Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [be] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the car was such a mess nobody would have been looking for a sawn brake cable . ’ |
| 2 | It was built around 1590 for a younger son of the Earl of Shaftesbury , whose family had owned the manor of Restrop for three hundred years , The coat of arms of the Ashley-Coopers ( the Shaftesbury family name ) is over the door , and it is very unlikely that such a very fine house , with its particularly beautiful roofs over the projecting bays , would have been built for a tenant farmer . |
| 3 | You would have been forgiven for a knowing smile then , but now acid rain is no laughing matter . |
| 4 | McKoy , having already been called back for one false start , would have been disqualified for a second offence — but he took full advantage of his head-start to pip Jackson for the gold . |
| 5 | Whitaker and Milton would have been trying for a unique hat-trick in this , the most important of all indoor championships , after winning in Dortmund in 1990 and Gothenburg last year . |
| 6 | One wonders whether an England bowler would have been picked for a tour after a start like that . |
| 7 | Had it been out on the public streets he would have been arrested for a breach of the peace . |