Example sentences of "[conj] would [vb infin] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Scots had failed to appreciate that the organizational structure of sixteen years earlier was now outmoded , and acute financial problems ensued and put the Games on the verge of bankruptcy , facing cancellation with the total humiliation that would mean for Scotland and Britain . |
| 2 | Out of costume , he wore Lucie 's cut-down clothes , and would watch for hours the barons of raw meat swing and drip , swing and drip , over wood planks dyed permanently blood-red . |
| 3 | The old man loved to reminisce and would talk for hours about the past . |
| 4 | For example , if a UK company acquires goods from a Belgian supplier to fulfil an order from a German customer and the goods are sent direct from Belgium to Germany , the UK company would be required to register for German VAT and would account for tax on the acquisition in Germany and onward domestic supply of goods to the German customer . |
| 5 | He never made an effort to look for a job , but would sit for hours , staring at the television and through it without seeing . |
| 6 | The need to do this could arise when time and space prevent him from having immediate contact with his source of succour , as would occur for example , on hunting expeditions . |