Example sentences of "would [adv] [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.

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1 yeah , I 'd rather put down for acceptability of work pattern .
2 As this was something of a lovers ' lane , he had a good chance of catching a couple knobbing on the back seat And Steve , as I 'd already found out for myself , always did like a bit of voyeurism .
3 After leaving the station , we 'd just walk around for ten or fifteen minutes , doubling back on our tracks , heading in through the lobby of a big hotel and straight out again through the rear entrance , until finally we 'd come to some itty-bitty hotel in a back street with a desk in the hallway , and we 'd do the elevator routine .
4 So er to get to your question erm I 've sort of not been doing anything erm I was hoping that I would be sort of fully fit round about now and then if I saw something on teletext er that was good I 'd just buzz off for a week or so .
5 Yeah , I 'd probably fuck off for a year and do my own thing and come back and maybe take take , maybe start my own business .
6 She 'd never sign up for marriage and mortgage , that was for sure .
7 The crucial difference between the Germans and the Poles who profited from the efforts of the Colonisation Commission and the Polish banks through the sale and resale of farms and estates was that , while the Germans would eventually sell up for good and move away westwards to retire on money invested in Germany 's growing industrial enterprises , the Poles would stay put , use their money to consolidate their farms and purchases , and deposit their savings in the Land Purchase Bank .
8 Yeah cos if it was as bad as he said it was , I mean he would only stand up for one or two hours at a time , whereas he 'd been up since nine , he was still sitting up at one o'clock when I arrived there
9 She would not go down for the fireworks .
10 When Henry V died in Normandy in 1422 mos teutonicus was employed , as it was thought that conventional embalming would not hold out for the journey back to England .
11 Prominent advocates of ratification included EC Commission President Jacques Delors ( who declared on Aug. 28 that he " would not stay on for another mandate if the " no " vote won " ) and also both the RPR leader Jacques Chirac and the UDF leader Valéry Giscard d'Estaing , although many RPR and UDF members were opposed to ratification .
12 All his life he had sought her pardon for the failure which she either could not or would not spell out for him .
13 There were moments when Henry thought she would not turn up for the funeral , so magnificent was she about the whole thing , but as the date approached he noticed she was wearing more and more black jewellery , black scarves , capes , cloaks and jerseys , stockings , blouses and hats .
14 He said he would probably stay on for about two years after the tunnel opens for passenger traffic , probably next summer , and would then take a very long holiday .
15 I did n't want the other boys to view us as being mates because then I would probably come in for abuse too .
16 Mona , a Palestinian born in Kuwait , said : ‘ Oh yes , he would often drop by for a cup of tea or coffee and a chat . ’
17 The boy 's father , Gavin Lodge , said : If I could get hold of these idiots they would n't sit down for a week . ’
18 It would n't go on for ever .
19 Eventually , after about a week , her little head would pop up over the hill and watch me put out her food as I whistled , but she would n't come down for it until she felt the coast was clear .
20 Diane locked herself in her bedroom and would n't come down for a day because she was afraid of her father 's anger .
21 They really did pick on her and the only reason was that she would n't stick up for herself .
22 I would n't have missed doing this for the world , but I would n't sell up for another .
23 ‘ I would n't have missed doing this for the world , but I would n't sell up for another .
24 And I suspect that if we offered them counselling from cater good catering advice on how to maximise their market return they 'll do it because I would n't hang about for a meal if I knew that they would n't give you a meal in fifteen minutes , I 'd go and eat somewhere else .
25 The Madonna wore blood-red purple during her son 's Passion , but put on gold and silver for his Resurrection and Ascension and for her own glorious Assumption , when Tommaso would surely come back for the holiday .
26 Jackie Tiptoe knew though , and would sometimes run under for her if she was n't quick off the mark , and then pretend he thought it was his turn .
27 The report is fair in stating its case in favour of such regulations , without concealing the disadvantages which these new rules would undoubtedly bring about for the Swiss art market .
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