Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [be] [vb pp] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would be delighted if you would consider being interviewed for the film . |
| 2 | I sometimes thought that he would enjoy being mistaken for the one rather than the other , because he disliked the idea of poetry as a ‘ profession ’ : an attitude which some lesser figures found puzzling . |
| 3 | Had they returned the Americans would certainly not have expected another raid and victory would have been assured for the Japanese . |
| 4 | If rigorous logic had been followed , no payment at all would have been made for the transfer of development value to the state but this as the Uthwatt Committee had pointed out , would have resulted in considerable hardship in individual cases . |
| 5 | If he had eaten the grain instead , he and his family would not now be starving , but they would be homeless and the remains of the grain would have been seized for the debt . |
| 6 | He said : ‘ I assumed I would have been picked for the final . |
| 7 | Somerset 's last wicket fell at 6.15pm , and in the ordinary course of events play would have been suspended for the day . |
| 8 | The instructor 's braking would have been required for the stopping if the pupil had not braked . |