Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [pron] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gave them his card , hoping they 'd contact him at a London mailing address , for modelling assignments . |
| 2 | He said he 'd put them at a friend 's house for safe keeping , and the friend just happened to have gone away on holiday . |
| 3 | What she needed was a weapon of some sort , something that would keep him at a distance should the need arise . |
| 4 | They took assets on to their books assuming they would sell them at a profit shortly afterwards . |
| 5 | He feels it would put him at a disadvantage . |
| 6 | To pick and choose which plants they were going to eat would put them at a disadvantage since they would waste so much time looking for food , rather than eating it . |
| 7 | Efforts by the EC to introduce a tax last year were frustrated by the Bush administration 's opposition to the concept which European industrialists claimed would put them at an unfair disadvantage in world markets . |