Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [pron] [noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You would bribe your neighbour to cut it back . |
| 2 | Smith , who summed up the philosophy as one of ‘ Discipline and Religion ’ , hoped that by emphasizing masculinity and the becoming of ‘ Christian men ’ , the boys would come to see the ‘ manliness of Christianity ’ and that this would counter their tendency to regard it as ‘ effeminate and weak ’ , an idea which seemed to be too popular . |
| 3 | It would break her mood to lift her . |
| 4 | She came nearer , she would give her life to please him , and this other life was in her gift now . |
| 5 | You and I , presented with loads of dosh and plenty of places to live in , would spend our time whooping it up . |
| 6 | If he refused , he knew Calder would immediately send a report to the War Office that he was deliberately being uncooperative , and the War Office would use its influence to have him demoted or transferred . |
| 7 | Perhaps you would like my permission to address her . |
| 8 | The Industrial Tribunal held that it was not reasonably practicable to present the claim in time ( i.e. they would exercise their discretion to allow it in late ) . |
| 9 | ( 180 ) … and seek to express ourselves as we are , and not as we would have our friend to think us to be . |
| 10 | Better to stay still … it would take them time to catch him here … |
| 11 | I was just to present myself at the right time on the due date , when he would honour his promise to see me . |
| 12 | He would let her father row him down the lake and dangle out a few lines to see if a tickle of fish would tickle his mood . |
| 13 | Campbell and Duval arranged that Campbell would prepare a document giving Turnbull & Co. security over Mrs. Duval 's property and that Duval would get his wife to sign it . |
| 14 | Each one had its own iron fireplace and every week Endill would help his mother clean them , making sure they were free of mould and little insects . |
| 15 | While studying Tzintzuntzan , the anthropologist George Foster found that the female villagers would ask his wife to approach him for a favour ( Foster 1967 ) . |