Example sentences of "would have gone for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Developing countries are afraid funds for combating climate change will come out of funds that would have gone for development aid , ’ says Reddy . |
| 2 | I would have gone for something a little snappier : ‘ A mad cow with a handbag , ’ comes to mind as a first attempt . |
| 3 | I would have thought you would have gone for a commission . |
| 4 | A harsher critic would have gone for the jugular and claimed that this was a blunt reiteration of those dormant adolescent prejudices . |
| 5 | It could n't have been hit by a missile because we know there are no missile-carrying planes around — even if there were , a heat-seeking missile , the only type that could nail it at that altitude , would have gone for the engines , not the nose cone . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 7 | As to Wayne Proctor , there were those who would have gone for the former Welsh hurdler , Nigel Walker , though , heaven knows , Proctor , the fastest player in the side , was himself no mean athlete in his schooldays . |
| 8 | Now she was where we were and that office junior turned up she would have gone for there and I prob bet she will probably be quite |