Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] would [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've brought messages that the German High Command would shoot you for . |
| 2 | He was convinced Jeopardy would hate him for ever , change his mind about the performance , change his mind about his prowess . |
| 3 | ‘ A black eye and a bloody nose would do nothing for my publicity photos . |
| 4 | The closed doors would hold it for him and he would smoke it on the way back as he had smoked that earlier one on the way down from Finchley Road . |
| 5 | Similarly , those who hoped that the more flexible regulations would qualify them for grant well in excess of the traditional 75% were doomed to disappointment . |
| 6 | Others who lack our inborn ethics would use it for evil ends . |
| 7 | It was , all in all , a tourist factory , at once pretentious , shabby and expensive , and boasting levels of service unique to Eastern Europe , for no one in Western Europe would tolerate them for a moment . |
| 8 | A friend indicated that the Army had seemed at first to understand when the WRAC driver said she feared other Paratroopers would victimise her for ‘ squealing ’ on their pals . |