Example sentences of "[subord] they would [adv] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was quite spontaneous , for the Germans instigated nothing although they would sometimes co-operate in an elementary way by allowing wood for goalposts or permitting the construction of a theatre . |
| 2 | Hardship allowances are paid as compensation to those expatriates relocated to countries where they have to face greater discomforts or difficulties than they would normally experience at home : climate , unstable political environments , isolation , separation from children , poor sanitation , and so on . |
| 3 | I wonder if they would sooner live in a tribal hut than the white man 's three-bedroomed house with fully-fitted kitchen ? ’ |
| 4 | If they would only return to playing with their undoubted flair and to enjoying the game as they once did . |
| 5 | He says he ca n't get them flying but if they would only sit for him he is sure he could kill one . |
| 6 | The old reactions died hard , if they would ever perish at all . |
| 7 | Saxe-Weimar 's men were mostly German troops in Dutch service who had fought for Napoleon in the previous wars , and not even Saxe-Weimar himself was certain whether they would now fight against their old comrades . |
| 8 | They must have constantly wondered whether they would ever return to the world outside the moat that separated them from it , a moat that also served as a sewer . |
| 9 | All the speculation about whether he can still motivate his players , and whether they would still play for him disappeared in a flurry of sharp-toothed tackles and gutsy running . |
| 10 | Today , many unfortunate people have too much enforced leisure , when they would actually prefer to be occupied . |
| 11 | Behind the image of pride they hide their desperate need of acceptance , which they seek in everything they do , though they would never admit to it . |
| 12 | For just as the latter are then not receiving as much employment as they would normally like at the prevailing real wage rate , so the former are not providing as much as they would normally like . |
| 13 | A Hungarian , Ms Erszebet Varga , who returned from Timisoara on Monday , told Hungarian television that on Sunday pregnant women taking part in the demonstration approached the bayonet wielding soldiers and , pointing to their swollen bellies , demanded that the unborn children be killed immediately as they would only starve to death when they were born . |
| 14 | The inherent danger of reliance on any particular method , and one that was apparent in some responses , is the tendency for libraries who can not utilize external courses or release staff internally as they would ideally like to , largely to abandon ( or never fully entertain ) , the concept of systematic training for all staff . |