Example sentences of "would [vb infin] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The General Herborising was also conducted by the Demonstrator who led his more expert colleagues further afield , sometimes to the coast where they would remain for a couple of days or more . |
| 2 | Soon this was to be entered and then only Tibet and Ethiopia would remain for a time unresponsive to European politics , ideas and technology . |
| 3 | The train had already left Sion when the avalanche struck and with the possibility of further minor falls it had retreated to the sanctuary of the station where the passengers were told it would remain for the rest of the night . |
| 4 | They returned to the room where she explained about Philpott 's heart attack and his subsequent convalescence at the Bellevue Hospital where he would remain for the next few days . |
| 5 | Theda 's eyes remained closed as the lumbering stagecoach rumbled its way from Newark , where she had caught it outside the Saracen 's Head , to Ashby-de-la-Zouch , where it would remain for the night before proceeding to Stafford . |
| 6 | Then the men-at-arms under the two banners , the King 's and the Earl 's , had waited outside , and the rest had got round the gate and walked talking inside : the King Macbeth with less meat on him , like a man who fed at sea , and Siward of Northumbria the way he always was , with his chest round as a shield under his tunic , and only his hair and beard greyer than you would think for a man not much past fifty . |
| 7 | He had chosen this woman specifically because she was the sort she was — a simple type , immediately responsive to the baby , no outside involvements , so she was free to give her entire time to him , willing to do without time off while the baby was still on the breast , and not expecting the massive salary most women would want for a job like this . |
| 8 | But I I really could n't I would never get the price I would want for the alphabet . |
| 9 | There are several splendid houses near Long Melford that would make for a gentle afternoon 's potter through the rooms and possessions of the rich of a few centuries ago . |
| 10 | Either because he had the hump or because he thought it would make for a good show he started smashing the footlights one by one . |
| 11 | In Britain , though , ever since his selection the media had become very excited about Allan Wells , almost willing him to win , to have the come-back that would make for a fairy-tale ending . |
| 12 | All of which would make for a rave review , were it not for the fact that , for all their charm , the Jays ' every move oozes lamentable irrelevance . |
| 13 | If the English paintings in the National Gallery could be included ( and I imagine that is not possible ) , it would make for a truly remarkable museum a real tribute to the ‘ Englishness of English art ’ . |
| 14 | Moreover , constitutional lawyers may write about " old " Parliaments being able to bind and limit a " new " Parliament , and may suggest that a " new judicial attitude " ( whereby judges no longer accept that they are subordinate to Parliament ) would make for a fresh start so that " the doctrine that no Parliament can bind its successors becomes ancient history " , but these tricky legal formulations do not alter the fact that constitution-making occurs in the context of a political reality which limits what is feasible , acceptable , and enforceable . |
| 15 | They derive their strength from the realization that not to abide by them would make for an unworkable constitution . |
| 16 | I would make for the Federal Republic . ’ |
| 17 | What happened was , when we 'd go there to rehearse on a Friday night , he would disappear for an hour or so . |
| 18 | He was then still slightly shy in company , though sharp and confident in other areas and among his equals , like the pool halls where he would hustle for a few dollars . |
| 19 | They would stay for a few months and go back . |
| 20 | She had hoped he would stay for a chat with her parents , but he was making it very obvious that that was n't part of his plan . |
| 21 | Ayrton Senna was in the lead and that 's where he would stay for the rest of the afternoon . |
| 22 | She used the buses and wherever she found herself on the last bus at night , whether at her own home or at her son 's , she would stay for the night only to set off again early the following morning . |
| 23 | Pam , 63 , said : ‘ They used to come every summer for a couple of weeks and the rest of the year they would stay for the odd week . |
| 24 | The convoy , led by a police car and two police motorcycles , made its way through Long Island City , across the Queensboro Bridge into Manhattan then down First Avenue to the United Nations Plaza , the hotel where the Zimbalan delegation would stay for the duration of their three-day visit to New York . |
| 25 | Old Mother Jacobsen knew that she did not have unlimited time to tell the story of Marie Grubbe to Elisabeth Danziger ; Elisabeth would stay for an hour and then be on her way . |
| 26 | He told the Federal Assembly that the devaluation , the second in less than four months , would compensate for an excess in public spending during the past nine months equivalent to US$5,400 million . |
| 27 | It was like interviewing someone who had answered one of her frequent advertisements for a daily maid , trying to create a spurious atmosphere of equality and friendship that would compensate for the low pay she had to offer . |
| 28 | It was as though he thought keeping fit would compensate for the image of the decadent Arab which was reflected in most of the press . |
| 29 | This would compensate for the extra costs and disadvantages of disability , and thereby help to reduce the disparity experienced by many older women between their needs and resources . |
| 30 | Since the increase in tax revenue and the fall in unemployment expenditure would compensate for the cost of servicing the loan , there would be no burden on the exchequer . |