Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | LINFIELD fans should prepare themselves for a bout of double vision at Windsor Park next week . |
| 2 | The psychologist worked on the assumption that Dawn should prepare herself for a life of dependency on others , so he did not try to motivate her towards self-sufficiency . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm afraid you must prepare yourself for a shock . |
| 4 | I must prepare you for a surprise that will not , I hope , upset you too much . |
| 5 | Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister 's initiative , but warned that he and President Menem should steel themselves for a ‘ very rough ride ’ during the next few weeks . |
| 6 | Head of Department : ‘ Quadruple sessions are needed , particularly for ‘ O ’ Level groups , as they must pace themselves for a 3 hour drawing exam . ’ |
| 7 | He stormed : ‘ The FA should suspend him for a couple of years and if they ca n't ban the video then they should fine him every penny he makes out of it . |
| 8 | If you intend to proceed with the appeal on your own , you should contact me for a copy of the relevant parts of the Sheriff Court process . |
| 9 | That should see me for a while . |
| 10 | Even Sean 's obvious appreciation of her had served mainly to boost her confidence as to how she would look in that other man 's eyes , if by some absolute miracle they should meet him for a moment as they were driving through the grounds of Millfield House . |
| 11 | So if the carriages are at the right , you must set them for an anti-clockwise circle , if they 're at the left , for a clockwise circle ( Figure 2 ) . |
| 12 | Tell Kate not to give way to despondency , perhaps she should drop it for a while and come back to it fresh with new ideas and enthusiasm . |
| 13 | You must take me for a fool ! |
| 14 | ‘ You 're ordering me around again , if that 's what you mean , ’ she replied , ‘ and if you think I 'm going to trot obediently upstairs and take off all my clothes you must take me for a fool . ’ |
| 15 | I must leave you for a while . |
| 16 | BRITAIN must brace itself for an even more violent wave of IRA attacks , RUC Chief Constable Sir Hugh Annesley warned last night . |
| 17 | After last night 's frost , the ice should hide it for a while . ’ |
| 18 | The 200 units under her command should brace themselves for a forthright style . |
| 19 | On the livestock side Stuart Ashworth warned that beef producers should brace themselves for a cut in the Beef Special Premium ‘ the base for Scotland is 244,000 male animals but there will be at least 300,000 head this year so we can anticipate a cut of somewhere in the region of 20-25 per cent in BSP payments . |
| 20 | President Vytautas Landsbergis of Lithuania warned on May 18 , in an address to the Lithuanian Supreme Council , that the republic should brace itself for a renewed clampdown by Soviet armed forces in the light of " armed provocations " along the republic 's borders . |
| 21 | And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand , and shalt be for frontlets between thine eyes . |
| 22 | I think , therefore , that I must ask you for a ruling . |
| 23 | Might want them for a cup of tea . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm told they might need me for a bit of PR work , but basically I gather I 'm going to be the technician permanently with the team . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ You do n't seem to have much hesitation about speaking your mind , whether I want to hear what 's on it or not , so I 'll speak mine for a change . |
| 26 | Curtis , fully aware that this was the last night of the Prophet 's current crusade , had anticipated that he might choose it for a last hunting expedition , before retreating to his lair upstate . |
| 27 | I 'll do it for a hundred and thirty quid no more ! |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll do 'em for a penny , if yer like , I got lots of spit . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I 'll send someone for a blanket and we 'll get her there in no time at all . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ From what you 've told me , I do n't think we 'll see her for a long time unless your Mr Wyatt finds them , and while he thinks you are Dana he wo n't be looking very hard , will he ? ’ |