Example sentences of "would be [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd be scarred for life . |
| 2 | GUIL : You 'd be lost for words . |
| 3 | Too late for any more useful sleep , I 'd be leaving for London at six to avoid the rush . |
| 4 | ‘ You said you 'd be leaving for Newcastle ? ’ |
| 5 | Erm tt whether that 's appropriate , you know , I 'm thinking of it as a first appointment just to get a general picture whereas you might be coming back to stir his memory for referrals by saying er , you know , er you mentioned here you 're a member of the squash club , do you remember I said I 'd be looking for introductions , maybe we 'll learn whether at the beginning of the second appointment you jog the memory there er you know in other words what I 'm do doing is keeping that in my mind , that you are remembering the squash club or whatever club it may be and use that later , although I did n't er elaborate on it at that , that er because I think you can go off at a tangent |
| 6 | But then we 'd be looking for francs . |
| 7 | I thought he 'd be touting for business ! |
| 8 | I 'd be set for life if something like that happened . |
| 9 | They 'd be talking for days on end . |
| 10 | I 'd be marked for life — One of Those . |
| 11 | ‘ Obviously if all five of us went out and walked past a school at home time , we 'd be asking for trouble . |
| 12 | But you 'd be a fool to try and get this agility if you have n't got those safe levels suppleness , strength , stamina and coordination cos you 'd be asking for trouble . |
| 13 | By the time they left that sector to search elsewhere we 'd be heading for Fraxilly , with functional ship . |
| 14 | It was midway through a Friday afternoon , and Adele Venetz had taken the restaurant 's van to the cash-and-carry for all the last-minute supplies they 'd be needing for Saturday 's party catering job , leaving her sister and Alina to manage the business alone . |
| 15 | We said we 'd be going for cost space reductions . |
| 16 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that any proposal to raise the higher rate of income tax , as advocated by the Opposition , would be damaging for morale and prosperity , because such a move would not only destroy the will to work but drive some of our best brains out of the country ? |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Noorda suggested that while it had yet to be decided , these companies ' shares in Unix Labs would be exchanged for Novell shares . |
| 20 | He prayed that she would be forgiven for being herself and following her nature . |
| 21 | He was allowed bail , but after consulting his lawyers , was convinced that it was highly probable that he would be convicted for sedition and sent to Botany Bay . |
| 22 | A few days later I would be leaving for England . |
| 23 | Her screams would be heard for miles around . |
| 24 | Part of this would be earmarked for incentives to promote combined heat and power ( CHP ) energy and other sources . |
| 25 | Under the new legislation , water levels would be monitored and a charge would be levied for water used for industry and agriculture . |
| 26 | Everything would be done for party interests — and nothing for the nation . |
| 27 | Furthermore , it can be seen that feature lists would be duplicated for words such as ’ dance ’ , ’ ball ’ , ’ party ’ , etc. , which is grossly inefficient , and would result in very complex feature lists for each word in the lexicon . |
| 28 | According to Radio France Internationale on July 21 , of the 123 seats in the People 's Assembly " one-third would be reserved for northerners " . |
| 29 | Bevan resuscitated the suggestion in his report of July 1808 to the committee of the Grand Union , and two months later notice was given that an Act of Parliament would be sought for powers to build a canal southwards from Foxton . |
| 30 | announced that the appeal would be dismissed for reasons to be given at a later date . |