Example sentences of "[noun sg] would [be] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | My grey school skirt would be swapped for a rock-and-roll dirndl and six net petticoats , painstakingly dipped in sugar water to make them stiff when dry ; after the first four dances , the heat from my body would melt the sugar and my nylons would stick together . |
| 2 | He said the Irish side would be looking for progress on this issue . |
| 3 | She might have extracted Simon 's solemn oath that if she attended as he wished , the pretence that she was his girlfriend would be dropped for once and for all , but was that the whole reason ? |
| 4 | Papez set the agenda for how emotion would be studied for half a century . |
| 5 | A car would be sent for him at seven-thirty . |
| 6 | He told me he used to catch the train from Penn Station , New York , get off it at a station called Back Bay where a car would be waiting for him . |
| 7 | He also promised that the country 's schools — which had been closed for two months because of fears of political violence — would reopen within days , and that a civic work programme would be implemented for Haitian youths . |
| 8 | But I discard that idea , for the water is too shallow over the sand and once a fish is hooked the fishing would be finished for a long time while the rest of the shoal got over the scare . |
| 9 | Sanctions remained in force , although on March 22 the Security Council 's sanctions committee did announce that humanitarian aid would be approved for Iraq under the terms of the original sanctions resolution ( 661 of Aug. 6 , 1990 — see p. 37639 ] in view of the circumstances of the threat of famine and epidemic . |
| 10 | Acheson told the committee that aid would be required for Korea , probably for the next three years . |
| 11 | These results would suggest that endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography may be a better method of sampling for biliary cytology than percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography although larger numbers of patients within a randomised study would be required for conformation . |
| 12 | Well , let brother Spencer enjoy his ill-gotten gains while he may , the day was coming shortly when his fraud would be exposed for all to see . |
| 13 | I 'd get a phone call from his secretary and then a limousine would be waiting for me down the lane . |
| 14 | The additional revenue would be used for job-creation measures in the former East Germany . |
| 15 | The instrument would be used for rehearsals for the festival of new musicals and would be fully insured by Buxton Opera House . |
| 16 | Given that the land had been distributed to the peasants , Bukharin suggested that without the intervention of the state , that is , the proletarian state , the scene would be set for a ‘ new American-style cycle ’ , by which he meant the development of capitalist commodity production in agriculture with a process of centralisation taking place and the development of agri-factories . |
| 17 | He believed that so long as he remained in the Government the Press attacks would continue and that his supposedly malevolent influence would be blamed for every failure . |
| 18 | A particular timescale would be set for the implementation of the appropriate strategies . |
| 19 | It was agreed that resolution of this issue would be shelved for the time being . |
| 20 | Shoes and socks are tackled before trousers , and track-suit trousers with an elasticated waist would be chosen for either a male or a female patient . |
| 21 | But to say as much to this sentimental woman's-magazine lady would be asking for trouble , undoing all the efforts he had made to assure them all of his true warm humanity — emotional lot ! |
| 22 | A special place of honour would be found for books having some close connection with an important event in history and perhaps even helped to shape it . |
| 23 | The child would be cared for ; would not even miss a mother she had never really known … |
| 24 | ‘ A saint would be forgiven for losing his cool around you . ’ |
| 25 | The new plans being drawn up by the Countryside Commission and the Forestry Commission for sites near urban areas , mean that half of each site would be planted with mixed forest and the other half would be developed for recreation and farming purposes . |
| 26 | The four-kilometre ( 2-mile ) wide corridor would be opened for five days from Tuesday , SRNA said , adding that the time limit could be extended at Unprofor 's request . |
| 27 | It would not be too difficult for his legal representative to brand her as rash and irresponsible — scarcely attributes the judge would be looking for in little Kirsty 's potential guardian ! |
| 28 | The only access to the village would be blocked for long periods . |
| 29 | More immediately , there was a fear that the business community would be blamed for the inevitable social side-effects of economic liberalization by a government concerned about its electoral prospects . |
| 30 | Skipper Alan Kernaghan said the team would be looking for a top ten place next season . |