Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] [modal v] [verb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In spite of no one being here but you and me I shall dress for dinner tonight , and expect you to do likewise . ’ |
| 2 | If we wish to reclaim responsibility for ourselves we must aim for self-sufficiency because only then can we have control over our lives . |
| 3 | I knew that there was one place , and one place only — and there one person only — to which I might turn for help ! |
| 4 | If you are unlucky enough to be in a firm where this is not yet done , or if you are self-employed , there are a number of organisations to which you can turn for advice and help . |
| 5 | And it even happens where the clays which overlie the chalk , the tertiary clays which you can see for example in the top of the cliffs at Newhaven , and if you look back at the cliff from the western breakwater for example you can see clay sitting on top of chalk . |
| 6 | If there is to be live filming of an event as an outside broadcast the technicians will soon enough explain the facilities which they will need for lighting , position of cameras and so on . |
| 7 | Mr Maxwell said that his alterations — which he would make for publication in his newspapers — were to substitute the term ombudsman for readers ' representatives and to widen the clause in the code of practice which refers to non-payment of criminals to include those benefiting from a criminal act . |
| 8 | He followed the principles set out in the Gillian case and concluded that a local authority had a ‘ governing reputation ’ capable of being damaged by libellous statements in respect of which it might sue for injury to reputation without the need to prove damage to its property . |
| 9 | According to sources , Hewlett-Packard Co has snapped up 88open 's testing suite which it will re-write for use with its PA RISC : HP shelled out a reported $600,000 . |
| 10 | It 's presumably popular for its unusual appearance , but it requires very dim lighting and a peat or sand substrate in which it can burrow for food . |
| 11 | As a general rule , everyone who can sue for libel can also be sued for libel , if responsible for a defamatory publication . |
| 12 | If you do intend to follow your own programme see whether you can find a ‘ mentor ’ or other suitable person to whom you can go for encouragement and guidance when you need to , rather than attempting to battle it out on your own . |
| 13 | There are many people to whom you can turn for help . |
| 14 | Even if you have never owned a dog before , training is not difficult , and there are plenty of people to whom you can turn for advice . |
| 15 | So you you will accept for number two just the two words you do n't want a sentence ? |
| 16 | My son fishes at the fish farm where I know there is a responsible adult who he can ask for help if needed . |
| 17 | My son fishes quite often at the fish farm where I know there is a responsible adult who he can ask for help if needed . |
| 18 | If we do n't get the last meadow itself it will do for bedding . |
| 19 | It is extremely gratifying to know that we will have a knowledgeable and committed environmentalist in the House of Lords on whom we can rely for help whenever the need arises . |
| 20 | We do not have great writers any more , men to whom we can turn for enlightenment and discussion of the most engaging problems . |
| 21 | By and large , these criticisms were widely accepted and so efforts were directed to making this channel one which would allow for diversity , for new ideas and for experimentation . |
| 22 | For instance , bereaved adults experience higher than expected levels of illness in the year following the death of their spouse , and among those most at risk of lasting psychiatric problems are people without a network of friends or relatives to whom they may turn for consolation ( Parkes and Brown , 1972 ) . |
| 23 | This latter group of people will inevitably form the great majority , and it is mainly they who will provide the justification for the establishment of a clergy for the ‘ Alternative Religion ’ , and it is they who will prefer to put their faith in carefully chosen leaders , possibly elected from among the others , and on whom they can call for guidance . |
| 24 | He considered whom he knew in the Essex CID and whom he could tap for information . |
| 25 | Somewhere there would be a tutor waiting to see him — some easy-going , amiable man , not old , but a few years older than himself , with whom he could drink sherry on slightly deferential terms , and to whom he could apply for permission to hold parties , keep a car , and ride to hounds . |
| 26 | You might be surprised to find that it only means an increase in activity of fifteen percent of what you 're currently doing , to achieve something that 's in year three , that you 've got as year three , and you might think , ooh , that 's what I 'll do for year two . |
| 27 | ‘ She says , can you come to coffee and tell her about what I 'll need for school . ’ |
| 28 | I wonder if she has remembered what I would like for Christmas . |
| 29 | Thus I can know what is in the bottom drawer of my desk , or what I shall eat for breakfast tomorrow , by some form of inductive inference from what I have observed or am now observing . |
| 30 | ‘ What I can provide for Kirsty is security and love . |