Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [adj] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | By now my courage had failed and I had to be helped up the steep , wooden steps , the executioner 's assistants whispering that if I made a good show they would make sure I would choke for no more than ten minutes . |
2 | Cos if any of our family went up some she would know some she would like , Michael and , and er Rob live away , she says they 're not her sons |
3 | She had set a very high standard for our display work and had established a tradition which we would do all we could to uphold in the future . |
4 | General Hodge met Jackson and deduced that he and some other members of UNTCOK would do all they could to sabotage American aims in south Korea . |
5 | There was a time , not long ago , when families would do all they could to suppress such information . |
6 | Everything was fixed , the Yard would do all they could to help . |
7 | But the company insists there will still be a need to build the reservoir and that they would do all they can to minimise the impact it makes on the surrounding countryside when that happens . |
8 | Labour would throw away all controls , and , according to the hon. Member for Dagenham , would do all it could to encourage councils ’ to behave sensibly . ’ |
9 | Robinson knew his game and would do all he could to spoil it : that was what mattered . |
10 | The Conference would wish all who may take part in the referendum to recognize that Protestant Churches are pro-Life but anti-amendment and to query whether they wish a clause in the constitution unacceptable to Protestant churches . |
11 | This would be well under the cost of the facility for the authority but would encourage those who could buy their care more cheaply to do so . |