Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [verb] [adj] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There seems no reason why they should have to pay extra for credit , to get a benefit they would judge unnecessary . |
| 2 | I must have looked puzzled for Alex went on , ‘ Ye probably know that the Moto Varu archipelago is a Cook Island dependency . ’ |
| 3 | If the smoke had climbed to the upper atmosphere , it could have remained airborne for months , travelling much farther and possibly affecting the world 's weather patterns . |
| 4 | She told him that she could have stayed onstage for hours , that it had been he most exhilarating experience of her life . |
| 5 | But in this connection it is worth noting here that we found women even more likely than men to say they would prefer to pay extra for credit insurance , against the risk of inability to repay : credit insurance is discussed in the section immediately following this . |
| 6 | In our survey , we asked people whether they would prefer to pay extra for insurance against sickness and unemployment . |
| 7 | The youths , being Moslems , were not having this from any woman , even if she were a great lady , and things would have gone ill for Zeinab if Owen had not arrived at that moment , on his way to her flat . |