Example sentences of "would [vb infin] for [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told Isobel we 'd wait for her at the Café de la Paix … ‘ |
| 2 | But I 'm always reminded of a large bomber aircraft coming in to land , moving very much more slowly than you 'd expect for something of its size . |
| 3 | I thought well they 'd do for him for summer . |
| 4 | They 'd always be wanting nylons , he thought , he 'd seen what they 'd do for them during the war . |
| 5 | Are you , are telling are you telling me that you 'd vote for somebody in rags on the television who promised you a better future ? |
| 6 | And one was that this bungalow should be retained completely er by members of the Hosiery Finishers in spite of being a national union which of course has still operated , and secondly , that er nobody should go to this union until er er at least when I 've finished that they should be voted for and they were n't going to impose anybody on this union , they 'd vote for somebody from among their own members , which of course operated and that 's operating now . |
| 7 | I 'd hate for him to be stuck up there for last week in March |
| 8 | I 'd go for something for higher wages at the end of it ! |
| 9 | Dad had said he 'd pay for it on Access . |
| 10 | ‘ We would appeal for anyone with information about the fire to contact the police in complete confidence . |
| 11 | ‘ I will leave this chamber when I have finished and , Lady Prioress , I should be grateful if you would wait for me in your own chamber . |
| 12 | She did n't think he would use the ticket , any more than he would wait for her after the performance . |
| 13 | If he was not at the reception hopper grizzleys , it is quite probable that she would wait for him at the entrance to Deep Level . |
| 14 | He often went out alone , Italian style , and Jeanne would wait for him in the street after the cafés closed . |
| 15 | I tell you , one night , if we knew he was coming , we would wait for him round the back and pitch him down the falls ! ’ |
| 16 | Mr McQueen left , heading south in time to preach next morning at Bracadale , and saying he would wait for them at Ullinish . |
| 17 | When he left his room , he knocked on the women 's door ; he would wait for them in the small restaurant at the front of the hotel . |
| 18 | A fortnight ago , the Norwich Union East Champions lost to Redbridge and Ilford , who Chelmsford have beaten this season , but form would count for nothing in a derby game , he insisted . |
| 19 | Those were the days … what the County Ground fans would give for something like this tomorrow … |
| 20 | She did n't know how long it would take for someone with a gun to get into position to fire at her , so she took another deep breath , and threw herself away from the buoy , cutting under the surface as she headed for the opening . |
| 21 | A Mrs J. Minton , who taught conventional art , claimed that owing to the similarity of their names in the London telephone directory she was plagued at least three times a day with telephone calls for John Minton , whose art she did not like , and that open cheques would arrive for him in the post , commissioning pictures and with the note ‘ fill in your own price ’ . |
| 22 | It would control referrals to providers outside the district and it would pay for them at negotiated prices . |
| 23 | It would also control patient referrals to providers outside the district and would pay for them at negotiated prices . |
| 24 | It would control referrals to providers outside the District and it would pay for them at negotiated prices . |
| 25 | In the national scheme of things , clippies would pay for themselves in increased efficiency , but more direct finance could come from super-taxing car fuel to penalise the gas guzzlers , and by re-allocating the tax benefits which currently go to company car drivers . |
| 26 | such a programme would pay for itself within five years , and save fuel worth something like £2800 million a year . |
| 27 | SAAB had estimated the costs and benefits of the line-out system and had calculated that the system would pay for itself within four years , with more than half of the savings coming from the increased production flexibility of the system and another 25 per cent coming from reduced labour turnover and absenteeism . |
| 28 | An ex-boyfriend of Suzannah said : ‘ She has a quiet , gentle personality and there was some surprise she would go for someone like Bates . ’ |
| 29 | But of course these stocks are dependent on the amount of wheat sown in the preceding year ; and that , in its turn was largely influenced by the farmers ' guesses as to the price which they would get for it in this year . |
| 30 | She did not know if her efforts would save for him at least something from the wreck , poor Benedict . |