Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] would [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if either of these things happened to her then Odette and Liam would be separated and taken away to the work-house , Odette with her heart in pieces and her nerves in tatters , Liam retreating so far into that anxious silence of his that nothing would ever bring him out again . |
| 2 | She 's elderly and , quite frankly , so bad-tempered I would n't leave her a cat . |
| 3 | " You 're damn " right I would n't . " |
| 4 | He says Well you 're quite right n y I Cos I did n't think we You know I 'd said to the man already it 's quite possible I would n't be able to really take the stuff out of store for him . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm so sorry I would n't listen to you , ’ she said at last . |
| 6 | It was one of the reasons why I was anxious to learn English at school : so that I could tell her in her own language how grateful I would always be . ’ |
| 7 | And as for you with getting dead set that that I would just ! |
| 8 | Sandy , at three in the morning , watching Boy : ‘ If I was built like that I would n't wait until three o'clock to take my shirt off . ’ |
| 9 | If it 's like promoting the idea of killing cops as being a good thing , if this band wanted to do a song like that I would n't want to be in the band . ’ |
| 10 | I mean there are certain things like , the general conditioners to benefit , which erm , are alright , but there are other things that I know about and that I will pass on to people to look out for that I would n't want eh , that you would n't want eh , erm , outsiders to know . |
| 11 | So after that I would never let him out to play , but then a social worker came to complain that I was keeping him in and away from other children . " |
| 12 | It 's not a fucking beard , that 's not what a beard l if he could ever grow a beard like that I 'd bloody give him |
| 13 | plus if I could get something doing a job like that I 'd still have the holidays off , cos I 'll need |
| 14 | But of course it went , you see with the traffic and things like that I 'd perhaps it would n't have been s quite so handy for me because I 'd no parking room there because there was a big back to there . |
| 15 | If I had kept my wits and remained coherent I would probably have realised the manager 's job was third prize . |
| 16 | Had Edward told me this I would not have believed . |
| 17 | For this I would most certainly cross oceans , let alone forgo a couple of treatments . |
| 18 | Before this I would probably have agreed with British Rail that it would cause too much trouble . |
| 19 | A number of staff pressed me to make a second , and longer visit in the future , and this I would certainly like to do . |
| 20 | You 're unemployed I would n't have thought you could 've stood a hundred and fifty , two hundred pounds withdrawal . |
| 21 | I expected to be terrified of the pain and I was worried that if anything went wrong I would n't be able to cope . |
| 22 | I mean if he charges two and a half I would n't be disappointed cos it 's been in his garage , he 's pushed everything along and he 's always so |
| 23 | ‘ I knew that I was playing with fire ’ , he confessed ; ‘ I ran the risk , and if I were set free I would still do the same . ’ |
| 24 | Well I 'm I 'm not some I would n't I would n't say that I mean I 'm saying that erm |
| 25 | As I , as I said earlier the new boy , the rather elderly new boy but I can assure the Professor if I were a hundred years old I 'd still be younger than 'im . |
| 26 | I was more tired than ever before , but everything was so new and interesting I would not leave the deck . |
| 27 | Finally he said , ‘ No , I 'm afraid I would n't be able to . |
| 28 | I was really afraid I 'd not get it all down , and all the time he was listening out for me . |
| 29 | My mother could n't refute this without venturing further into sentiment , and this she would not do . |
| 30 | If our dieter had done this she would still have achieved what she set out to achieve within her dieting year . |