Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] would [verb] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He smiled for a long moment into the raging eyes that would have struck him dead if they could . |
| 2 | ‘ This one wanted to do my work , but when he started telling me that personally he was against all pet shops and would like to see them closed we did n't exactly see eye to eye . |
| 3 | I 've been buying your magazine religiously for the last 18 months and would like to thank you for a great read . |
| 4 | However , when that same individual is observed spending some of its vital time and energy budget assisting others to survive or rear their young the logic of Darwin 's theory would suppose it to be engaged in activities that would tend to lower its biological fitness . |
| 5 | Though a topic for voluble discourse , it was less of a threat to the contented than the taxes that would have reduced it . |
| 6 | Even FD Roosevelt , he reminds us , had to tell lies about his fiscal intentions in order to get elected ( it is a pity the Labour Party did not see the proofs of this book ) ; and the famous fiscal deficit of the US , ‘ though a topic of voluble discourse ’ , was ‘ less of a threat to the contented than the taxes that would have reduced it ’ . |
| 7 | At the other end the Vice-President of the United States of America used language for several minutes that would have lost him the votes of the Moral Majority , had those good citizens had the opportunity to hear him . |
| 8 | A repetition of that episode would not , I felt , have been seemly in the circumstances and would have reduced me , for one , into a fit of nervous giggles . |
| 9 | They are tired of the disruption the affair has brought to their lives and would like to take their money and forget all about criminal charges . |
| 10 | This smacks of an orchestrated campaign by those who are opposed to his policies and would like to do him dirt . ’ |
| 11 | When those who had difficulty considered subsequent questions on training many were able to identify alternatives that would have allowed them to attend . |
| 12 | However , if hon. Members had been given more time to study these complicated regulations , more of them might have realised how adversely they affect some of their constituents and would have made it their business to be here . |
| 13 | Once again he thought how privileged he was as a policeman , given a special dispensation to walk into other people 's houses — whether rich or poor , criminal or victim — and ask intimate questions that would have led anyone else to be punched on the nose . |
| 14 | I let your white flesh and your skinny body and your blond hair blot out things that would have made me shudder at home . |
| 15 | The three chief contenders for the leadership of the Socialist Party , when the ailing Andreas Papandreou hands it over , all tell you sensible things that would have got them drummed out of the party ten years ago . |
| 16 | What molecular geneticists — among them Sharp — have now discovered is that one of these families does in fact have some of the hallmarks of a transposon , and moreover has special properties that would tend to promote its expansion in succeeding generations . |
| 17 | If you are attracted to knowing more about your own psychology ( and other people 's ) , or have low self-esteem or emotional problems and would like to do something about it , then you need to decide how ‘ deep ’ you want to go . |
| 18 | She looked , however , as if she was fairly determined to give her views on the matter , but before she could start on the Why do they come over here if they do n't like it ? speech or her I believe in respecting people 's religious feelings but would die to defend their right to disagree with me speech , Maisie came round the door . |
| 19 | If your marriage lacks sparkle , if you would like to know how to improve your relationship , or you have had serious problems but would like to save your marriage , the centre can be of help . |
| 20 | ‘ In the excitement of getting Penny back I ca n't did n't get their names but would like to thank them for their kindness . ’ |
| 21 | You will keep away all the little creatures that would like to eat my vegetables . |
| 22 | It indicates that you are unlikely to be a person who thinks she knows all the answers and would tend to overwhelm her with advice and urge her to ‘ dry your eyes and try not to think about it too much ’ ; and best of all , you care . |
| 23 | They teemed with wonders : individuals blessed with attributes that would have made them , in this , the Fifth Dominion , fit for sainthood , or burning , or both ; cults possessed of secrets that would overturn in a moment the dogmas of faith and physics alike ; beauty that might blind the sun , or set the moon dreaming of fertility . |
| 24 | When they reached the sixth form all the ones that would have called them names had left . ’ |
| 25 | What he told me was that M. Chaillot adored the company of women and would wish to charm me . |
| 26 | IT IS said that the marketing and advertising course is now the hardest to enter in the University of Ulster , requiring ‘ A ’ -level grades that would have sent my generation scurrying off with aspirations of entering Oxford or Cambridge and a career in the fast track of the Civil Service . |