Example sentences of "would have [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can not believe that the Masai , as I know them , would have applied for membership of an association of which they must be completely ignorant' . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Such a dedicated channel would also be my preference , though no doubt selection would have to continue for committee coverage , and selected extracts would still be used on news and review programmes . |
| 4 | They would have to wait for Bert and Jasper to help him . |
| 5 | A trade agreement provided for a reduction of customs duties on goods traded by the two countries ( thus extending most favoured nation status to the Soviet Union and improving the competitiveness of each country 's goods in the other 's markets ) ; the agreement also provided for better copyright protection for US companies and for reductions in the time US companies would have to wait for approval to begin commercial operations in the Soviet Union . |
| 6 | If I could n't find it , I would have to wait for morning and steer north by my watch and the sun . |
| 7 | ‘ Developing countries are afraid funds for combating climate change will come out of funds that would have gone for development aid , ’ says Reddy . |
| 8 | ‘ If I 'd gone first , the house would have come to you with ten thousand and the rest would have gone for research into glandular diseases . ’ |
| 9 | And he would have to pose for hours , holding a sword and perched on a trestle or wooden horse while some artist-wallah depicted " The Relief of Krishnapur " ! |
| 10 | It would also mean that Scottish programme makers would have to bid for resources to London , where priorities might well be different from their own . |
| 11 | Now Angel would have to substitute for Lorenzo . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I mentioned at the start of this address that around the fire Joseph and Mary and their children would have gathered for fun and fellowship . |
| 14 | A responsible person would have sent for Nora by now . |
| 15 | If Panin had had his way , peasants would have waited for land indefinitely . |
| 16 | In this sequence of quavers the ‘ writing factor ’ would have called for dots ! |
| 17 | She 'd hoped to be able to take him out , perhaps for a longish walk through the forest where they could hope for a glimpse of a deer , but at its heaviest the downpour would have called for wetsuits rather than waterproofs . |
| 18 | He says the new company would have to go for shows which make money . |
| 19 | He would have fumbled for explanations . |
| 20 | Charles II found land grants very convenient ; he could give them to people who at the beginning of the century would have asked for monopolies and he could feel confident that these grants would not rouse the hostility in England that monopolies had caused . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | And it would have to rain for months to make any difference . |
| 23 | And levels in some areas are now so low , that it would have to rain for months to make any difference . |
| 24 | The Trust regrets that after a year of negotiation it was n't possible to assemble a complete package which would have allowed for purchase price , future management and costs for the extended period necessary . |
| 25 | Under the eyes and ears of strangers , they would have to work for others rather than themselves . |
| 26 | Yet splendid it was in quality , and business was indeed done , despite catastrophic rumours in the press that certain Paris dealers would have to file for bankruptcy when the show closed . |
| 27 | In short , the Church recognised in Constantine precisely what Messiahship would have entailed for Jesus and his contemporaries . |
| 28 | For that reason , I feel Meg would have opted for Anna Pavord 's scheme . |
| 29 | If this was n't here we would have to practise for £7 an hour , so we would not have much money at the end of the week . |
| 30 | Presumably , if any of those Kurds who desperately clung to snowy slopes at border mountains , trapped between the armies of three states that did not recognise them , had been able to reach an aeroplane and fly to Britain , they would have qualified for asylum under the 1951 convention . |