Example sentences of "[pers pn] 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 | To look at her now ye would take her for fifty-two . |
| 7 | ‘ She 'd have you for that suggestion . ’ |
| 8 | Because you 'd lose him for sure then . |
| 9 | As time passed did you ever think you 'd catch anyone for this particular crime ? |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ No , I was hoping you 'd join me for that drink . ’ |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | It just makes you feel good because you kid yourself they 'd do it for free anyway . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I did n't think they 'd print it for some reason . |
| 15 | Thank you everybody who said they would do them for next year . |
| 16 | He 'd do it for ten quid , let alone for this little lot . ’ |
| 17 | He 'd kill them for this . |
| 18 | And er he 'd maybe say yes and he 'd get it for fifteen you know . |
| 19 | But it was not vulgarity , just rudery — and he would do it for some very distinguished people we had on the set sometimes . ’ |
| 20 | He was delighted , said he would mark it for immediate release to the newspapers under the Branch Secretary 's name . |
| 21 | There was scant eating in the meat , but it would sustain him for some days , assuming he could keep the scent away from wolves . |