Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [vb infin] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first I would go for short walks , lasting perhaps half an hour , and then return to bed sufficiently impressed with my own daring to be able to relax into sleep . |
| 2 | Well Fred 's got my Graham Thomas because it really is a superb rose but as well as that I would go for hybrid musk and I think of all the hybrid musk , my favourite is Felicia because of that silvery pink , lovely double shaped flower and that is very very heavily scented and I would have to have the bourbon rose the th the double white creamy white bourbon rose , if , you could almost eat that , that wo n't get more than about six foot and you can prune it to keep it in shape a bit if it begins to get too straggly . |
| 3 | ( In spite of the light breeze I would pay for this indulgence . |
| 4 | I would recommend for any talk that you give that you do n't use more than two types of visual aid . |
| 5 | I would ask for some Kleenex , some razor blades and I would get to that word and I could n't do it . ’ |
| 6 | Dana was always balanced between the two , whereas I would fluctuate for long periods — a year or two in the male , a year or two in the female scale , with often sharp and distressing adjustments of behaviour and character . |
| 7 | ( In 1874 , whilst at her favourite residence at Osborne in the Isle of Wight , Queen Victoria made a number of trips to the post office at nearby Whippingham where she would stay for some hours comforting a dying deaf woman , Mrs. Elizabeth Tuffield , nee Groves . |
| 8 | Overall , the FastLynx program offers everything you would need for simple file transfer , and is probably unique in offering three entirely different interfaces to it facilities . |
| 9 | This game is similar to games you would buy for 2–6 year olds that had Zoo animals cut out of the board with little pins on them , The child would try to fit the animal back into the right shape . |
| 10 | If they are still experiencing the benefits of the last centesimal medicine then as usual you would wait for some indication before repeating or changing remedies at which point the LM can be prescribed . |
| 11 | Indicate which variety you would recommend for this method of cooking . |
| 12 | Choose a product ( eg sportswear ) and say what theme you would use for each month of the year , eg January winter holidays/ski equipment June Wimbledon / tennis outfits |
| 13 | Because yes , we did say we were n't going to use tropical markets , erm perhaps in the view of some of the things Bob Plumtree 's been saying , perhaps that was a little bit premature , perhaps we would want for some countries tropical woods , might want to reconsider , but erm I think that 's something for the future , that 's not for this afternoon . |
| 14 | " I wonder why your great-aunt thought we would go for each other , " Matthew asked thoughtfully . |
| 15 | You ask what we would do for young people . |
| 16 | We would wait for any payment until Elinor was well again . ’ |
| 17 | Talking to other mothers I learn that , like me , they too were disgusted and we all agreed that next time we would ask for another consultant . |
| 18 | We would pray for fine weather as a prolonged wet spell meant ruin for our efforts . |
| 19 | We showed when we pull on the green jerseys , when the real chips are down , that we would die for each other . |
| 20 | In agreeing the format of the talks on May 9 , both sides agreed that they should be completed " as quickly as possible " , although no deadline was agreed and many observers predicted that they would last for several months . |
| 21 | Once elected , they would negotiate for greater devolution . |
| 22 | They have been paying ridiculous rents of up to DM120 for the little decent office space that now exists in eastern Berlin — about twice as much as they would pay for similar space in the western part of the city . |
| 23 | The Social Democrats have already started to deny that they would ask for this help — a denial spurred perhaps by some mistrust of the Greens by their own mainstream supporters . |
| 24 | In North Wales for example eight of the eleven part-time farmers said they would look for more work . |
| 25 | I made the point that the sketches sounded amateurish and media action agreed that in future , with a topic as ‘ serious ’ as this , they would opt for professional actors . |
| 26 | Layton used to go to Leonard 's flat each morning where they would work for three hours or so , though sometimes letting the work run on through the afternoons . |
| 27 | Aloud he said he would stay for another night and take her place on the constituency slate . |
| 28 | He also struck me as a man who gave the most mature thought before uttering even one of these rare words ; and that if you said ‘ good morning ’ to him , he would reflect for some seconds while a number of questions passed through his mind . |
| 29 | Mr Ashdown dismissed suggestions that he would ask for four Cabinet posts for his party in a coalition government . |
| 30 | His head was growing heavy , he would ask for some coffee when the waiter returned ; it was dark indoors , darker than he would have expected on a showery early summer afternoon , when the sun outside does not dazzle . |