Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [verb] they for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh so you should 've got them for January ? |
| 2 | I should like to thank them for their outstanding contribution to BP , extending over many years . |
| 3 | Should have bought them for . |
| 4 | Well you should have left them for me really . |
| 5 | The flood apart from ruining their home made their own car which should have taken them for the fully-paid honeymoon in Scotland , float off down the road and crash into another car . |
| 6 | You 'll have to buy them for your skiing trip . |
| 7 | Anyone who did n't know them might have taken them for a couple of businessmen out for a Sunday afternoon stroll . |
| 8 | I thought I 'd 've got them for me bleeding snap . |
| 9 | Under the scheme holders of government bonds could choose to exchange them for South Sea Company shares , and the government would pay interest on these bonds to the South Sea Company at a lower rate than it paid previously — the South Sea Company was doing much the same thing as the East India Company , providing the government with a loan at a reduced rate of interest in exchange for overseas trading privileges . |
| 10 | Perhaps you 'd like to exchange them for something else in my shop . |
| 11 | Nothing in the three villagers ' long but sheltered past could have prepared them for the horrendous sight that met their eyes . |
| 12 | Beth had a love for children , but how she wished she could have borne them for the man she loved , instead of the man she was indebted to . |
| 13 | If I could , I 'd have watched them for hours . |
| 14 | I 'd have got them for five or six quid a window |
| 15 | As more people choose to enjoy the horse for leisure and sporting activities , the Event will bring together everyone with a serious interest and involvement in horses , and those with the land and resources who may wish to utilise them for a new equine business . |
| 16 | I would like to see them for the Falls . |
| 17 | I would like to see them for the Shankill . |
| 18 | Waterlife Research Industries have kindly replaced the test kit , even though they were not at fault and I would like to thank them for this . |
| 19 | I would like to thank them for their continuing forbearance and understanding , and for their hard work throughout the year . |
| 20 | ‘ In the excitement of getting Penny back I ca n't did n't get their names but would like to thank them for their kindness . ’ |
| 21 | It was melancholy to see in the civil prisons of the metropolis , remarked Grant , men whose birth , education , manners and appearance would have fitted them for occupying the highest positions in society and consequently of proving benefactors to their species , spending no inconsiderable portion of the prime of life amid scenes of deepest degradation . |
| 22 | It is not envisaged that we would have to use them for the offshore industry , but the provisions provide a safety net . |
| 23 | ‘ I should n't have pulled strings — other people would have pulled them for me ! |
| 24 | A stranger would have taken them for brothers . |
| 25 | Anyone seeing them together on the common outside Oswaldston would have taken them for husband and wife , though Hilary was by nearly three years the younger . |
| 26 | He had only to tell me and I would have found them for him . |
| 27 | ‘ If he wanted the stars in the sky , ’ one parent told me , ‘ you would try to get them for him . ’ |
| 28 | I hope that he learns them well , because he will need to deploy them for a long time . |
| 29 | If you have gas or coal fires , and can avoid using them for a while , it would be a useful addition to this list . |