Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prominent advocates of ratification included EC Commission President Jacques Delors ( who declared on Aug. 28 that he " would not stay on for another mandate if the " no " vote won " ) and also both the RPR leader Jacques Chirac and the UDF leader Valéry Giscard d'Estaing , although many RPR and UDF members were opposed to ratification . |
| 2 | He is stable and , all being well , will remain so for some considerable period of time.5 The motive for turning off the ventilator in this situation may be evil , or it may be good , as , for example , in the case of involuntary euthanasia intended to bring about an end to misery and suffering . |
| 3 | Mothers and calves may remain together for many years , from 3–6 or even 8 years . |
| 4 | It 's not actually automatic because you can stay in for those extra up up to five years if you so choose . |
| 5 | Right how much should we take out of this just to learn and concentrate on for all of next week ? |
| 6 | He would hang on for that . |
| 7 | TELL your friends that you are going to the Cape Verde Islands and , in all probability , their eyes will glaze over for several seconds while they frantically try to recall their long-forgotten school geography . |
| 8 | So we 're talking about the sixty acre sixty hectares that are allocated for the rest of the Harrogate district and er I should like formal confirmation from Mr Allenby privately already that there is no question of any part of the York , Greater York area allocation being transferred into the rest of the district should it fall through for any purpose . |
| 9 | Two hundred riders will line up for this marathon . |
| 10 | We can predict statistically how the atoms and photons will behave , but we can not predict accurately for each one of them — and , afterwards , we can not tell how each of them has behaved unless we look . |
| 11 | The contract with the child must hold firm and the parent can not deny that the child did behave well for that one item of behaviour . |
| 12 | Others — and the majority , no doubt — would wait anxiously for any news as a French invasion force was massing ready to launch itself against English shores . |
| 13 | Nor do they know why for many years , almost to this day , footprints were to be found in a field near to the earthworks of the castle where a famous duel was said to have been fought between two brothers during the Civil War and where no seed would grow . |
| 14 | You should answer separately for each of them , or for those who took their place in your childhood . |
| 15 | The Collector estimated that at this rate they might carry on for another two or three weeks . |
| 16 | Even at 70 , the energetic Mr Chance can not do enough for those he feels have been restricted in their activities and their education and have little or no chance of mixing with the community . |
| 17 | The RUNNING/Nike road series would do nicely for this , taking in the Loughborough Halfmarathon in July and the Robin Good Marathon in September . |
| 18 | If a state accepts one of these nonconstitutionally required rights for one class of citizens , however , it must do so for all . |
| 19 | It is not my intention to discuss medical politics , but as it turned out this was not an unhappy solution , notwithstanding that it married two firmly conflicting beliefs which have continued to operate , sometimes rather awkwardly , side by side , and may do so for many years . |
| 20 | Her husband and colleague Dr E.A. Maury writes , ‘ She continues to show the way for those who have been willing to recognise her and will long do so for those who seek a new orientation for their moral and physical well-being ’ . |
| 21 | No master of a workhouse was allowed ‘ on any pretence ’ to confine by chains or manacles any poor person of sound mind ; by implication , they could do so for those who were not . |
| 22 | Some horses buck or ‘ rear ’ and may do so for any of a large number of reasons . |
| 23 | In the silent happiness that was life in la Sologne , Jean-Claude explained to me why he was not working on Frontenac 's libretto and how he would not do so for any amount of money . |
| 24 | They could and should do better for that money . |
| 25 | I might send away for that last one . |
| 26 | Worked out less than , I do n't know and they give us all the posters and everything , so weekend I 'm gon na send away for another seventy |
| 27 | It can also spread to the neck , arm or jaw and does n't usually ease off for several hours . |
| 28 | Shall I send off for that ? |
| 29 | I 'll send off for some stuff . |
| 30 | ‘ The colt has thickened out well during his winter break and should improve enormously for this outing . ’ |