Example sentences of "would [be] [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'd be forgiven for thinking that Meany 's camera equipment probably went ‘ crunch ’ on this one . |
| 2 | When the 15 men from no fewer than eight countries run out in front of a packed house for the 111th Bowring Varsity match at Twickenham today ( tues ) you 'd be forgiven for thinking you were watching some sort of world invitation XV taking on Cambridge . |
| 3 | You 'd be forgiven for doing a double take . |
| 4 | YOU 'D be forgiven for thinking that LES AMANTS DU PONT NEUF ( Cert 18 ; W.E. ) — translated it means ‘ Lovers on the Pont Neuf ’ — would be all hearts and flowers . |
| 5 | You 'd be forgiven for thinking that Windows 3.1 is the biggest selling application of all time , with unit sales of around a million a month . |
| 6 | He wrote : ‘ To judge by a lot of the stuff written about bands like U2 , you 'd be forgiven for thinking that rock starts are the new Messiahs . |
| 7 | ‘ Then we 'd be done for . |
| 8 | I 'd be prepared for you to go fortnightly . |
| 9 | She 'd be scarred for life . |
| 10 | With sons they 'd be cared for in their old age , their death rituals would be properly performed and their souls would rest , satisfied . |
| 11 | GUIL : You 'd be lost for words . |
| 12 | But when magistrates told her she 'd be jailed for three months , she collapsed in the dock . |
| 13 | If you were caught , you 'd be charged for being improperly dressed — you had to be in uniform . |
| 14 | good job he 's not in another country he 'd be eaten for |
| 15 | er November , mid November , we 've got an assault course er based at Bicester barracks , er army barracks in Bicester , and we 're inviting er various people over the age of sixteen , who live in and around the Bicester and Oxford areas er as well as down into Aylesbury , er if they 'd like to come and take part , and it 'd be sponsored for the Chest , Heart and Stroke Association and the work that we do . |
| 16 | I 'd be set for life if something like that happened . |
| 17 | I 'd be marked for life — One of Those . |
| 18 | Then we 'd be sat for two or three days until another show was put in . |
| 19 | Of all the things I 'd got up to in my time , I never thought I 'd be stitched for trying to return someone 's stolen property . |
| 20 | The chemists say they were promised that they 'd be paid for providing the service , but so far they have n't seen a penny . |
| 21 | One of my colleagues , no doubt swayed by the heat of the discussion , turned on me sitting in my short-sleeved uniform shirt , and rebuked me with the warning that ‘ in my force , you 'd be disciplined for mutilating police property … |
| 22 | It was known that fees in secondary schools would shortly be abolished , that grammar-school education would be developed for about 20 per cent of the population , and assumed that secondary modern schools would be provided for the rest . |
| 23 | The idea was that a wide range of activities would be developed for groups of young people that would allow them to gain a sense of personal involvement and achievement . |
| 24 | The new plans being drawn up by the Countryside Commission and the Forestry Commission for sites near urban areas , mean that half of each site would be planted with mixed forest and the other half would be developed for recreation and farming purposes . |
| 25 | Spun wool and woven cloth would be displayed for their inspection . |
| 26 | He was going out and would be engaged for the following few days . |
| 27 | Under the proposals from Brussels the M4 would be upgraded for maximum heavy goods use , extending it all the way along the Pembrokeshire Coast to Fishguard . |
| 28 | Noorda suggested that while it had yet to be decided , these companies ' shares in Unix Labs would be exchanged for Novell shares . |
| 29 | After a couple of years they would be exchanged for someone else of sufficiently high position . |
| 30 | In early December there was some speculation that Shaikh Obeid would be exchanged for Israeli navigator Ron Arad , the only missing Israeli serviceman believed to be alive . |