Example sentences of "they [modal v] for the " in BNC.
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1 | Many severely handicapped children do die at an early age through natural causes , but at least the parents can feel that they did everything they could for the child when it was alive . |
2 | And of course everyone knew all about it , just as they knew that the Mackays , poor souls , had done everything they could for the boy ever since they took him in for adoption . ’ |
3 | The brindle hounds , John Deverill 's speciality and obsession , stood well to order at one side of the drive with the whippers-in waiting as patiently as they could for the order to move off . |
4 | Addressed to the archbishop and all the prelates assembled at Lambeth , it commanded them , on their oaths of fealty , to do all that they could for the defence and conservation of the king 's rights and of his realm ; it then continued : |
5 | Whatever the reasons and after some soul searching they sold their home and entered college in 1921 , making the best arrangements they could for the children . |
6 | Within the material constraints of the situation they did what they could for the kids . |
7 | ‘ Well , ’ said Milton , ‘ I have to admit that if you 're very old , short-term solutions must carry more weight than they would for the middle-aged . |
8 | February the twenty eighth , end of February , yeah , my Lord so of course erm staying the counterclaim as a set off would n't really progress much further because after eighty five , I mean that 's simply a subsidiary way in which the defence arises , article eighty five arises primarily because we say underlying the arrangements are void and you 're enforcing something , which is void and you ca n't do it , that 's not a set off claim , but your Lordship I mean , my Lord that 's why that does n't really get them any further , my Lord they 've always had outstanding , which they 've never pursued er for order fourteen so they can always ti try as they said they will for the other erm , erm preemptive attacks upon us |
9 | Most of them do all they can for the elderly with their limited resources , but if your parent is badly in need of a telephone and there is no way of your managing to install it for her , you should bring every possible pressure to bear to produce some speedy action on his or her behalf ; for sudden illness , and the need for medical attention , does not wait for lengthy negotiations and committee work to rumble on indefinitely before it puts in an appearance.With very few exceptions , blaming individual social workers for delay in providing any particular service is usually an unfair and useless exercise , for they are only part of a large organisation and if things go wrong an approach to the local Director of Social Services is the best course of action . |
10 | While everyone in the U.S. rugby community is greatly saddened by these injuries , and are doing what they can for the crippled players and their families , no feels quite as upset as Toks Akpata . |
11 | The pragmatist thinks judges should always do the best they can for the future , in the circumstances , unchecked by any need to respect or secure consistency in principle with what other officials have done or will do . |
12 | I think it 's cos they 're student doctors , you know , they like to prescribe as much as they can for the students ! |