Example sentences of "it would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , this robbery — it would upset many a man . ’ |
| 2 | He knew that if he gave vent to his feelings and shouted at Jonna , it would upset Annie . |
| 3 | A third would think twice about moving home if it would upset their pets . |
| 4 | Furthermore , it is said that it would upset the constitutional balance between the courts and the executive if the Crown could be held in contempt of court for disobeying a prerogative order of prohibition or mandamus . |
| 5 | And if he did , it would upset their mother — though thinking about it , Carrie thought she did n't mind that too much . |
| 6 | What she did mind — minded quite horribly — was that it would upset Auntie Lou . |
| 7 | It would upset Major Harper and it would upset Auntie Lou , and all to no purpose because Mr Evans would never let her see him again . |
| 8 | It would upset Major Harper and it would upset Auntie Lou , and all to no purpose because Mr Evans would never let her see him again . |
| 9 | ‘ Originally he decided not to take up the option because he thought it would upset me , ’ Miranda said lamely . |
| 10 | He had forbidden the two girls to attend the Requiem Mass because he said it would upset them too much . |
| 11 | He did not , but she did not know whether he was silent about the assault on her because it would upset Barbara Coleman to hear of it , or because he did not want the Josephs to know . |
| 12 | I do n't want to have to question Madame Gebrec , because I think it would upset her . |
| 13 | Something which could interest her without being thought so eccentric or so socially damaging that it would upset her mother . |
| 14 | Of course , if she had been going to get there in time for the beginning , she should have rushed back straight away , out upset at such times was the very worst thing for her mother and it would upset her to think that Peony wanted to go out immediately she 'd got in . |
| 15 | Or are you afraid it would upset your neutrality ? " |
| 16 | Erm , if members do n't like the word consumer then I think they would have to use public , er it does cover , I I think the title County Public Protection Officer would er , er satisfy Mr and I do n't think it would upset the Chief Fire Officer . |
| 17 | ‘ I would never have taken her if I 'd thought it would upset her . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I suppose they think it would upset Jennifer , your being there . ’ |
| 19 | Having no roots , I suppose — it would upset anyone . ’ |
| 20 | Kathleen was worried that it would upset him , but he seemed quite relaxed , laughing over incidents and reminiscing out loud . |
| 21 | He 's only nine and it would upset him badly if the school had to close . |
| 22 | A wintry landscape at Torside in early 1980 , as a lone 76047 makes for Dewsnap — it was doubtful however that it would haul a train back to Tinsley , there being very few daytime workings at this time . |
| 23 | Even so , our model of heroin ‘ epidemics ’ suggested that the rate of growth of the Wirral ‘ epidemic ’ was slowing up , and that it would peak during the late 1980s . |
| 24 | If only one broadcaster wanted something , it would bear the cost . |
| 25 | It controls many trade unions including some of the big confederations , most notably the Shanghai General Labour Union , a sort of T U C really , erm for , do n't know whether it would bear much relation to the modern T U C in Britain , the erm , the sort of confederation uniting all of the unions in Shanghai , controlled by the Communist Party . |
| 26 | Japan announced on Nov. 2 that it would reactivate a development loan programme for China which had been frozen after the Tiananmen Square massacre in June 1989 . |
| 27 | If Richemont should buy out the Philip Morris stake it would trigger an obligation to bid for the rest of the shares . |
| 28 | One issue that is particularly damaging is the decision by the Labour party that if it were in power it would tax British farmers and give the money to the farmers of Spain , Portugal and Greece . |
| 29 | It would tax packaging materials , increase duties on petrol and diesel , and introduce a luxury rate of value-added tax ( VAT ) on goods and services that damage the environment , with a zero rate on those that contribute to sustainable development . |
| 30 | and then if you did that it would tighten on to your walls |