Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [to-vb] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 I 'd want to vote for the official candidate , but Frank 's not done too bad , ’ said Mr Dean .
2 Right , first of all I 'd like to apologize for the fact that Alan 's report and my report especially the first half , are very similar .
3 What I 'd like to do for the next twenty minutes of the er of the seminar is talk about client server today .
4 " I 'd like to go for a walk in that park over there , " she said quietly .
5 ‘ Much as I 'd like to go for a hat trick , my sweet , I have to admit that I 'm not Superman .
6 Cos do you wan na know why I 'd like to go for a mechanic , do you know why ?
7 Erm anybody who 's who 's interested erm if you 'd like to ask for a leaflet aft at the end of the session because the main thing is that you do have to take advantage of this while you are still employed in reckonable service .
8 The English representative on the board asked her whether she 'd like to work for the company in Switzerland , as resident copywriter ( for Jane was bright , though she despised the ‘ profession ’ ) .
9 My sights were wide-ranging " I 'd like to work for the Daily Mirror or the Telegraph , " I informed my friends , as I sank a pint in the way I 'd seen the big-boys do at the time of the by-election .
10 As far as new managers go , I 'd have to go for a partnership between Mr. Robson & Mr. Hoddle .
11 Now he 'd have to rely for a lift on Colin who would n't be so keen on coming out of his way .
12 I remarked to my friend , ‘ You 'd have to wait for a long time to get a train from here , ’ he smiled and we both set off for the youth hostel down the road .
13 But the point of our ‘ numbers of planets ’ argument is that , even if the chemist said that we 'd have to wait for a ‘ miracle ’ , have to wait a billion billion years — far longer than the universe has existed , we can still accept this verdict with equanimity .
14 The counter-girl told me I 'd have to wait for the manager .
15 We 'd have to wait for the next one then .
16 ‘ We could have the name on their jerseys — but we 'd have to pay for the strip ! ’
17 He saw the opportunity to play the peace card and the moderate rearmament card at the same time , fortified by the prospect that in times of trouble the public would prefer to vote for an established Government rather than a peculiarly unknown opposition .
18 After two years in the London office of Heidrick and Struggles , Kidd felt that he would prefer to work for a British firm and employ the systems he had designed .
19 The council was doubtful whether the public would want to pay for the changes .
20 And while no carrier would want to be bound by terms and conditions other than those on the receipt message he sent , no transferee would want to pay for an electronic bill whose terms and conditions are other than those he received .
21 She hoped people would want to try for the Number Power certificate as they learn and has even joined herself : ‘ I have always been rotten at maths but this is the ideal way to do it , ’ she said .
22 We would need to allow for the following expenses :
23 He would need to ring for a cab if he were to regain the Party conference in comfort .
24 If you would like to attend for a day or a weekend , we would be delighted to welcome you , but do let us know in advance !
25 I understand that you are holding the PAL masters for both parts , which we would like to use for the first run of this title , to get a better quality duplication .
26 If not , I would like to apologise for the oversight and thank you on behalf of CPRW .
27 After my exam , I would like to go for a course at the Outward Bound School where I can learn many new things .
28 I would like to thank for the enthusiasm and commitment she has given to her ante-natal classes and I know that past ‘ students ’ will have been greatly reassured during their pregnancies by , appreciated her teaching and enjoyed her sense of humour .
29 I am standing on platform eleven at London 's Liverpool Street station , listening to a British Rail Tannoy announcement , delivered as dispassionately and routinely as an abattoir attendant 's delivering a bolt through the skull of yet another helpless , terrified , steer : ‘ British Rail would like to apologize for the late running of the six-thirty to Lowestoft .
30 He 's a Yorkshireman through and through — and he 's already told us he would like to play for the Northern Division .
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