Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I find that the minute I write down , erm , you know , somebody phones me and says I want another meeting with you , let's make it for next Friday at three o'clock in the afternoon , and I find within half an hour of me writing that down on the calendar card in ink , er , the people who 's parentage I then start to question , phone back and say well whoops , you know we , we forgot we actually had another meeting then , and so on and so forth . |
| 2 | Another problem with doing these talks is working out at what level I should pitch them for different age groups . |
| 3 | You may say also that I think it well that the musters of the northern counties should prepare themselves for possible action against the Scots at the same date , and those along the south coast should be ready to resist any assault by sea from my enemies in Europe . |
| 4 | Immediately the caveman must prepare himself for two possibilities . |
| 5 | ‘ You must prepare yourself for bad news , ’ she told him . |
| 6 | Perhaps you should include one for each section every issue , so you can focus on what 's wrong with it . |
| 7 | There is no reason why having some coincidental sperm-and-egg relationship with a child should entitle someone for that reason to be seen as a ‘ natural expert ’ , as distinct from a very clever , highly qualified one . |
| 8 | ‘ I should slap you for that remark but you 're not worth soiling my hands with . |
| 9 | ‘ I must thank you for all this and giving me food in the week and I 'm sorry for what I said , it 's just that I 'm not used to people being nice to me . |
| 10 | ‘ I suppose I must thank you for that , ’ replied the Queen of Casterbridge market rather ungratefully . |
| 11 | ‘ I must thank you for this , if for nothing else , ’ she said and , placing him back in Tamar 's arms , turned and went from the room . |
| 12 | The children were the first to greet me , their brown eyes looking up , asking silently and then audibly for presents , knowing that my cases must hold something for each of them , if only a ribbon or a sweet . |
| 13 | The House of Lords Committee report was even more cause for pessimism , suggesting that the UKAEA should brace itself for major cutbacks including site closures . |
| 14 | But then he mentioned , when we wen to see him , he says we will deal with this but you must get somebody for civil |
| 15 | ‘ Of course , this villa has no right to be here , ’ Nigel told them , ‘ but since it is we must save it for future generations to enjoy . ’ |
| 16 | Warriors still hunt the jaguar in ritualised fashion ; they must stalk it for three days and it may only be killed with a wooden spear . |
| 17 | Green wood advise this should last you for three days forging , so phone them on 071 249 5848 . |
| 18 | We all know that the task we 've set the officers is to manage within the budgets they 've been given , and to have no cuts in services , and no compulsory redundancies , and thi this is their challenge and this is what they seem to be achieving , and I think we should applaud them for that . |
| 19 | The Black & Decker BD75E is listed at £123.38 , but you should find it for less . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'll sack her for that , ’ she said out loud . |
| 21 | I 'll buy one for half a million pounds ! |
| 22 | I 'm sure you 'll value her for that . ’ |
| 23 | Taliesin , rather appalled at the ‘ on his own ’ part of this speech , said , ‘ But we might need you for all kinds of things , Fribble . |
| 24 | And then when I gave you the minimum premium er it was like right okay well that 's , that 's the easy way out is n't it , twenty quid a month , okay I might do something for twenty quid because I was n't committed and that 's what exploration of needs is all about and it 's , it 's so easy for me to sit and say yeah that 's what you need to do but putting myself in your shoes , you know , a few years ago |
| 25 | Yeah , we 'll do it for three months |
| 26 | ‘ We 'll send him for another x-ray when he 's completed his course of strep . ’ |
| 27 | We will stop sales to countries which might use them for internal repression or international aggression . |
| 28 | In some lessons you might use it for five minutes . |
| 29 | ‘ Mr Jacobsen , ’ she said , the words low and heavy with threat , ‘ if you ever try anything like that with me again I 'll report you for sexual harassment so fast you wo n't know what 's hit you . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'll set mine for five-to . |