Example sentences of "i would [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.

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1 Well I would do , I 'd walk back for , me .
2 So he asked me if I 'd go in for a couple of weeks until he got something sorted out you know .
3 I dreaded seeing him , and thought I 'd go out for the evening , but then I realized there was no point in that , it was only putting off the inevitable .
4 ‘ Did n't I say I 'd fill in for Stella ?
5 ‘ I thought I 'd turn in for the night . ’
6 She started telling us how she had a bell which she rang if she needed help and I said I 'd listen out for it .
7 When I ran out of breath I 'd come up for another helping , then duck the head again .
8 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 .
9 I thought I 'd wait up for the early morning newscast on the radio . ’
10 ‘ I do n't mind waiting , ’ she told him politely and pleasantly , though she could n't resist adding , ‘ Rosemary and I are friends ; I have n't seen her for ages , so I thought I 'd ring up for a chat . ’
11 And this is the other aspect of Freud 's debt to Darwin which I mentioned at the beginning but said I would hold over for later .
12 When I first moved here I would wander around for days , not knowing where my home was .
13 My first , er , but sad duty is simply to say that Sir Kenneth , our President , had hoped to be here , but he 's had er , an operation and er , he is not really quite well enough , so I was asked as a Vice-President , whether I would stand in for him , at the weekend , and er I shall do my best , and erm , I 'm glad to have to opportunity of doing one or two things , but we 'll come to those in due time .
14 Then I 'd go down the town buy us all clothes then , you and I would go out for a private dinner Jean .
15 Gareth 's ‘ BACK FOR GRUB ’ message was still pinned to the corkboard , and it was with a distinct sense of release that I remembered I 'd said that I would go back for his camera .
16 I said that I would come in for every match and sit in the library and deal with questions and enquiries — there was no point in simply having it supervised by a steward who might know nothing about books or history . ’
17 Now I 've done removals before then , not so much now , but I at one time used to be out on the road doing removals myself very often and I would get in for about seven o'clock in the evening get a quick grab something to eat , rush round this place , put the fires on and get it ready .
18 I would put in for that if it came up .
19 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 .
20 I had never heard of it before , but it was certainly something that I would look out for in the future with much apprehension .
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