Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I would , I would I 'd stick a needle in their bottoms just like I would for a dog that had gone b , gone bad , I 'd say poor creature ca n't help it |
| 2 | Do not be afraid to ask questions , particularly , perhaps , questions as to why things are done in the way they are — though you should for a long time be very restrained in any suggestions you make for improvement . |
| 3 | You could for a need study a speech of some dozen or sixteen lines which I would set down and insert i n't , could you not ? |
| 4 | Cut out each letter of the phrase and hide them in or around the house and in other places , as you would for a scavenger hunt . |
| 5 | With the stake firmed in the hole , hold the tree up with a simple string loop , and plant it just as you would for a bush — except that , without the bud to go by , you will have to look carefully for the soil ‘ tide mark ’ where it was growing in the nursery and finish off to that height , with the standard stem about 1½–2 inches ( 4–5cm ) from the stake . |
| 6 | It 's rather like a Ford Granada ; you can buy the basic version or you can pay almost as much as you would for a Jaguar and get the Ghia version . |
| 7 | So with the big firms , when you 're doing a full house and you you are n't just going to have a few bits like you would for a light removal , off you go and you estimate . |
| 8 | Stir yourself if you can for a swim or join in the water polo , gymnastics , water basketball and volleyball and meet foreign friends . |
| 9 | Note that when you are acting for a seller of registered land ( unlike unregistered ) , the plan attached to the transfer must be signed by the seller alone , and not by the seller 's agent — not even by the seller 's conveyancer as you can for a buyer . |
| 10 | Are we going to hide the ravages of time as cleverly as we can for a few more years , or gradually make the necessary adaptations in order to create a new image that is not a faded version of the old but corresponds in an attractive and lively way to the new stage in life which we have reached ? |
| 11 | Nevertheless , we can not blame the system altogether , as many people do n't think ahead and make the provision they could for a reasonable income in retirement . |
| 12 | Of course they would for a start , I have n't done anything , all that sort of business , but he was extremely good and I think the reason that he 'd got admissions quicker than we did , was partly by virtue of the fact that he was the boss of the department . |
| 13 | It may for a moment seem to quench but it dehydrates , as purportedly healthy abstainers are forever telling me . |
| 14 | Julia wondered if he would gallop her : surely he must for a hunter class . |
| 15 | Haydon should take comfort , said the novelist , from knowing that no species of legal distress could attack the internal resources of genius , though it might for a time palsy its hand . |
| 16 | He rolled it between two fingers and tapped it on a thumbnail and generally fondled it as I knew he would for a good five minutes before lighting it . |
| 17 | This , in most cases , is all the protection the company needs , but it will pay much less for it than it would for a standard policy . |
| 18 | In some cases , vibrational progressions may be observed , and careful analysis of the nature of the vibrations involved can give us an idea of both the symmetry and any changes in structure associated with the transition , just as it can for a band in a valence photoelectron spectrum ( Section 6.6.2 ) . |