Example sentences of "[pron] would [verb] [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Because you 'd lose him for sure then . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It just makes you feel good because you kid yourself they 'd do it for free anyway . ’ |
| 7 | He was delighted , said he would mark it for immediate release to the newspapers under the Branch Secretary 's name . |