Example sentences of "would [adv] [vb infin] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then there are batteries for when we 're stopped , but they 'd only last for forty-five minutes , eh ? , if we were n't plugged into the ground supply at a station . |
| 2 | Would gladly exchange for two white-mice . |
| 3 | I would not suggest for one moment that they existed here . |
| 4 | The unions said the minister promised them in a private April 19 meeting that the operator 's status would not budge for two years . |
| 5 | He grew dirtier than ever and often would not shave for three or four days together , till his jaw looked coated or grown over with yellow fungus or sprayed like a car with glistening tangerine . |
| 6 | In Mexico the moon covered the Sun for 6 minutes and 54 seconds ; the next comparable solar eclipse would not occur for 140 years . |
| 7 | While I would insist on the centrality of Noel Coward 's sexuality to the patterns of meanings that I see in Brief Encounter , I would not wish for one second to hold him up as any kind of gay martyr . |
| 8 | The sun would not rise for five hours yet . |
| 9 | But this would not happen for tens of thousands of years , because of the slowness of the upwelling currents . |
| 10 | Contracts would normally run for three years and applicants would be required to start as soon as possible . |
| 11 | That her job would n't start for three months suited her particularly well . |
| 12 | I mean you would n't you would n't think for one minute that Aunty Mary came from . |
| 13 | would n't go for three years for a grant and just |
| 14 | Okay , we we would n't settle for seven horses , then . |
| 15 | The sow 's natural instinct is to build a nest of grass and leaves in which to give birth and rear her young , which she would then suckle for three months . |
| 16 | I may moan about them — I reserve the right to criticise the team , but I would never wish for one of our players to get an injury — that is insane . |