Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an extreme case , someone may act on them for the reason that , or on the principle that , ‘ a little bit of what you fancy does you good ’ . |
| 2 | Now , no more than three of these in a day , and you must stay on it for at least a month . |
| 3 | I should think of you for his finger . |
| 4 | For example , the modern female hostage who falls in love with her captor may not merely be manifesting the well-known defence of ‘ identification with the aggressor ’ ( particularly since it is not so much identification with him as submission to him ) , she may instead be giving way to her phylogenetic id and its demand that a female captured by a male should look to him for sexual satisfaction . |
| 5 | There are two aspects of the lift to which comment and criticism constantly return and , before leaving the technological issues to the mercy of future critics , we should return to them for a moment . |
| 6 | How he had intended that they should live with her for a while , and how his mother had a grudge against Bridget , and the terrible row they had had the previous night , and how they did n't know where they were going to live . |
| 7 | He went on to quote Michelet : ‘ A woman must breathe on you for you to be a man . |
| 8 | The hon. Gentleman will know that any project in excess of £1 million must come to me for a decision . |
| 9 | The seller then becomes a trustee for the buyer and must account to him for any dividends he receives and vote in accordance with his instructions ( or appoint him as his proxy ) . |
| 10 | Dealings with clients ' money — a solicitor must keep a careful and separate account of any money of yours that he handles and must account to you for deposit interest if he or she holds a significant amount of your money for a significant length of time . |
| 11 | ‘ She must stand half an hour longer on that chair , and nobody may speak to her for the rest of the day . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I think so , but I 'll stay with him for a while , and just give him fluids . ’ |
| 13 | She 'll stay with me for a long time . ’ |
| 14 | Yeah , even on the phone our Rob rings up and er , he 'll speak to me for a few minutes and he speaks |
| 15 | That 'll do for you for the lodger . |
| 16 | ‘ You 'll look after him for me , wo n't you ? ’ she 'd said to me after we 'd got him unpacked and she could n't think of anything else which might prevent her from leaving . |
| 17 | I 'll look after it for you until you 're back . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ They 'll see to it for me . ’ |
| 19 | We 'll stick with you for the next three months , with fresh advice on the latest findings in psychology and exercise , and more glorious recipes . |
| 20 | Come and , he might look at me for something . |
| 21 | Then I 'll call for you for dinner at eight-thirty , Paige . ’ |
| 22 | Thus were the Cornish giants vanquished and the pile of stones erected ‘ … that men might wonder at it for evermore ’ . |
| 23 | They 'll play with it for two or three years yet , and in the end very probably nothing will come of it . |
| 24 | She 'll play with you for a bit . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'll talk to you for all the time we 're on this train . |
| 26 | we 'll deal with you for tool side then we 'll be lot happier . |
| 27 | Indeed on being presented with a picture , pupils may look at it for only a very short time and give only the most cursory replies when questioned about various features . |
| 28 | I always got on with my daughter , but she 's in Canada now , so I asked my son if I could stay with him for a bit . |
| 29 | But at the age of forty he was at last beginning to wonder whether the image he created for himself in his twenties could stay with him for ever . |
| 30 | ‘ Only that if you could stay with her for a night or two , I might manage to get over and see you there . ’ |