Example sentences of "would give us " in BNC.

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1 As a peasant from the Kursk guberniia put it in 1922 : ‘ We are not for priests nor for the church , but if only the Comrades would give us a little of what they promise : they promise a school and Socialism , but our hands are still as empty as ever . ’
2 With the American Research and Development budget exceeding the whole of the British Defence vote , we had to become progressively more selective , concentrating on those projects in which success would give us the greatest measure of national independence .
3 I ca n't tell you how much pleasure it would give us to make them eat their words .
4 And when my grandfather came in he always had a pocketful of these tips , and he would give us all some sixpences and some threepennies . ’
5 But our concern was to find a church in Scotland that would give us the love and teaching that our family needed .
6 We need to beware of thinking a psychoanalyst 's couch would give us enough excuses either to blow away all our adult responsibilities , or to explain in detail every feature or peculiarity of our present thoughts or behaviour .
7 ‘ That would give us a stronger inside track when it comes to deciding TV rights with the clubs .
8 Even so , I thought it was worth persisting , trying to get her to remember noises , smells , anything that would give us a clue to where they were taken .
9 The misanthropic gardener elevates his roses and relegates his relations and if challenged , as well he might be , would give us possibly good reasons for so doing .
10 According to his memoirs de Gaulle willingly envisaged that hostilities would commence in Indochina : ‘ French blood shed on Indo-Chinese soil would give us an important voice … since I did not harbour the least doubt as to Japan 's ultimate aggression , I desired that our troops should fight , no matter how desperate their situation . ’
11 That would give us a few extra days . "
12 Bereiter 's mention of syntax provides a timely cue for looking at another area of research into writing development which , it was hoped , would give us clear indicators of development through the years of schooling .
13 This would give us a weakened form of the argument we are considering .
14 But at least it would give us some because you could say well yes , there has been progress , erm primary school might have said
15 This would give us six possible breaks , formally marked , in the structure of the piece of text .
16 We need we need four like that four quarters that 's good and then for each one of those when we 've cut it in two it would give us two of the new pieces so every one of those four would give us two new pieces how many would we have altogether then ?
17 We need we need four like that four quarters that 's good and then for each one of those when we 've cut it in two it would give us two of the new pieces so every one of those four would give us two new pieces how many would we have altogether then ?
18 Holding a fund would give us a clear and continuing incentive to maximise the extent to which our patients took out and used private health insurance .
19 would give us their backing and channels of distribution er we shall be in correct in direct competition with our competitors in the a areas which we consider to be most profitable .
20 The two litre size because of course the two litre is not well it it 's erm we just had problems with erm finding somebody who would give us a er good quality bottle .
21 I can understand some of the exclusivity it would give us by our undertaking
22 Then quietly the butler would give us the down ; and we used to slip in the stairs and look over the banisters and see all the ladies going into the dining-room — which was a great thrill .
23 ‘ He also said he was going to try and get a bicycle , and that he would give us a ride on the handlebars . ’
24 Even if you decide not to join , our branches are always glad to give you their support , but by actually joining you would give us CPRW a stronger voice both locally and nationally .
25 At the end of an hour we suggested a minute of quiet , to see if God 's wisdom would give us any such ideas .
26 Even the least of these would give us vastly more sediment than we normally seem to find preserved for us in our stratigraphical record .
27 ‘ And it would give us a chance to talk , Folly , ’ he added softly .
28 And we 'd do the maintenance and watering instead of just selling the plants , which would give us a nice steady income .
29 ‘ It would give us the opportunity to iron out problems ? ’
30 We were confident that the new Beer Orders would give us the opportunity we needed . ’
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