Example sentences of "would [adv] [verb] [pers pn] for the " in BNC.
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1 | And since they certainly would not pay her for the work she had already done on the trousseau , where else could she go ? |
2 | At this point in Louis 's reign Nithard comments : " the emperor could now feel confident that the aristocracy would not desert him for the rest of his life " . |
3 | The book is intended for undergraduates in their second or third year of a philosophy degree , but this need not necessarily deter readers with other backgrounds ; e.g. , my father claims to be able to understand it , though perhaps he would not thank me for the suggestion that he is representative . |
4 | But it is too soon for him to face the likes of Devon Malcolm , and Fletcher said the tour selectors would not consider him for the pipe opener in Faridabad . |
5 | If , as naïve young hunters , they attacked a brightly coloured prey , bit it and started to chew it , only to discover that it had a foul taste or a poisonous secretion , they would probably remember it for the rest of their lives . |
6 | Yeah , but they would n't pay me for the hour I was sitting there doing nothing you see |
7 | I would n't hurt her for the world . ’ |
8 | He closed his eyes tightly ; then in a much quieter voice , he said , ‘ Pet , you know I would n't hurt you for the world , but you 're hurting me . |
9 | My life has changed and I live around the horses and would n't change it for the world now . |
10 | ‘ And I 'd only go out with someone I really liked — I would n't do it for the sake of it . |
11 | ‘ I would n't miss it for the world . ’ |
12 | ‘ I would n't miss it for the world . ’ |
13 | I would n't miss it for the world . ’ |
14 | ‘ I would n't miss it for the world ! ’ she replied , smiling . |
15 | As for this weekend 's display , Gary would n't miss it for the world . |
16 | Michael says it 's ‘ very decent ’ of them ; Nick says he would n't miss it for the world . |
17 | We said we would n't charge them for the stage blocks . |
18 | these are my children , I would n't harm them for the world . |
19 | With any luck my father would n't call me for the milking too early ; he generally does n't when I 've been out on patrol the night before . |
20 | The difference being , of course , that in those days the phenomenon of semi-literacy did not exist and readers of Disraeli 's or Thackeray 's novels would neither mistake them for the real world , nor read them to the exclusion of all real political texts . |
21 | ‘ I must admit Kathy could do the job blindfolded and Simpkin would never consider you for the job unless I happened to suggest it . |