Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [vb infin] [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would leave it for a while Richard |
| 2 | Finishing the script , I would leave it for the typist and go home for a few hours ' nap until rehearsal time at two o'clock . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , no dear , I do n't think I would mistake you for a stook of corn . |
| 4 | I would ask him on authorisation from er the Assistant Chief Constable , I would ask him for a number of officers . |
| 5 | It may surprise readers but , since I wrote about her recently , Barbara and I have become good friends , so I rang her up to tell her that I would join her for a good gloat . |
| 6 | They looked together at the one about the woman who had said she would give anything for a child , of any kind , even a hedgehog , and had duly given birth to a monster , half-hedgehog , half-boy . |
| 7 | If she had let this chance slip , she knew she would regret it for the rest of her life . |
| 8 | One day soon she would see him for the last time . |
| 9 | After supper , Louise would leave Nora to herself until the nine o'clock news and then she would join her for a nightcap . |
| 10 | As for killing Havvie , I did not think that she would thank me for the scandal , ’ he finished simply . |
| 11 | Some lay eggs among the stones , so camouflaged you would mistake them for the rocks themselves . |
| 12 | We devised a system whereby three dealers would be asked to give an independent appraisal , and we would average them for an official evaluation . |
| 13 | Later , when I was more familiar with the beliefs and practices of the movement and had ‘ learned the language ’ , I would interact with the Moonies as though I were one of them , and , although I never pretended that I accepted their beliefs or that I was anything other than a sociologist studying the movement , members who did not know me would mistake me for a member — the Moonies themselves were no longer ‘ translating ’ for me when we were interacting . |
| 14 | Suddenly , it was the men who were reacting — usually with disgust , and they would ignore her for the rest of the journey . |
| 15 | They would ask me for the pass I did n't have , then they would want to know what I was doing there . |
| 16 | And erm you know and I had a letter then from Mr , saying that they would consider us for a place , in the flats . |
| 17 | They would repay me for the dowry I wasted on you , but I have no wish to be reminded of you . |
| 18 | They told him to ignore it and to remain at home where they would join him for the evening . |
| 19 | In that case the Lapp had said he would do it for a few drinks if we had any with us . |
| 20 | Heseltine declares that he can not foresee the circumstances in which he would challenge her for the leadership . |
| 21 | He vowed that when they returned in the summer he would take her for a holiday . |
| 22 | It would last her for a few days . |
| 23 | You 'd select the JTFax when you wanted to print something ; the document would be sent to it , then it would prompt you for a name and phone number . |