Example sentences of "[pron] would [verb] [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd sack him for that . |
| 2 | I 'd sack him for that . |
| 3 | Not that I 'd blame anyone for that . |
| 4 | MAX ( to Peg ) : If we were n't having a civilized drink together , I 'd bash you for that ‘ our teapot . ’ |
| 5 | One of these fine days , when he 's my uncle , I would thank him for this . |
| 6 | Lucie forced a penny into his soft , sleeping palm ; dumped his shearing tools in his lap , and pulled his cap down over his face in the hope that nobody would recognize him for one of the players . |
| 7 | We have a single-minded policy for British industrial success , but the Opposition have a feeble-minded policy which would achieve nothing for British industry . |
| 8 | When A.A. Matveev went as Russian minister to The Hague in 1699 eight young Russians were attached to his mission to gain the experience which would fit them for future diplomatic careers ; and during the next decade members of several important noble families studied in Europe for this purpose with government backing . |
| 9 | One resident had written to the council suggesting a secular group building might better suit the area 's needs , saying she would prefer a facility which would offer something for more of the residents . |
| 10 | He grew a real beard , which would incommode him for other parts ; he thought , behaved , responded Learwise , in as short-sighted a fashion as that monarch would have done , having handed on his characteristics to his youngest daughter . |
| 11 | To look at her now ye would take her for fifty-two . |
| 12 | ‘ She 'd have you for that suggestion . ’ |
| 13 | Because you 'd lose him for sure then . |
| 14 | As time passed did you ever think you 'd catch anyone for this particular crime ? |
| 15 | So my said , Ooh you know what if it does n't you you know you 'd have none for next term sort of thing I said well I 've got quite a few for next term still . |
| 16 | ‘ No , I was hoping you 'd join me for that drink . ’ |
| 17 | A man who would touch you for ten francs , and go home and paint what would one day be worth ten million . |
| 18 | In November 1959 he found himself back in Montreal , ‘ to renew his neurotic affiliations ’ as he was to repeat endlessly to journalists ; meeting his friends and family , sometimes bumping into his uncles who would take him for expensive meals at top restaurants — such as the Ritz — and hotels ; and generally awakening and reawakening those impulses and memories which would fire his imagination and energise his mind for months to come . |
| 19 | The point is not that companies are ideal mechanisms for making decisions which have important social effects ( in the sense that we would choose them for this purpose other considerations being equal ) . |
| 20 | It just makes you feel good because you kid yourself they 'd do it for free anyway . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I did n't think they 'd print it for some reason . |
| 22 | Thank you everybody who said they would do them for next year . |
| 23 | He 'd do it for ten quid , let alone for this little lot . ’ |
| 24 | He 'd kill them for this . |
| 25 | And er he 'd maybe say yes and he 'd get it for fifteen you know . |
| 26 | But it was not vulgarity , just rudery — and he would do it for some very distinguished people we had on the set sometimes . ’ |
| 27 | He was delighted , said he would mark it for immediate release to the newspapers under the Branch Secretary 's name . |
| 28 | There was scant eating in the meat , but it would sustain him for some days , assuming he could keep the scent away from wolves . |