Example sentences of "[vb infin] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remaining stocks ( in electrical equipment , mostly ) are being burned , but traces will remain for many years . |
| 2 | They can remain for many years in cold and hostile environments while retaining their toxicity , and they have a tendency to remain in living organisms . |
| 3 | I have not met many Scottish people who wish to be left exposed to the nuclear blackmail that could come from the huge nuclear arsenal which will remain for many years on the continent and in Russia . |
| 4 | Normally the others would remain for another hour or so . |
| 5 | The alternative , according to response competition is : ‘ Ricky will remain for longer periods in his place doing what he is supposed to ’ . |
| 6 | The following aspects of policy are insufficiently studied and will remain for some years central preoccupations of the Group : |
| 7 | Being in with the gang did n't stop you getting hit but it meant that the Corporals might think for one second before lifting their fists Along with Mike the Rhodesian , Marius , Robert from Oberammergau and Chris , there was myself and a Frenchman called Tignet . |
| 8 | Ca n't think for one minutes if for instance was interested in a deal with that he , that er that he would n't , only just to have flick his fingers and would crap themselves |
| 9 | And do you think for one minute they care a damn about you ? |
| 10 | Do you think for one minute that I want to live next door to a stinking curry eater or a mugging , drug-dealing , sweaty black rasta ? |
| 11 | You do n't think for one minute I 'm going to eat the filth I give to you ? |
| 12 | ‘ If we 'd listened to them do you think for one minute we 'd have got this far by now ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I did n't think for one minute that he 'd made it there under his own steam , ’ Simone murmured , and André laughed smugly . |
| 14 | I 'm going to investigate , see if I ca n't do a conv I do n't think for one minute I will but it 's possible do a conversion er into erm the box type . |
| 15 | I do n't think for one minute that there are teachers who are drunk in charge of children in the classroom . |
| 16 | I mean you would n't you would n't think for one minute that Aunty Mary came from . |
| 17 | ‘ Do you really think , ’ Alexandra had said earnestly , a pile of linen sheets in her arms , ‘ do you truthfully think for one moment that Aunt Emily would wish this room to be kept like — like a museum ? |
| 18 | What does she think for that matter ? |
| 19 | There 'll be a great big clamour I sho I should think for those seats ! |
| 20 | On the fourth day of your holiday you 'll make the easy coach journey from Rome to Florence , where you 'll stay for four nights at the Hotel Columbus . |
| 21 | A SIGN outside a nursing home in the centre of Barnard Castle can stay for five years , an appeal inspector has ruled . |
| 22 | We then travel the short distance to Lake Como where we will stay for two nights . |
| 23 | Leave Honolulu and fly to San Francisco where you 'll stay for two nights at the Holiday Inn Golden Gateway . |
| 24 | YOU and a companion will stay for two nights at the luxury half-timbered Alvaston Hall Hotel . |
| 25 | The tour 's nearly over but there 's still enough time to take in the fabulous sight of Paris illuminated by night , where we will stay for one night . |
| 26 | The warden and his wife , being owners of a Siamese cat , were not overjoyed to see Emily but they reluctantly fed her a saucer of milk , saying that she could stay for one night . |
| 27 | I could n't stay for one day . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll just stay for one game , ’ Christine said , unable to resist the longing to play . |
| 29 | This locomotive will stay for one week only . |
| 30 | Today they fly south to see a seventh-century Buddha statue and Buddhist temple before boarding a flight to Hong Kong , where the prince will stay for three days while the princess flies home . |