Example sentences of "would [adv] [verb] [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I first went , I thought I 'd only get them for a couple of weeks at the most . |
| 2 | A chocolate bar or an ice-cream , or sometimes he 'd just take them for a walk . |
| 3 | They 'd never take you for a terrorist . |
| 4 | I would just leave it for a while |
| 5 | With a figure like that one would hardly take her for a chips and stodge consumer . |
| 6 | No man , however enslaved to beauty , would ever carry it for a woman . |
| 7 | At Lima bus station an unemployed mining engineer , who would later sting me for a few thousand intis , told me , ‘ This country , something really wrong with it . |
| 8 | I had very short hair , always wore jeans , sneakers and an anorak ( being perpetually cold ) , and strangers would often mistake me for a boy — my younger sisters ' younger brother . |
| 9 | He even holds back when we hear the car pull away , and I would n't blame him for a moment . |
| 10 | ‘ You would n't want me for a cousin-in-law , by the sound of it . ’ |
| 11 | I would n't want you for an enemy , Harry . |
| 12 | have ever gone into nursing now because she said I would n't do it for a grant . |
| 13 | I would n't press you for a decision , I promise you . |
| 14 | ‘ I would n't ask him for a drink of water if I were dying of thirst . |
| 15 | I Would n't Thank You for a Valentine |
| 16 | I would n't thank you for a Valentine . |
| 17 | I would n't thank you for a Valentine . |
| 18 | I would n't thank you for a Valentine . |
| 19 | I would n't thank you for a Valentine . |
| 20 | I said I would , but I would n't see him for a couple of days because I had to take a train . |
| 21 | I did n't want Mary to go because I thought I would n't see her for a long time , and I ran over to her and pleaded . |
| 22 | His rubbery face twisted into an unpleasant sniff , as he added , ‘ I would n't recommend it for a honeymoon . |