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

No	Sentence
1	‘ When I am shaving in the morning I say to myself that if I were a young man I would emigrate .
2	An example of this differential sentencing policy was reported in the Guardian 18 August , 1980 , which quoted a male judge , who told a female defendant , ‘ If you were a man I would send you to prison without hesitation ’ .
3	‘ Well I promised my old man I would take home a feed for him tonight .
4	As I was saying to you the other day , laddie , because I was aiming to be a fighting man I would n't get married .
5	‘ Corporal ’ — her voice was clear and could have been that of a schoolteacher reprimanding — ‘ I have n't much opinion of my legs , but I can assure you you are not the type of man I would allow within parade ground distance of them , let alone pull them . ’
6	You 're the last man I would — ’
7	But I come here to address you , in all humility , because I am very interested in the subject of your conference ; and with the vanity of an old man I would like to take part , not as an outsider addressing budding scientists — a bit of ‘ general studies ’ thrown in for relaxation between the serious business — but as a fellow enquirer into the workings of the brain .
8	Christian , if you were a drinking man I would say this is an occasion for a celebration . ’
9	It was Bunny , my old mate , me auld mucker , my pal , the man I would trust with … with … well , he 'd have to do .
10	True it is frustrating that Rocastle is n't even on the bench , and it is bewildering why Wilko did n't notice the totally crap defence we 've got as quickly as everyone else did , but that 's no reason to have a go ( the chants were virtually to a man I would say ) .
11	Well fine , but I 'm curious to wonder if the man himself would have endorsed a guitar that he could n't then go out and buy ! !
12	There was also the chance that the man himself would go for the test .
13	For if it were the man himself would crumble .
14	He was the sort of man nobody would look at twice .
15	‘ He is not — well , he is perhaps not the man you would expect .
16	Yet he was the kindest man you would wish to meet when the drink was n't on him .
17	You 'd go to you 'd go to bed in a well if you were lucky you had a nightshirt or even in your own shirt that you was , as a young man you would .
18	Exactly the sort of man you would not suspect .
19	Nevertheless , he was a man you would n't trust .
20	If I were a man you would n't dare do this ! ’
21	Question : What do you say to suggestions made by the court that had it been any other man you would have simply warned them ?
22	Louis Malle is not the man you would choose to overcome these difficulties .
23	Venables had grinned ‘ After all , Sir John , he 's a man you would remember . ’
24	Roy looked much more solid — the kind of man who would sit silently through what she had to say , listen to Purdy 's probing , then corner her with a single , well-informed comment .
25	Though not an out-and-out cheapskate , he was thought the kind of man who would try to squeeze a shilling into a pound by whatever means .
26	One man who would sacrifice all his prize money for the year just to win the Wimbledon Singles Crown that has eluded him is Ivan Lendl , and the tension clearly showed when he lost to the Canadian Grant Connell in windy , dark , and damp conditions in the Stella Artois Championship at Queen 's Club .
27	It emerges that Michael Knighton , the man who would be Manchester United chairman , is seeking help to salvage his attempted £20m takeover .
28	As the campaign developed Kinnock 's image as a man who would stand up to the USSR declined throughout the electorate , even amongst Labour supporters , though it declined slightly more amongst Conservative supporters .
29	He projected himself as a man who would be worth listening to .
30	On this level of mere temperamental affinity ( not considering its truth or falsehood ) we feel Lewis to be a man who would be most happy in Christian garb .