Example sentences of "would be [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I sold them one or two at a time I 'd be here for twenty years . ’ |
| 2 | looks nice , no burnt or anything , and I says ee it 's lovely is it , I said alright , would been down for this morning like and I says ooh come on then do n't bother when you get home starting making anything I says just say , let's ask for steak pies , so I says er can we have er two steak and kidney pies please ? , she said I 'm sorry we do n't , there is n't any kidney an all , I 'm glad there is n't I did n't want , well I 'd of eaten 'em like but I 'd rather have them without |
| 3 | It was the fact that she would be away for six weeks or more that had brought things to a head . |
| 4 | Would be away for some weeks . |
| 5 | He very rarely spoke about business matters to Georgina and decided on reflection against recounting the day 's events except to say that he was leaving for Istanbul in the morning , and would be away for three or four days . |
| 6 | In the morning I explained to Diana and Mary that I had to go on a journey , and would be away for several days . |
| 7 | It would take most of the silver he had on him and that would be just for half an ounce of what was needed . |
| 8 | ‘ On November 1 they told us that normal Christmas arrangements would apply — that we would work for most of the holiday period — then they dropped this bombshell on November 22 and said we would be off for two weeks . |
| 9 | ( b ) Do n't try to teach more than two linguistic items at the same time , eg the present continuous tense plus vocabulary concerned with the post office would be enough for one period . |
| 10 | All this , you might think , would be enough for any playwright but , with reckless abandon , Shadwell keeps flinging further ingredients into his rich comic stew . |
| 11 | As his firm , predatory fingers stroked her body , following her soft curves with a barely restrained urgency , she wondered if it would be enough for either of them if she were to withdraw now from their headlong fall into physical ecstasy . |
| 12 | That would be enough for most people , but in October South Africa play nine matches in France and follow that with four matches in England . |
| 13 | Just the achievement of finishing a triathlon , let alone managing to win one , would be enough for most athletes , but not this one . |
| 14 | In the same way it is essential that we await the results of that questionnaire and that we discuss with the District Council the long term redevelopment of that airfield and so I think it would be more helpful in expressing our concern of course about the decision and version of it which I will admit came as a shock because my understanding was they would be there for two , three , or four years yet . |
| 15 | And er it was salted and then For a few days , and then it was put in what we called brine , s more salt , and covered and it would be there for six weeks . |
| 16 | That way the best golfers would be there for all to see . |
| 17 | But the 33-year-old former champion vowed he would be back for another crack at the title in Flushing Meadow , New York . |