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

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1 The look Madeleine gave him would have withered anyone other than her brother .
2 London 's International Stock Exchange said it would cut 350 people from its staff of 2,800 in the first stage of a big slimming campaign .
3 West Mercia Police which carried out the original murder inquiry said it would have no comment to make about the case before the conclusion of Eddie Browning 's appeal hearing .
4 A high tensile fencing instructor thought it would allow him to show trainees types of fencing in addition to the one being erected during the course .
5 During that process the proposals are amended — it is not impossible for them to be amended , although to hear Opposition Members speak one would think that the proposals went straight from Commission draft into law without an intermediate stage .
6 He did not answer but just before she heard his bedroom door close she would swear that she heard a small chortle of laughter — as if her dry afterthought of a good morning had amused him .
7 The ‘ heap ’ of important VAX announcements that Digital Equipment Corp said it would make before it reveals more Alpha RISC licencees ( UX 386 ) , will take place on July 7th .
8 FEW foreign brokers in South Korea thought they would see profits in 1992 , the year in which South Korea inched open its stockmarket to outside investors .
9 A Cleveland County Council spokesman said it would make a decision on re-opening the road after the strength tests today .
10 Suppressed fury sparked flames in the woman 's catlike eyes , and for a second Shae thought she would storm out of the room .
11 Focus groups said they would pay more taxes if the cost of the Federal machine was cut , and so Clinton announces with great fanfares a 25 per cent cut in White House staff .
12 Decades later , Pat and husband Gerald decided they would go sister-hunting and after frantic phone-calls all over the South of England , there was a tearful reunion with Pat 's sister Hilda at a local hotel .
13 Well somebody else told me that I mean er er the wine connoisseurs say who would drink that stuff you ca n't drink red wine .
14 Labour 's shadow chancellor John Smith unveils their alternative budget promising everyone earning up to £22,000 a year they would be better Dr Ashok Kumar launched his campaign to retain Langabrugh pledging ‘ I 'm here to Opinion polls show the Tories with a three point Labour say they would scrap the City Technology Colleges if they won power .
15 But the team coach announced he would buy the drinks if Bahrain won — and they romped home 11–9 .
16 For a terrible moment Shannon thought she would give way to tears , and knew it was because of his fury on her behalf .
17 If the omitted community costs ( housing costs and personal living expenses ) are added to the above community service costs they would add on average another £60 per week ( see Appendix IV ) .
18 The town trustees say they would welcome any comments on the scheme .
19 Security chiefs said there would have been widespread bloodshed if the bomb had gone off inside the soldiers ' quarters in Cookstown on Tuesday .
20 Irene Avery lay with her eyes closed , and for a moment Juliet hoped she would stay asleep so they did n't have to talk .
21 He calls Mr Forsyth a ‘ clever wee chiel ’ ( child ) , and as one raised in a hard debating school says he would relish a public debate with the Scottish Office Minister and the other candidates .
22 United Buses and the Darlington Transport Company said they would stop serving the Skerne Park estate if speed humps and a 20mph speed limit were introduced .
23 There was a catch in his voice ; he was on a knife edge and for a moment Melissa feared he would break down .
24 An SVR4-on-Alpha plan has been in the works for as long as a year ( UX No 386 ) and was made all the more likely when Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA announced it would implement SVR4 on the high-end Alpha AXP systems it is to market .
25 A High Court judge said they would earn nothing from the book , if convicted .
26 As despair grew and self respect diminished we would take them at their unspoken word and go and buy a bottle of anaesthetic and uncork the genie who would play merry hell with the last vestige of hope of recovery .
27 THURSDAY : Telecommunications watchdog Oftel said it would review BT 's pricing policy , in spite of the group 's fall in third-quarter profits from £787m to £759m .
28 A Scottish Prison Service spokesman said it would look carefully at the recommendations .
29 Yet each development officer thought she would end up with far more paid support workers than was actually the case ; one surmise , for example , was that there might come a time when they had 30 clients on their case load each with two paid carers .
30 In a further six cases ( one in Newham , five in Ipswich ) the development officer said she would have liked to provide a little extra help but a support worker was rejected by the client or his informal carer ; and since they did not require the kind of direct help which the development officer could provide , she merely visited occasionally to check whether or not the situation was breaking down .
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