Example sentences of "[indef pn] they [vb mod] [vb infin] for " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Makes me laugh , how did he get hold of a saw through the wall or the bars , they 've got beautiful workshops , everything they could wish for . |
| 2 | With the passage of time , however , the owning institutions have themselves grown to the point where the costs and risks are something they can manage for themselves , at which point the freedom and other advantages of sole ownership have taken over . |
| 3 | Also it is something they can do for you and gives the visit a sense of occasion . |
| 4 | There was nothing they could do for him . |
| 5 | But then there was nothing they could do for him . |
| 6 | He had been to hospital many times before doctors decided there was nothing they could do for him . |
| 7 | Erlich had offered to help them with anything they might shout for , and he had been turned down . |
| 8 | Christians , too , look to Abraham as the father of all those who depend in faith on God rather than on anything they can do for themselves ( see Romans 4:16 ) . |
| 9 | Mr Wolski knew already that the old eagle had been ailing for months now and that three weeks ago they had finally taken her out of her cage and into the veterinary block to see if there was anything they could do for her . |