Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [vb infin] if it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | er actually who are all in front , mostly from Stanton which I represent , they have made their views known to me some years ago , er this might happen , erm I 'm very glad that you have responded now to their concerns as well as the concerns of the villages and , and this paper does mark significant erm success co-operation between a lot of people involved and for that reason I welcome it , I would ask if it becomes be prepared to make it six months instead of three months please . |
| 2 | ‘ I did n't want the Russians on my track if they knew what I was looking for — just think what it would mean if it turned up now ? |
| 3 | What could be more sensible than the suggestion that the best way of evaluating a thing for its very own self , and not for its effects or its contribution to the value of larger wholes , is to consider what value it would possess if it existed in complete isolation ? |
| 4 | This thing looked like it would capsize if it collided with a rubber duck in a bath . |
| 5 | Erm the caravan sites act nineteen sixty eight er , paragraph fifteen did actually , I think address the provision government sites quite well , or it would have if it had actually been properly implemented in that there was a carrot and stick , there was stick or requirement |