Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Depending on the nature of the defect , electrons may remain trapped for long periods of time ; such a trap would be referred to as ‘ deep ’ . |
| 2 | In this case , you may want to opt for one of the newer washer/dryers that combine both facilities . |
| 3 | If the patient has problems with his employer , he may need to apply for professional help through his social worker . |
| 4 | If current cultivars do not adapt , breeders may need to look for new varieties which cope better with milder winters . |
| 5 | Say no I 'm alright and I must 've lifted my head , all I could hear was this old scraggy voice like a witch , ah serve the fucking bastard right , the fucking honest to fuck , so I must 've sat for another half an hour and I knew I had to go that way to get home . |
| 6 | ( Not many calls exceed twenty seconds , but if for any reason you should need to transmit for longer , you can override the cut-out by simply releasing the PTT for an instant , then pressing it again ) |
| 7 | I should like to know for certain how … |
| 8 | The purchaser should avoid asking for superfluous information . |
| 9 | Give the board a good jolt and the l.e.d. should stop flashing for another minute . |
| 10 | In retrospect , the ref should have blown for full-time at this point . |
| 11 | Should have gone for two should n't I ? |
| 12 | Yes you did it was er the advertisement I 'd seen or very similar in the Scotsman newspaper and I must admit when he got all the information I thought damn I should have gone for that myself . |
| 13 | Even when Vinnie left — although we sold him for either what we bought him , or maybe 50 grand more , he had a very good season at Leeds , proved he could play a bit , he should have gone for more . |
| 14 | If the result of the income generation approach is that more resources are released to treat more patients and provide additional resources for their medical care , it does not seem that anyone should have to apologise for that policy . |
| 15 | That relics of them should have survived for such a vast period of time seemed even more difficult to believe . |
| 16 | The TAC system should have provided for this , but the latest estimates of existing stocks were only 78,000 tonnes of cod and 81,000 tonnes of haddock , Holden 's report claimed . |
| 17 | Perhaps not the best saint the church should have chosen for such a profession . |
| 18 | The times are noted in.my diary and , if they are accurate , I must have survived for several days in succession on as little as one or two hours ' sleep per night . |
| 19 | He wondered why Pinkie mentioned Laura , then realised with sinking heart that she was no longer keeping her discontent to herself and the echo of it must have travelled for some distance . |
| 20 | Why she was here , she could n't imagine ; but her head was clearer than it had been in a long time , which meant that she must have gone for some hours without any kind of an injection . |
| 21 | ‘ Presumably they must have to pay for all the preparation leading up to an operation of this sort , and pay the staff who are waiting around . |
| 22 | Zermatt , for example , is a resort where many skiers must have wished for better links . |
| 23 | Well then I must have cried for two hours and |
| 24 | Galleries had to be cleared 36 times , which must have accounted for some 35 minutes delay . |
| 25 | You must have worked for 13 weeks to be entitled to a statutory statement of the main terms of your employment . |
| 26 | They must have longed for quiet and solitude , for space to shed their tears in private , or even to vent their anger , but none of them showed it in public . |
| 27 | Do n't you think we should get paid for these drugs ? |
| 28 | The Thatcher administration , on the other hand , ‘ do not believe that the community as a whole should continue to pay for all sorts of things that it has paid for in the past … |
| 29 | The crusaders had returned to their interstellar castle — which flew onward from nowhere to nowhere just as it had done for many millennia , and must continue to do for many millennia more . |
| 30 | It is this quality and image that we must continue to build for all our services . |