Example sentences of "it [conj] [pers pn] would [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh it had oh yes definitely , they used to have a lot of machinery from Germany , cos they were specialists in , in power presses , oh I used to , the one big press I used to work on I used bells , erm all this was great nearly as high as the ceiling here and it was an press , and er just one just press a lever or a handle there used to be er handles on the side as well sometimes they put levers sometimes a handle and the bell would come out all formed and everything and that was heavy steel , and that was a heavy job , but erm they were very very heavy presses they , the pressure was very I do n't know tons or something like that , but erm it was all er it was all to cut labour out and er and the self-feed as well where one would be feeding it or you 'd pull it yourself , it was automatic all automatic I could n't think of that word before . |
| 2 | and I put twenty thousand pounds to give , I , I mean I took it that she would use her allowance , er I took it erm as twenty thousand pounds to give his wife as high a possible gross earning |
| 3 | How likely is it that he would change his story ? |
| 4 | I 'm the general manager , your husband employed me , and because I have had enormous experience in running hotels , I would appreciate it if you would leave me to get on with my job . ’ |
| 5 | I should like it if you would join us for lunch . |
| 6 | Look , I 'd appreciate it if you 'd do something for me . ’ |
| 7 | No skimping , and I 'd look kindly on it if you 'd provide her with petticoats . |
| 8 | So we talked and I said well we would think about it and we would let him know so we collected all the friends that we thought would like to help which were many people were very good to help ! |
| 9 | Success in moderation was no doubt better for the character than failure but too much of it and he would lose his cutting edge . |
| 10 | If she did n't get one , she would invent it and she would embroider whatever she was told . |
| 11 | And she would not go walking with him again and she would not be alone with him if she could help it and she would freeze him with a look when he tried to talk to her . |
| 12 | I 'd like Elizabeth to bring that forward yep for my benefit , as I know I have n't done it and I 'd like it as a prompt . |
| 13 | Okay , put it into it and you 'd tie your length of cotton or black thread onto the piece of cotton with a button that 's dangling down and you 'd go across the road into somebody 's front garden behind a wall or behind a hedge and just keep pulling the cotton to tap on the window . |
| 14 | used , ya , you used to be able to get it and it would crumble it was rea , you know real |
| 15 | I mean we 've got a font called Dryden , which is Scotch-Roman as Monotype call it and it would do it . |
| 16 | We could refurbish it and it would remain your property , a place of your own to go to whenever you so desired . |
| 17 | I hate to think how much money I have paid over to Anglia Gas if I 'd known what I was into I could have walked into that house then and I could , while I had all that money before I gave any away I could have said , right , I 'm going to have to spend that , that , that , that and that and I would have done it and it would have I would 've been alright because I would n't have had things going wrong ! |
| 18 | But she just bash it out of it and it 'd hit his face and of course he went mad then . |
| 19 | Thing is that he 's in er he 's in such a pickle , he 's doing what I can understand him doing it cos I 'd do it , he 's kind of just putting it off having to sort it out . |
| 20 | Next time he would not only miss it but it would hit him on the leg . |
| 21 | His main concern appeared to be that he did not want too many parents to be able to read it because they would find it attractive . |
| 22 | Bona fide NVOCC 's would have no objections to this practice , but bad faith NVOCC 's would oppose it because it would prevent them from issuing their own bills on a ‘ freight prepaid ’ basis after they had obtained ‘ freight collect ’ terms from the actual carriers . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm so very glad to hear it because I 'd like you to take us back there now . ’ |