Example sentences of "[noun] would [be] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | My grey school skirt would be swapped for a rock-and-roll dirndl and six net petticoats , painstakingly dipped in sugar water to make them stiff when dry ; after the first four dances , the heat from my body would melt the sugar and my nylons would stick together . |
| 2 | But I discard that idea , for the water is too shallow over the sand and once a fish is hooked the fishing would be finished for a long time while the rest of the shoal got over the scare . |
| 3 | But even if American consumers were exactly like their British counterparts , Brooks Brothers would be heading for a fall . |
| 4 | Given that the land had been distributed to the peasants , Bukharin suggested that without the intervention of the state , that is , the proletarian state , the scene would be set for a ‘ new American-style cycle ’ , by which he meant the development of capitalist commodity production in agriculture with a process of centralisation taking place and the development of agri-factories . |
| 5 | Skipper Alan Kernaghan said the team would be looking for a top ten place next season . |
| 6 | Sailors from off the boats would be looking for a good time and public bars would resound to the sound of many voices . |
| 7 | Evolution in the computer would then really take off , for the conditions would be met for a self-reinforcing " arms race " ( see Chapter 7 ) , and I dare not speculate where it would all end . |
| 8 | The government had originally announced on Feb. 14 that the election would be held on March 28-29 ; on March 28 it was announced that polling would be extended for a further day on account of heavy rains which had led to voters being discouraged by transport difficulties . |
| 9 | Usually one of Robert 's business prospects would be invited for a lethal dose of glamour . |
| 10 | The school secretary said all the September intake would be invited for a morning before the end of term . |
| 11 | However , the system of floating exchange rates was thought at the time to be a temporary feature of the international monetary system : it was hoped that a new framework would be found for a return to some kind of adjustable peg in which the burden of adjustment was clearly defined , both for deficit and surplus countries , and in which reserve assets were not based primarily on one currency . |
| 12 | The chancel would be used for a bar , the pulpit and font used as containers for plants , and the nave filled with fixed ‘ banquette ’ seating in booths . |
| 13 | An index would be prepared for a very large report but is somewhat unusual for the majority of reports . |
| 14 | The Christian view of life , death and afterlife as a continuum not only supplied a happy ending to the human story , but could also ‘ justify God 's ways to man ’ , in so far as the good man would be rewarded for a well-spent life , even if it seemed to have been dogged by misfortune . |
| 15 | Such a long passage without any breathing spaces would be trying for a single player , who would have to fit in an intake of breath where the phrasing breaks . |
| 16 | Under the terms of the bill the future president and vice-president would be elected for a five-year term by a simple majority of the Assembly . |
| 17 | Among new measures ( i ) a new " tax exempt special savings account " would be introduced from January 1991 ; and ( ii ) the rate of pool betting duty would be reduced for a five-year period to release funds to be devoted to the improvement of safety and conditions at football grounds [ for April 1989 Hillsborough stadium disaster see p. 36597 ] . |
| 18 | The ground was comparatively dry , and she guessed the sea would be checked for a while by the dunes ; but not for long . |
| 19 | The excellence of their design meant an interloper would be slowed for a moment to decide which was the real one . |
| 20 | Even a full house would be piffling for a town with so vast a drawing area . |
| 21 | Even a full house would be piffling for a town with so vast a drawing area . |
| 22 | Under Ricardou 's encouragement , Robbe-Grillet 's compliance with such ‘ naturalizing ’ endeavours would be abandoned for a textual materialist perspective focusing on the self-referentiality of the practice of writing . |