Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [adv] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would n't try for a rebooking for a while , ’ she said , sipping her drink . |
| 2 | I would n't hesitate for a moment to lie my teeth off if it was either useful or necessary . |
| 3 | We looked for this in vain , though I would not deny for a moment the complete sincerity of Michael Crawford and Sarah Long . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | What she would n't give for a nice warm lap to rest her head in . |
| 7 | Erm and she 's had seven youngsters and she 's brought them up and she a , on her own she 's had to bring them up cos he left her for another , another woman and erm she had the seven and she 's worked and fought hard cos she would n't ask for a darn thing and er they 're , they 're great those kids , they are , they 're a credit to her , you know , but it 's taken it out of her , she 's |
| 8 | With Aquino adamant that she would not stand for a second term , the jostling for position amongst those ambitious to succeed her intensified in late 1990 and early 1991 . |
| 9 | If she is sure that she would not qualify for a supplementary pension and wishes to apply for a rent rebate or allowance , an application form , and the information leaflet There 's Money off your Rent , can be obtained from the local authority Housing Department . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | You would n't care for a pup , now ? |
| 12 | ‘ You would n't care for a bite to eat afore you takes to your bed ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You would n't care for a wafer-thin mint ? ’ the barman enquired . |
| 14 | You would n't think for a dainty little thing would you ? |
| 15 | Well we 'll go on the corporation , wait for a corporation you would n't wait for a corporation , I said wait , wait for the big bus . |
| 16 | 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 ? |
| 17 | Er , however we have agreed , and we 're perfectly happy er , to have an undertaking which , obviously you ca n't enter into within the a , a legal document cos we would n't qualify for a corporation grant to make the remaining twenty five percent available to the council as well . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 ? |
| 20 | Waldheim , who had been barred from entering the USA [ see p. 35528 ] and shunned by European governments , had announced in June 1991 that he would not stand for a second term [ see p. 38298 ] . |
| 21 | 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 ’ . |
| 22 | He said there is no prospect of Tony Bland improving , but with treatment , he would probably live for a number of years . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 ) . |
| 25 | In a piece she wrote in 1913 , Ada Nield Chew constructed an imaginary discussion between a Cockney and a Lancashire couple on women 's work and the vote , in which the London husband says : ‘ It would n't do for a man in my position to have a wife going out to work . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | After the model had been repaired , Watt discovered that it would only work for a few stroked and then stop . |