Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [adv prt] for [det] " in BNC.

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1 And they 'd go on for many years with incredible perseverance , believing when they had no reason to believe , when it was crazy for them to believe .
2 So I thought I 'd put in for that , it was a lateral move you know , but still it was getting back to my depot and nearer my home .
3 When I ran out of breath I 'd come up for another helping , then duck the head again .
4 The love nest he had conjured out of so little would make up for all her pain .
5 A pine or oak refectory table , forming an island unit in the middle of the room , would make up for this .
6 He would hang on for that .
7 The whole world would tune in for this one .
8 Maybe the Sergeant Major would go in for some Greek dancing , and smash all the house DJ 's records instead of plates .
9 Crump — this would provide an opportunity for a salving weep — Crump would live on for this child herself one day would bear children …
10 Further North Stockton and Middlesbrough would come in for some rough treatment at the hands of Rowland Holmes-Smith , principal of P&HS and chairman of the RIBS Teesside branch .
11 I would put in for that if it came up .
12 I firmly told him that if he ever came near me again , I would fight back for all I was worth and , even if he managed to beat me every time , sooner or later I would get lucky and hurt him .
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