Example sentences of "[pron] would [adv] [vb infin] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would therefore vote for a Labour candidate only if he or she guarantees opposition to the party manifesto 's support for abortion to the extent of denying the Whip . |
| 2 | I would therefore ask for a sense of proportion over the future of general practice , along with some breadth of vision and tolerance for alternative types of general practice . |
| 3 | She had a burning desire to pack her case and leave on the first mode of transport she could find — she would even settle for a donkey if there was one . |
| 4 | Go ahead , hello is Sergeant Briggs there please , if you would just hold for a minute , beep , beep , beep , beep , beep , hello this is Sergeant Briggs who 's calling ? |
| 5 | One would obviously hope for a linear dependence of the A-measure on area . |
| 6 | They would rather ring for a cab for you , or even give you a lift home , than have to deal with any attack that could be made on you on your lonely way home . |
| 7 | Would these be shared between you and the operator , in the sense that they will be paying a keener price — from the operator 's point of view — then they would otherwise have for a shorter contract ? |
| 8 | He would soon argue for a Whitmanesque , democratic art , drawn from the people and distributed to them in popular editions , accessible to all and finding its way into ‘ workmen 's houses and farms ’ . |
| 9 | He said there is no prospect of Tony Bland improving , but with treatment , he would probably live for a number of years . |
| 10 | The leader of the League , Senator Umberto Bossi , said he would now press for a new federal Italy in which the northern regions would be a separate republic . |
| 11 | However , while searching the many rooms for signs of the species Homo Sapiens , Daisy caught herself on a mystic spinning wheel and fell into a sleep so deep it would surely last for a hundred years ( zzzzzzzz ! — Ed ) . |
| 12 | It would otherwise pass for a much more lowly Golf and is the antithesis of the fire-breathing extravagance of the Integrale 16v — very handy when it comes to the boys in blue . |
| 13 | After the model had been repaired , Watt discovered that it would only work for a few stroked and then stop . |