Example sentences of "would be [verb] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | certainly I think er we 'd be looking perhaps for a minimum of er er of one mile but I ca n't advise you on any level of agreement as to as to what any definition of it . |
| 2 | The UK had maintained that rates should be left for the market to decide , and had demanded the indefinite maintenance of discretionary zero rating for sensitive items ( the Commission 's position being that zero rating would be tolerated only for a limited period ) . |
| 3 | They could get quite boisterous and reckless , especially during the early days , when they would be shut in for a while . |
| 4 | Because New York in the summer was too hot even for the natives , shows would close for a couple of months when the Girls would be sent home for a holiday on half pay , which was better than the average salary in Britain . |
| 5 | Three of the four students not looking for employment and without plans to continue their studies would be travelling overseas for a time before commencing job search . |
| 6 | He holds pubs in thrall to his Welsh past — the stories which would be told afresh for a lifetime now emerge in their first edition — and his childhood , far from seeming a ball and chain in this airy court of privilege , glowed into a magic kingdom to match any of them . |
| 7 | We therefore propose to introduce a National Lottery from 1994 , which would help provide funds for a number of good causes in the artistic , sporting , heritage and charitable fields — and from which some funds would be put aside for a Millennium Fund . |