Example sentences of "he [modal v] [vb infin] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speakers told the jokes on Friday at a dinner honouring a former Virginia representative , Stan Parris , who has said he may campaign for a congressional seat next year , the Washington Post reported yesterday . |
| 2 | Further ( i ) he may apply for an order for the costs incurred by him before the receipt of the notice of payment into court where the defendant has legal aid or where Ord 11 , r 4(2) ( see below ) applies , or ( ii ) in any other case provided he abandons all other claims , he may lodge a bill of costs for taxation , or have costs assessed and if the costs allowed are not paid within 14 days , he may have judgment entered for them ( Ord 11 , r 3(5) ) . |
| 3 | Alternatively , he may provide for a change in the method of rent review , and if this is done it is usual to revert to the more traditional method of periodic reviews to market rent . |
| 4 | Someone unkindly suggested he should audition for a part in Jaws as a fish . |
| 5 | He should think for a moment what that means . |
| 6 | Maybe he should go for a contract killing . |
| 7 | And he said if Rocastle felt he had no future at Leeds he should ask for a transfer . |
| 8 | David and I did have conversations about it and I told David that I thought he should get an accountant , or that he should ask for an account from Tony if he had questions about where money was going . |
| 9 | In 1901 , he accepted the post of Missioner to the Deaf and Dumb in Oxford ; it was here that an undergraduate suggested he should try for a University degree at Oxford , but permission was refused . |
| 10 | Recommended remedy : He should try for an appointment with Relate ( ‘ but there is a long waiting list ’ ) or even a local branch of the Catholic Marriage Advisory Council . |
| 11 | Older men are usually polygynous ; thus a youth rarely has available for marriage an age-mate female , and he must wait for a younger generation of females to mature before cohabitation with them . |
| 12 | But he must wait for a fitness check on club record signing Don Goodman before finalising his line-up . |
| 13 | If the defendant makes a payment in without having obtained a certificate of total benefit he must apply for a certificate on the same day . |
| 14 | However , he 's a trooper and that means the show must go on , so he 'll rest for a while at home , but hopes to be back singing and dancing by Christmas . |
| 15 | As it is he 'll limp for a month . ’ |
| 16 | He 'll fall for a luscious , hot-blooded Spanish girl who understands his music and can match him in passion . ’ |
| 17 | Or he might aim for a minority government dependent on the votes of six Arab members of the Knesset . |
| 18 | When the Ottoman empire declared war on a foreign state its unfortunate representative in Constantinople was very often immediately thrown into the Seven Towers prison there , where he might stay for a considerable time . |
| 19 | He thought and then said easily , " She was wondering whether there was a chance he might ask for a transfer now that Howarth has been in post a year . |
| 20 | He might read for a while but he would not come downstairs , would not hear anything if she were quiet . |
| 21 | Four friends will be keeping pace with him on the ground , carrying all the spares he might need for a flight which is expected to last for a month . |
| 22 | He could stand for a second four-year term . |
| 23 | He could pass for a European , an Italian or a Frenchman from one of the Southern regions , like Provence . |
| 24 | He could pass for a native of Sweden certainly , and probably of Norway and of Denmark . |
| 25 | With a little more animation , he could pass for a really handsome man . |
| 26 | Or he could go for a referendum . |
| 27 | The employees were occasionally terrified of Bernard ‘ as if he had one over him , ’ as they described it , but they all knew that however much he might stamp and shout while the anger lasted , he could go for a walk and come back as if nothing had happened . |
| 28 | By biding his time in the immediate aftermath of Mao 's death , he could prepare for a rise to power in the CCP . |
| 29 | He took the precaution , however , of carrying a typewriter and books among his luggage so that he could prepare for an address at the University of Leeds which he was to give in the following year . |
| 30 | In the meantime , until this can be achieved , if you are worried that your parent is not receiving proper medical attention you should start to make a polite nuisance of yourself by frequent visits to the surgery to impress upon the doctor the fact that you consider there is real cause for concern about the state of her health and ask if he could arrange for a ‘ second opinion ’ . |