Example sentences of "'d have [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | As far as new managers go , I 'd have to go for a partnership between Mr. Robson & Mr. Hoddle . |
| 2 | We 'd have killed for an outcome like this at any time since 1975 . |
| 3 | Now he 'd have to rely for a lift on Colin who would n't be so keen on coming out of his way . |
| 4 | I remarked to my friend , ‘ You 'd have to wait for a long time to get a train from here , ’ he smiled and we both set off for the youth hostel down the road . |
| 5 | But the point of our ‘ numbers of planets ’ argument is that , even if the chemist said that we 'd have to wait for a ‘ miracle ’ , have to wait a billion billion years — far longer than the universe has existed , we can still accept this verdict with equanimity . |
| 6 | or surely we 'd have gone for a different lot , |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd have asked for a final orgy myself , but each to his own . |
| 8 | If he 'd been thrown in as he was , he 'd have sunk for a bit , and then probably come up again . |
| 9 | I 'd have banked for a draw actually |
| 10 | I 'd have cried , I 'd have brooded for a long time . |