Example sentences of "[vb infin] [det] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can unplug that for the moment . |
| 2 | I know what , I 'll swop that for a pound coin , yeah , and you give me back the pound coin and plus that fifty P , yeah ? |
| 3 | And then you 'll want some for the holiday , when we go just to Cromer wo n't you ? |
| 4 | It sounds to me when you talk about the misery , and I 'm sure it must have been miserable , I do n't doubt that for a minute , but when you talk about this misery and everything you went through , it 's a wee bit like the old fashioned way , you know , everyone was saying my God , what I went through , you know to have you ! |
| 5 | When he caught Jeff — and he would , she did n't doubt that for a second — her poor foolish brother would have hell to pay . |
| 6 | Right , let's , let , let's pursue that for a minute . |
| 7 | ‘ Did n't consider that for a minute , lady , ’ I said , playing the part . |
| 8 | ‘ You do n't expect that for a job paying £120 a week take home . |
| 9 | The Single European Act , fully in force from 1992 , will be a bonus for business but will do little for the rest of us . |
| 10 | When a West Indian boy walks in , the girls look up ; they do n't do that for an Asian . |
| 11 | And so I said , Yes , I would do that for the year and then I 'd get back into teaching . |
| 12 | I wrote it down but I c I did only do that for the Christmas Fair . |
| 13 | I should , therefore , be grateful if you would confirm that for a Parish of this size ( population under 500 ) the additional premium would be £25 per year . |
| 14 | If we could do this for a number of stars in the same galaxy , and our calculations always gave the same distance , we could be fairly confident of our estimate . |
| 15 | I so , do n't do this for every meeting , erm , but from , you know occasionally it 's a good idea . |
| 16 | I believe he er did n't give much for the quarry . |
| 17 | This behaviour undoubtedly enhances the survival of the transposon , but — as Crick , with Leslie Orgel , Ford Doolittle and Carmen Sapienza argued , it does n't necessarily do much for the bacterium in which the transposon is a passenger . |
| 18 | The resonance of this fine building did not do much for the choir 's inaccurate diction , but made amends by enriching the gracious stone quality of the singing in Haydn 's Little Organ Mass and Faure 's Requiem . |
| 19 | The photograph did n't do much for the man . |
| 20 | Would n't do much for the value of the house , either . ’ |
| 21 | It would n't be fair for such a player — who could do much for the balance of the side as a genuine all-rounder — to be held back just because there was an ageing geriatric hanging around , trying to prolong his playing days . |
| 22 | This probably means that mistakes in the details of these proteins ( they are produced during the clotting of blood ) do n't matter much for the organism . |
| 23 | you do n't do any for a month or so , you think oh I was bombing through these , now where do how do I get started ? |
| 24 | One should also remember that for a period of about three or four months in the summer the terraces are closed completely . |
| 25 | I can see that for the purpose of our movie any relationship between Claudia and Tepilit will have to be clouded in romanticism . |
| 26 | Rain saw them like that for a second , then Tim twisted round and glared at her . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't believe that for a moment , ’ said Mr Fang unpleasantly . |
| 28 | Well , Marius never went to bed before one , so I do n't believe that for a start . ’ |
| 29 | I can use that for a grave . |
| 30 | Well you ca n't use that for a buzz , you use that for a buzz do n't you ? for a buzz ? |