Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] [pron] would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I invite them to examine the Opposition 's policies to see how they would fare under a Labour Government . |
| 2 | The planners put red and white markers on the house-tops to indicate where it would go . |
| 3 | When they were about 2 weeks old and measured about ⅓″ ( total length ) I decided to conduct an experiment to see how they would react to a shell ; I had an empty Apple Snail shell scrounged from my long-suffering dealer for just such an experiment . |
| 4 | In October 1970 , screenwriter Goodman and Dustin started research on the character in New York by going to a couple of universities to observe the behaviour of certain professors , presumably threatening the eggheads with violence to see how they would react . |
| 5 | Anyway he lived in the old hut after the railway was taken up , we did n't see much of him in the winter but when the spring came round he would appear again . |
| 6 | Then write a short tie-breaker saying why you would like to win a Magnet kitchen , fully equipped with Neff appliances . |
| 7 | Edward knew how it would begin . |
| 8 | Secord remembered how they would get ‘ sermonized ’ , and how ‘ we had a lot to live down before we could do business . ’ |
| 9 | On the right-hand side write how you would begin the meeting ; what you would actually say . |
| 10 | When I passed at this point MacArthur said perhaps I would like to hear his summary as a soldier and as no businessman or textile expert . |
| 11 | If this image were displayed using the methods described earlier it would lack very dark values ( 0–24 ) as well as medium to bright values ( 91–255 ) and would cover only the dark to medium grey range . |
| 12 | The consultation paper also proposes the abolition of pre-hearing assessments and the substitution of a pre-hearing review by a chairman acting alone which would have three objectives : |
| 13 | Perhaps it 's time for the electorate to call a halt and put the MPs on unemployment benefit to see how they would manage . |
| 14 | If Jake found out he would have her guts for garters ! |
| 15 | For each of the situations below , write a short passage explaining how you would deal with it . |
| 16 | erm , on the understanding that er , if a passage came up I would leave |
| 17 | As each cricketer stepped forward he would refer to the man by his surname and say , ‘ Here 's your contract and here 's your first day 's wages , and I hope you 've wintered well . ’ |
| 18 | The boy knew already what would happen to the woman . |
| 19 | And , needing desperately to defend her grandfather , she added weakly , ‘ Knowing he was too old for her , knowing that when the child grew up it would need a younger father … ’ |
| 20 | Erm , I have children of my own , that I had naturally and I said yes , but with reservation because erm I I 've often wondered in the case of a handicapped baby er , that was born to a surrogate mother and the surrogate mother wanted to keep it simply because it was handicapped , or if she knew she was gon na have a handicapped baby the amniocentesis test and if she wanted to abort the baby but the mother-in-waiting did n't who would decide ? |
| 21 | She added that one couple spent £400 battling over who would have their 40 Elvis Presley discs . |
| 22 | Ginny wondered how he would react if she told him the simple truth . |
| 23 | Thursday 22nd , up at 5.30 , we wanted to make it as early as possible to get to Churchill Dam where we would encounter our first rapids , Chase Rapids . |
| 24 | Two French UNRWA workers were released from captivity in Beirut at the beginning of the year and I had watched their press conference imagining how I would feel if it were John delivering the speech . |
| 25 | Heaven knew how she would conceal it at school tomorrow , especially as she had games . |
| 26 | Jesus forecast that before the cock crowed twice he would have denied any knowledge of Jesus three times . |
| 27 | She was only half-committed to the new idea herself , not nearly as sure about it as she had made out to Nails — heaven knows how they would fit in all that training , teaching three boys to ride ! |
| 28 | I cant see why we would have to be more careful even if we were ‘ official ’ . |
| 29 | Just when she thought she had Nathan Bryce weighed up he would reveal another totally unexpected side to his character . |
| 30 | ONE of Ulster 's top promoters and the man who brought Eurovision to the tiny Cork village of Millstreet said today they would support plans to stage next year 's contest in Ulster . |