Example sentences of "[pron] would [adv] [verb] him for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm recording this , well like I 'm only lying No , yeah , I know you must be so gutted after that you going oh I would n't dump him for anyone oh well , now you can go out Oh my god there 's Paul . |
| 2 | He even holds back when we hear the car pull away , and I would n't blame him for a moment . |
| 3 | I said I would , but I would n't see him for a couple of days because I had to take a train . |
| 4 | ‘ I would n't ask him for help if I were on a sinking ship and he was the only one with a lifebelt ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I would n't ask him for a drink of water if I were dying of thirst . |
| 6 | ‘ Lee 's not like any other player and I would n't swap him for anyone . |
| 7 | But he has held his hands up and I would n't swap him for anyone . ’ |
| 8 | I would not lose him for every noble we 'll get for him . |
| 9 | He also commissions M. Bijou de Millecolonnes , who despises the ancients , and whose ‘ lightness , gaiety , and originality ’ are the antipodes of the ‘ solidity , solemnity and correctness ’ of Sir Carte Blanche , to build in a ‘ wild sequestered spot ’ in Regent 's Park a pavilion reminiscent of Nash 's at Brighton , which gives rise to a rumour ‘ that the Zoological Society intended to keep a Bengal tiger au naturel , and that they were contriving a residence which would amply compensate him for his native jungle ’ . |
| 10 | She would never forgive him for that ! |
| 11 | He would come several times in a week and then you would n't see him for ages . ’ |
| 12 | It would indeed hound him for ever , and inspire the many references in dialogue to his father which we shall encounter , and his ambiguous sense of direction and self-fulfilment . |