doing so , they may be able to understand what was going on in the relationship , what they were looking for in each other . |
| 26 | So when they hear this , the apostles back in Jerusalem , they send Peter and John down to Somaria for this special purpose that they might pray for them , that they might receive the Holy Spirit . |
| 27 | Ltd. v. Hawkins ( 1859 ) 4 H. & N. 87 was authority for the proposition that it was an ordinary incident of all corporations ( including municipal corporations ) that they might sue for libel ; that case was only authority for the proposition that a trading company might sue for libel by which its property was injured ; ( 3 ) in holding that the Manchester Corporation case was decided per incuriam when there was no basis for so holding and he should have followed it ; ( 4 ) in holding that in bringing an action for libel not alleged to have caused actual damage , no valid distinction could be made between trading corporations and municipal corporations , which ignored the true basis on which a trading corporation was permitted to sue for libel , namely that it had a trading character , the defamation of which might ruin it : South Hetton Coal Co . Ltd. v. North-Eastern News Association Ltd. [ 1894 ] 1 Q.B. 133 , 145 . |
| 28 | But I assume he was telling me that they 'll ask for Harry Maxim and the Committee would rather he did n't go . ’ |
| 29 | A much more specific fear was that young people would be provoked into imitative crime by the daring exploits witnessed on the screen , and the National Council of Public Morals addressed itself with particular vigour to the belief ‘ that the picture house is responsible for the increase in juvenile crime , and that boys are often led to imitate crimes ( larceny or burglary ) which they have seen in the pictures , or to steal money that they may pay for admission , . |
| 30 | From that decision Morland J. concluded that it is an ordinary incident of all corporations that they may sue for libel and that that included municipal corporations . |