Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You ought to go in for beauty comps , he said when he was winding up his film . |
| 2 | The 1919 Murray 's Handbook asked in a revealing suggestion that travellers should watch out for instances when third-class passengers were not treated considerately and should report them to the management . |
| 3 | Visitors to Ingatestone , one of the few houses in Essex to boast original mullioned windows , should watch out for Siddy the green parrot , who flaps around the garden performing his imitation of a ringing telephone . |
| 4 | Visitors to Ingatestone , one of the few houses in Essex to boast original mullioned windows , should watch out for Siddy the green parrot , who flaps around the garden performing his imitation of a ringing telephone . |
| 5 | Scott weaves through the gate into second place ( above ) , but must watch out for Bouncer the dog and Mrs Mangel ( below ) . |
| 6 | At the very least you should look out for password protection and virus checkers ; a more serious network station would include them as built-in hardware rather than merely as loadable utilities . |
| 7 | Basque food is traditionally based more on sauces than stews , although you should look out for marmitako , tunny fish stewed with tomatoes , potatoes , green peppers and bread . |
| 8 | Former full-time housewives should search around for evidence of skills other than domestic ones . |
| 9 | So we must look around for phenomena that occur every 150 million years or so . |
| 10 | This is a distortion of historical truth , and the student of history must look out for clues which reveal its unreliability . |
| 11 | It is generally accepted in the 1990s that no academic library can be self-sufficient , and that academics must move around for materials ( see Chapter 11 on ‘ weeding ’ ) . |
| 12 | I think you should come down for meals . ’ |
| 13 | Throughout the present chapter , and indeed elsewhere in this report , we have intimated that policies too must come in for scrutiny . |
| 14 | Even then , if at all possible , he should get up for meals . |
| 15 | Might make up for Piers Morrison . |
| 16 | ‘ All right then , I 'll watch out for Frances Needham-Burrell . |
| 17 | Now he 'll look out for restaurants we can both go to , ’ she explains . |
| 18 | So we 'll look out for Carnfield Hall . |
| 19 | Still the Japanese refused to surrender and it appeared that the war might drag on for months , even years , at terrible cost . |
| 20 | ‘ He 'll go on for hours . ’ |
| 21 | We 'll go out for dinner . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You 'll go down for life . ’ |
| 23 | She might go on for years ; I could be as old as she is now before she finally gives up the ghost . |
| 24 | The room , Robert felt , might go on for yards and yards . |
| 25 | Ahhh I shall have to tell him then , he said cos that 'll come up for sale then . |
| 26 | ‘ We 'll come over for tea . |
| 27 | Perhaps I 'll come by for coffee another time , Sister . |
| 28 | By now he was concerned with practical details : ‘ You might scout around for mesh stockings ! |
| 29 | ‘ We might wander about for hours and waste a great deal of time . |
| 30 | Oh yes , I can see what you 've done , I tried to ring you and it said erm out of order , cos I was ringing to say I 'm coming to the bank this morning so I 'll pop in for coffee . |