Example sentences of "[noun prp] would [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll ask Richard what Simon would like for Christmas . |
| 2 | Avitus 's letter to Clovis suggests that this interpretation is unacceptable , since he implies that there was a genuine possibility that Clovis would opt for arianism . |
| 3 | George Eccles , of Deloitte , predicted that major groups such as Germany 's Bertelsmann and interests controlled by magnates such as Silvio Berlusconi and Carlo de Benedetti would bid for television franchises . |
| 4 | A Labour Party spokesman said yesterday that Mr Kinnock would ask for evidence of Mr Field 's claims of Militant activity in the Birkenhead party when he meets the MP today . |
| 5 | In it Timmy would crawl for hours or pull himself up and stand precariously balancing , his napkin invariably falling about his knees . |
| 6 | Constance would work for de Levantiére answering the telephone , opening the mail and doing any other chores that arose . |
| 7 | The Ministry of Defence said Yard Commissioner Sir Peter Imbert would look for breaches of the Geneva Convention . |
| 8 | In anticipation of presidential elections planned for Feb. 25 , 1990 , the ruling FSLN announced on Sept. 24 , 1989 , that President Daniel Ortega and Vice-President Sergio Ramírez Mercado would stand for re-election . |
| 9 | Right-wing MP Sir George Gardiner warned there was ‘ still very considerable anxiety ’ among Conservatives that Mr Clarke would opt for increases in income tax . |
| 10 | Public Health Minister Hedi Mhenni announced on Nov. 18 that Tunisia would press for compensation from France on behalf of 12 haemophiliacs who might have developed AIDS as a result of using transfusions of blood , imported from France , which carried the HIV virus . |
| 11 | Jellicoe and Zirnheld were to go to El Daba , and the sixth group led by Captains Warr and Schott would aim for Sidi Barrani . |
| 12 | I am not sure that we would think the dancing , except by some of the principals , quite so wonderful by today 's standards , but we saw it with different eyes then , and John would have for comparison his memories of the Cape Town Ballet Club 's brave but handicapped attempt at the last act of the ballet , Aurora 's Wedding . |