Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [prep] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | [ It was ] just exercises in following instructions … you 'd end up doing a lab before you ended up doing anything about it in lectures . |
| 2 | ( There were times when he got in great positions and you wanted him to hammer the ball , but he 'd end up doing a sort of ‘ clip ’ shot . ) |
| 3 | What writer , after all , would think of despising a part of speech for performing its indispensable task ? |
| 4 | Greenaway has said he hates the idea of a shot in a film being only a preposition , linking what went before and after — but what writer would think of despising a part of speech for performing its indispensible task ? |
| 5 | No one would think of hoarding a year 's stock for such a free tipple . |
| 6 | It can also be interpreted as the contribution the company would forego by losing a machine hour . |
| 7 | In addition , however , this type of text tends to favour a high level of lexical repetition , and so the Arabic noun for ‘ parties ’ , which is marked for duality , is repeated even in instances where no ambiguity would arise from using a pronoun or pronominal suffix . |
| 8 | Albert equally dreaded the law , for though it would find him the injured one , no court would approve of leaving a five-year-old to the care of its father in an airport hotel . |
| 9 | A number accepted that the SNP would benefit from having a seat at the committee which is being discussed as a second chamber for the European Parliament and would open up avenues for new relationships with parties across Europe . |
| 10 | It has not happened since the end of the Second World War , but before the 1987 election , when some commentators were predicting a hung parliament , much thought was given to what the Queen would do about forming a government if they turned out to be right . |
| 11 | The Committees behave much as a court would do in entertaining a charge and , in due course , make a report to the House in question , recommending a course of action if necessary . |
| 12 | Environmentalists had hoped the Convention would result in enforcing a ban on the export of toxic waste , but the meeting wound up by simply enforcing an obligation of ‘ notification ’ , whereby the importing country has to be informed of the toxic waste being transferred . |
| 13 | On American television they would insist on putting a piece of gauze across my bosom . |
| 14 | There are various reasons for this misconception ; men are obliged to pray three times a day , and women are exempt from time-related duties , possibly because their loyalties would conflict with running a home and looking after children . |
| 15 | He hoped they would pause before passing a clause within the range of which their sons might come . ’ |
| 16 | Imagine how club bouncers would react to finding a bundle of Khat during a door search . |
| 17 | Because motor cars did n't go at great speeds and nobody would dream of taking a motor car to Edinburgh when the railway was there and could get you in Edinburgh within three quarters of an hour . |
| 18 | That plainly would amount to questioning a member 's behaviour in Parliament and infringe article 9 . |
| 19 | I would advise against choosing a hypnotherapist who is anxious from the outset to charge you for a complete course of treatment . |
| 20 | I wonder if Father would agree to getting a shepherd at t'Martinmas Hirings , ’ he mused . |