Example sentences of "[pron] would [be] [noun] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All she can do is tack forward and crash into him , which would be suicide for them all . |
| 2 | What may suit you would be folly for him . |
| 3 | There would be times for our tops , and games of tip-cat , and with our packs of cigarette cards , games of Long Skate , and other variations of these to be played during break . |
| 4 | There were anonymous letters to my parents , postmarked Chippenham , Corsham , Bath and London , telling them to watch out and do something about their son or there would be trouble for them . |
| 5 | There would be opportunities for him to rejoin the council at a later date , however . |
| 6 | I dare not spend another farthing , and it would be suicide for me to go to the bank , even if Richard agreed , which he wo n't . ’ |
| 7 | At a time when the world 's largest nuclear power is in the process of disintegration into separate republics , if not worse , and when 27,000 nuclear weapons exist there , the vast majority of which are capable of inflicting considerable damage on this and other countries , it would be lunacy for us to undermine our nuclear deterrent . |
| 8 | ‘ What are you drinking ? ’ he asked , going on to apologise that he would have to leave them shortly since it would be time for his surgery . |
| 9 | It would be madness for me to refuse you through hurt pride when all I want to do is be with you , as I have just found out . ’ |