Example sentences of "would have [verb] for [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most believe he would have played for Wales but for a serious knee injury in 1975 which put him out of rugby for two years . |
| 2 | They would have to wait for Bert and Jasper to help him . |
| 3 | Now Angel would have to substitute for Lorenzo . |
| 4 | If one had been asked , working on first principles , about the least eligible candidate to conduct the country 's foreign affairs , many people , including myself , would have plumped for George Brown . |
| 5 | A responsible person would have sent for Nora by now . |
| 6 | He had phoned her at Milton Buildings , saying that he had a routine enquiry to make about the Datsun , would have asked for Mr Marius Steen but , owing to the recent regrettable happening , wondered if she could help . |
| 7 | In short , the Church recognised in Constantine precisely what Messiahship would have entailed for Jesus and his contemporaries . |
| 8 | For that reason , I feel Meg would have opted for Anna Pavord 's scheme . |
| 9 | I would think it 's a diminishing number because I think that a large number of judges who would have voted for Mr Clement Attlee would look askance at voting for some of his successors , with all respect to them . |
| 10 | ‘ You would have paid for Maggie , would n't you ! ’ |
| 11 | He would have settled for Hilderbridge College of Technology . |