Example sentences of "i would have [vb pp] for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | If I 'd wanted to really zoom around the fretboard I would 've opted for a medium/short-scale bass with really light , roundwound strings . |
2 | ‘ I am the mother of a spastic child but had I been told before his birth that my son would be handicapped I would have asked for an abortion . |
3 | What I would have given for a sesame bap . |
4 | Beauty is only skin deep , as they say , but I would have hoped for a lot more from a C64 . |
5 | Personally , I would have voted for the lads at Cain 's Brewery but Twitters may have got the jitters if the revamped Higson 's had made the headlines . |
6 | ‘ When I was 16 I would have died for a cream cake , but how I 've brainwashed myself not to want them . ’ |
7 | I 'll admit I felt just like you do when I first saw Townshend doing his smashing act ; I would have died for the SG he splintered at Woodstock ! |
8 | Denied ‘ I would have settled for a point , ’ said Little . |
9 | Robert Dunlop said : ‘ When I came today I would have settled for a lot less . |