Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] for [adj] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | Graduates may opt for departmental or unit management , or specialize in personnel , marketing , finance of general administration within a larger company . |
| 2 | all da evening but then like last night see if I know that she 's been chomping on and off all night she 'll go for four or five hours . |
| 3 | A ‘ good ’ story may run for four or five weeks , after which the media and the public tire of it . |
| 4 | Erm the only thing that erm I thought she might er do was erm er something else on a ten year basis , because she 's only fifty six , I mean that 's relatively young , so would you possibly suggest anything that could go for ten or more years ? |
| 5 | Most popular waterlily cultivars need dividing every three or four years , although some of the smaller hybrids may go for six or seven years without requiring attention . |
| 6 | Most of them would go for four or five months before any change of clothing reached them , not perhaps such a hardship as , without a change of clothes , Bernard Callinan found his irritating prickly-heat rash disappeared . |
| 7 | This leaf fall would continue for three or four months every year and took much precious time from other projects . |
| 8 | Such farms may allow for little or no daily contact with the workforce ( other than by two-way radios fitted to tractors ) , with day-to-day supervision remaining in the hands of managers and foremen . |
| 9 | It will wait for one or two adventurers to enter the chamber , then leap on them . |
| 10 | Each card will pay for two or three short calls or an eight-minute call home . |
| 11 | You can work in private practice where the clients are people who come to you for help ; or you can work for central or local government , the Magistrates ' Courts Service , or a commercial or industrial organisation , where the employer is your ‘ client ’ . |
| 12 | With turkey you can go for red or white but whatever you choose needs to be big and flavoursome . |
| 13 | taxi fares only if there is no other way you can travel for all or part of the journey . |
| 14 | An authority can arrange for some or all of these services to be provided by voluntary organisations or the private sector . |
| 15 | Tours and reception manager Lorraine Keeling added : ‘ The centre is designed to accommodate the needs of all visitors and can cater for large or small groups . |
| 16 | Vertically you can slip for four or six rows , but it is best not to do this in rectangular blocks . |