Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] would " in BNC.

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1 The flowers idea sounds better , but in all probability the only person to see them would be his secretary .
2 I said you and I were man and wife , and to lose me would break or damage your bond with the King .
3 Adding five examples to the chapters that at present lack them would kill two birds with one stone .
4 well I ca n't say I eat either , so it would n't really affect me would it ?
5 Yes I think that probably this had been er very wise in this er in so I 'm not saying that they 've helped us or anything but they 've kept the middle of the line and erm In the beginning when things were beginning to whatsit er the inspector sent two policemen down here and asked me would I ask the lads not to do any damage to property and all this , and that and said , Right there 's a lodge tonight and I shall ask them I shall tell them to do that .
6 Now erm I think it is and he rang me up and asked me would the strike still be on in the middle of er February .
7 Hence a hereditary mechanism which transmitted them would result in continued degeneration .
8 Supporters insist nothing would be lost other than a small car park and the steps leading up to the Prado 's ‘ Goya ’ entrance .
9 — the profits of the capitalists producing them would also decline .
10 There is a mistaken notion that if the five declared nuclear powers ( America , the Soviet Union , Britain , France and China ) gave up testing weapons , other countries now trying to acquire them would stop .
11 The community church started in a home and to wear them would have been distinctly odd .
12 The Flemyngs would be away , no doubt , ‘ at a banquet in Perth ’ , and they were ; a butler spoke to them from an upper window and asked them would they kindly leave a message so they marked the house with dirt and rotten potatoes while the servants rushed to bar the shutters over the windows .
13 Well they 're some of the best in the land , greyhound punters , I mean they 'll come they like their greyhound racing , real erm diehard people and erm they 'll come in any weather , I mean , the other Thursday when we really had a load of snow down , I mean no-one would come , you would n't even get off your couch for that , but erm we still had three hundred people attend which was erm even though as I say , we lost money on the erm meeting .
14 I realized I would need to convince them at the first opportunity that I was primarily a practical policeman and not an academic ; and I also noted that while the college was keen to list the academic qualifications of those on the course , the participants quickly justified Lewis 's assertions by playing them down to emphasize their history of praxis and practical mastery .
15 I realized I would get no help from the Treasury and , indeed , I suspected that they could not understand why the department was wasting its time on this issue at all .
16 He understood how she needed me when war broke out and most of the men were away , he realized I would n't feel able to go back to England and abandon her .
17 ‘ But , I mean to say , I did always think I would inherit one day , with Jack being such a confirmed … ’
18 ‘ I do n't think I would if I were you , Wendy . ’
19 ‘ If there is no room here , there is plenty up on the hill , and where do you think I would like to be ? ’
20 I do n't think I would ever do such a thing again , but when the depression settles on me I 'm very vulnerable , and if I went to see a film and it had a drowning sequence in it , or swirling water , then you just ca n't tell .
21 Yes , I wanted to do a production with Balanchine , but it never happened , and now there is no one I can think I would want to do it with .
22 If I was stupid I do n't think I would have got this far .
23 ‘ Gentle , indeed ! ’ she said ‘ And if I were as gentle in the market as I have been for him at home , how does he think I would manage ? ’
24 Do you think I would n't do it , if I could ?
25 ‘ I do n't think I would have ever thought any more about it , except that years later my mother was reading a novel about gypsies and discovered that Dohti was an old Romany name .
26 I did not think I would stay with the band forever .
27 I do n't think I would have it in me to start again with another group .
28 I still did n't think I would die , but I had no idea how I was going to live .
29 Did she think I would n't understand ?
30 If I had something important to say on television I do n't think I would choose a Sunday afternoon .
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