Example sentences of "would have [vb pp] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That would 've done for a start . ’ |
| 2 | Because it was the women themselves who were organizing it because they felt part of it they did n't see it as some sort of other people that were more politically motivated that than them giving them something to keep them out on strike , which by its very nature could could have been something that the people would have accepted for a while and then not accepted . |
| 3 | I would have thought you would have gone for a commission . |
| 4 | ‘ No , thank you , ’ she replied with clipped civility , even though she would have killed for a drink of water and some aspirins . |
| 5 | Beauty is only skin deep , as they say , but I would have hoped for a lot more from a C64 . |
| 6 | Seven or eight had died in hospital , yes , and some of those would have lingered for a day or two ; fair enough or even blond genug , as the Army usually put it . |
| 7 | What I would have given for a sesame bap . |
| 8 | In other words ‘ if he thought he was nt part of the future plans Id have told him so and he would have asked for a transfer … has he ? ? |
| 9 | ‘ When I was 16 I would have died for a cream cake , but how I 've brainwashed myself not to want them . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I think if Kylie Minogue has been a flash in the pan she would have lasted for a couple of singles . |
| 11 | Dr. Robert Upshall , who would have fought for a seat in Parliament , said party supporters would continue to hammer home the environmental message . |
| 12 | I think if you had asked Freud what 's the minimum number numerically for one of , for the Bond Freud Crowds , Freud would have thought for a bit and I think he would have said three . |
| 13 | Robert Dunlop said : ‘ When I came today I would have settled for a lot less . |
| 14 | Denied ‘ I would have settled for a point , ’ said Little . |
| 15 | ‘ Three weeks ago we would have settled for a situation like this . |