Example sentences of "would have [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last Friday the civil servant in charge of government policy on radioactive waste management reiterated Whitehall 's position that a solution to the disposal issue would have to wait for a future generation . |
| 2 | She 'd never known any details ; she did n't know if the accident happened early on , or whether she would have to sit for a long time just waiting for the inevitable . |
| 3 | It would take about er it would take about three days like to really give it and then it would have to lie for a wee while to harden you know , the polish to harden . |
| 4 | CARL Lewis , who bleated because he was n't allowed to run in the Olympics against Linford Christie , has ducked out of the World Cup in Cuba where they would have met for a 100 metres showdown later this month . |
| 5 | These factors alone would have made for a rapid shift between free and unfree populations ; but in many parts of Europe the relation between them was complicated by local custom and legal variety . |
| 6 | We would have to hope for a Tory victory , but , because of the uncertainty about the outcome of the election , he could not put her on the waiting list . |
| 7 | In fact , she thought , tonsure his greying hair and put him into a plain robe and he would have passed for a tubby , somewhat benign-looking monk . |
| 8 | The filthy canalside lacked most of the qualities Lefevre would have chosen for a romantic interlude , but some men were not so particular . |
| 9 | Publicans would have to apply for a special children 's certificate as they have to do in Scotland . |
| 10 | I , for one , would have settled for a 3–0 victory . |
| 11 | But I 'm sure anyone of the United players and the fans that have made the trip up from Oxford this afternoon , would have settled for a one point at half time . |