Example sentences of "would [vb infin] for the " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 But I I really could n't I would never get the price I would want for the alphabet .
5 I would make for the Federal Republic . ’
6 Ayrton Senna was in the lead and that 's where he would stay for the rest of the afternoon .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 Members were told the move would compensate for the loss of car parking spaces in the High Street .
15 Of course he knew he would hang for the offence , but he also knew that humanity is not an endangered species , and reckoned therefore that twenty-seven ( did you say twenty-eight ? )
16 Experts last night were unsure over whether any of the water companies would qualify for the FT-SE index , a crucial point in assessing their investment potential .
17 Experts last night were unsure over whether any of the water companies would qualify for the FT-SE index , a crucial point in assessing their investment potential .
18 BRAZIL 's 1-0 victory over what amounted to a Holland B team in Rotterdam on Wednesday night continued the process of pragmatic regeneration they have undergone since the desultory performances in Europe last summer which left some observers wondering whether they would qualify for the World Cup at all .
19 Conservationists maintain that as much as 80 per cent of the tuna on sale in the US would qualify for the ‘ dolphin-safe ’ label , but August Felando , president of the American Tunaboat Association , disagrees : ‘ It will destroy us , ’ said Felando in a newspaper interview in November 1989 .
20 Few managers , junior or senior , would qualify for the task .
21 As was seen in Part I , while some claimants would qualify for the ordinary rate of benefit , others would be eligible for the long-term rate , which for a married couple was valued at 25 per cent higher than the ordinary rate .
22 Only the top twenty-four scorers would qualify for the last round on Saturday .
23 it 's not very many people who would qualify for the minimum premiums .
24 If it was above £85,000 the owners would qualify for the next band and pay £551 .
25 Saturday morning , and once again a fair and breezy day , so fair that I decided to give myself a holiday from writing , and go straight after breakfast to pick up the supplies I would need for the weekend .
26 The two suitcases represented everything she thought she would need for the next seven months at the Hamiltons ' , and it seemed like an odd way to be taking what might be a big step in her life .
27 With another sigh , and feeling extremely awkward because she 'd obviously been foisted on them when they had n't wanted her to be foisted , she decided not to unpack , just take out the things she would need for the night .
28 Normally MAS would act for the shareholders or their appointed representatives .
29 He would wait for the right moment .
30 Before deciding on making an application , he said , Finland would wait for the results of negotiations under way between the European Free Trade Association ( EFTA , of which Finland was one of the seven members ) and the EC on a common European Economic Area ( EEA ) [ see p. 38353 ] .
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