Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the child does n't want to go for the first test or even the second test , it is their right . ’ |
| 2 | In fact , unreasonable behaviour is often used as a means of getting a quickie divorce where husband and wife both want one but do n't want to wait for the two-year separation period ; and because the age of chivalry is still not dead , men are often willing to let their wives petition for divorce when the fault is fifty-fifty , or even when the women are more to blame . |
| 3 | You should n't even consider buying for the new season until you 've consulted our survey , compiled by Steven Seaton . |
| 4 | He will not normally seek to account for the mental processes involved in any language-user 's production of those sentences , nor to describe the physical or social contexts in which those sentences occur . |
| 5 | We would need to allow for the following expenses : |
| 6 | Having marked the ripstop , stop to work out how much extra you will need to allow for the leading edge pocket , or any hems , either on unsupported edges or where joining to another panel . |
| 7 | To maintain continuity , the paper suggests that firms should establish transitional arrangements for the handover : these could include arranging for the new partner to work on the audit team beforehand , and ensuring that other senior staff do not change in the same year . |
| 8 | It is n't difficult to calculate how long we should reasonably expect to wait for the random computer ( or baby or monkey ) to type METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL . |
| 9 | Well people are not bound to lose , because some people do finish up ahead , but most people should expect to lose for the simple reason that bookies have got to make a living somehow , and therefore the odds that they offer to entice people to go in are such as to expect the bookie to make a profit , but that does n't mean to say that I am against the idea of people going in for gambling . |
| 10 | If the expected return rises to 15 per cent what would they expect to pay for the above shares ? |
| 11 | If investors require an expected return of 8 per cent p.a. , what prices would they expect to pay for the following : |
| 12 | I am standing on platform eleven at London 's Liverpool Street station , listening to a British Rail Tannoy announcement , delivered as dispassionately and routinely as an abattoir attendant 's delivering a bolt through the skull of yet another helpless , terrified , steer : ‘ British Rail would like to apologize for the late running of the six-thirty to Lowestoft . |
| 13 | At any rate , at the next ward meeting , he suggested that I might like to stand for the local council . |
| 14 | A woman who has recovered from a stroke or head injury may decide she would like to work for the first time , as part of the challenge of overcoming her illness . |
| 15 | My sights were wide-ranging " I 'd like to work for the Daily Mirror or the Telegraph , " I informed my friends , as I sank a pint in the way I 'd seen the big-boys do at the time of the by-election . |
| 16 | He 's a Yorkshireman through and through — and he 's already told us he would like to play for the Northern Division . |
| 17 | I understand that you are holding the PAL masters for both parts , which we would like to use for the first run of this title , to get a better quality duplication . |
| 18 | What I 'd like to do for the next twenty minutes of the er of the seminar is talk about client server today . |
| 19 | It means , do n't keep wishing for the next day , or the next week , or month , or year , or your life goes too fast . |
| 20 | What do you want to do for the next two weeks ? |
| 21 | I 'd want to vote for the official candidate , but Frank 's not done too bad , ’ said Mr Dean . |
| 22 | Sadly , even their combined efforts can not hope to compensate for the many jobs lost . |
| 23 | Now back at Jan Smuts Airport , X-Ray Foxtrot may well have flown for the second time in civvies by the time these words are read . |
| 24 | Those problems have not been solved — just as we said that they would not be — because the Government did not take the issue seriously enough and did not press as they should have pressed for the substantial reforms that were needed . |
| 25 | Without such action by the judge , Intel would have to wait for the new 80287 trial to be completed before the company could file any appeal . |
| 26 | They now will have to wait for the 17.18 which previously ran at 17.08 or walk from Eaglescliffe . ’ |
| 27 | Our shop at work has sold out of the Torygraph today , so we may have to wait for the latest standings . |
| 28 | I shall just have to wait for the next Guinness Book of Records for the answer . |
| 29 | We 'd have to wait for the next one then . |
| 30 | I 'll have to go for the froggy . |