Example sentences of "a [noun sg] would [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | sometimes a metalpoint would have a point at either end of the stylus , for sake of balance , or perhaps containing a different type of metalpoint . |
| 2 | My experience is that a change would bring a sense of relief . |
| 3 | Intense competition made the Double impossible , he said , and to achieve it a club would need a League lead of at least eight points by the semi-final . |
| 4 | Only a headcase would prefer a ball to her . |
| 5 | A Corporal would tell a recruit not to spit on the floor because it was disgusting and because if he continued to do so he would be hit . |
| 6 | Only a lady would have a lap dog . |
| 7 | I am confident we will end their three-match winning run in England , but only a fool would underestimate a side who shared a Test series in France . |
| 8 | A saint would break a diet under these circumstances . |
| 9 | I would n't have thought a wilderness would warrant a hostess . ’ |
| 10 | We took our own sandwiches for lunch and a teacher would boil a kettle so we could make tea or cocoa for ourselves . |
| 11 | Such a move would force a re-appraisal of ageist assumptions and encourage more positive attitudes which judge individual ability according to performance rather than chronological age . |
| 12 | Any judgment or order made against a party in his absence , ie where he does not appear at the hearing and a judgment or order is made against him , " may " be set aside , and if on the facts a refusal would involve a miscarriage of justice , the judge " must " grant the application — See Note " Discretion to set aside " under Ord 37 , r 2 ) . |
| 13 | Such a right would give a monopoly in the program , thus protecting the underlying ideas more effectively than copyright , but the right would last for a shorter period than a patent , say 5 or 7 years maximum . |
| 14 | In the campaign that followed Aenarion forged his army the way a smith would temper a sword . |
| 15 | What sort of a person would stab a child to death ? ’ |
| 16 | Bob looked at me as if only a muppet would ask a question like that . |
| 17 | Such a voyage would cost a lot of money . |
| 18 | To remember a day would take a day . |
| 19 | A thief would find a ladder and tools very useful to break into your house . |
| 20 | Just as a rector would put in a vicar or curate to care for the souls in his parish , or a landlord would employ a bailiff or steward to manage his estates , so an officer would appoint a deputy to conduct the business of the office , usually for a small pittance , while he himself enjoyed the bulk of the proceeds . |
| 21 | A shaikh would collect a quantum for each sa'im ( or adult male observing the fast of Ramadan ) , and give goods or cash to the family of the sick person , or contribute animals for the entertainment of visitors at a funeral . |
| 22 | Kragan knelt down in front of Adam and looked at him as a butcher would appraise a cut of meat . |
| 23 | Whether a court would grant a patient an order requiring a doctor or whoever to cease treatment , to ‘ pull the plug ’ , is not yet known in England . |
| 24 | Animal experts say the pigs can cope with the sound of microlight craft using the airstrip , but a rave would cause a catastrophe . |
| 25 | Only a zombie would risk a child 's health by refusing to bend a rule . |
| 26 | When I was er , you know this Saturday morning work and weekend you know this weekend , but not Saturday morning this weekend work and holiday work at a tailors in Runcorn , the manager of that shop , gentleman 's outfitters right , the manager of that shop , there 's two other men worked in there full time and myself at holidays and weekends or if they were on holiday you 'd have to work , you know , the erm to cover one of those and he , the manager was brought up , he 's , brought up , his training was in Liverpool , in tailors where they , a man would produce a suit for somebody |
| 27 | His presence is also still felt in the phrase ‘ Lazy Lawrence 's Load ’ , which is how a farmer would describe a worker who struggled under a too-heavy load of fruit . |
| 28 | Then he took the right fork of the track , following it for a hundred yards , and blocked it so that clearing the barricade in a hurry would require a bulldozer . |
| 29 | Surely such a rumour would have a price ? |
| 30 | Landsbergis , meeting Gorbachev in Moscow at the latter 's request on June 26 , had been told that a moratorium would signal a return by Lithuania to its pre-March 11 status , and Landsbergis claimed that this meant that negotiations would formally be between the Soviet Union and one of its constituent republics . |