Example sentences of "would [verb] for the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew Sir Ralph 's type : a professional soldier , a mercenary who would crusade for the faith but was not averse to serving in the armies of the infidel . |
| 2 | The right hon. and learned Member for Surrey , East said yesterday that he would vote for the Government because the Prime Minister was clearly determined to follow a path that the right hon. and learned Gentleman favoured . |
| 3 | The right hon. Member for Finchley said yesterday that she would vote for the Government because they were following a path that she favoured — in precisely the opposite direction . |
| 4 | Dad thanked him and said he would return for the bed after he 'd wheeled the instrument to our house . |
| 5 | If he were to discover the nature and the limits of this person he was — and , as time went by , stave off the timor mortis — fear of death — then he would go for the nerve and the bone , draw blood . |
| 6 | That would account for the fact that the drawings of Gesner 's costumes were so magnificent , so suited to his style and size . |