Example sentences of "[noun sg] would [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because you had to have the stern anchor to keep the buckets off the face of what you was dredging cos if you did n't your dredge 'd go ahead too much and er you had big problems there and you would n't be able to dredge . |
| 2 | This was given practical effect through the Court 's warning that in implementing the duty of non-recognition , States should not refuse to apply multilateral treaties where the adverse consequences of non-performance would fall directly upon the people . |
| 3 | Mira would feel tremendously satisfied when she finished her morning 's work . |
| 4 | She looked up at the clock , wondering if there was time for a pot of tea before lunch , but deciding that the second gong would sound soon , and she could wait . |
| 5 | Defence Secretary Malcolm Rifkind has warned any offensive ground action would involve more than 100,000 men and lead to heavy casualties . |
| 6 | It was believed that similar action would follow very quickly in Scotland , where the Child Care Law Review was nearing completion . |
| 7 | The association would do better to invest some of that money in advertising to attract a larger audience to the annual meeting . |
| 8 | Border 's side would do well to approximate the sensitivity and skill the Reverend showed . |
| 9 | ‘ Our horse would get there before they do . ’ |
| 10 | Without knowledge , Mackie 's grief would heal normally in time . |
| 11 | Private polls in the constituencies conducted by Robert Worcester also suggested that in seventy marginal seats in England Labour would do badly , partly because a decline in the Liberal vote there was likely to assist the Conservatives . |
| 12 | Er , the economic situation is is entirely their fault , er , not that I 'm saying that the Labour would do any better , but erm I 'd like to see a bit more er , a bit more opposition from the er , from the Labour party and er , not so much direct action , but saying , you know , things do not have to be like this ! |
| 13 | ‘ But I do n't think Labour would do any better . ’ |
| 14 | Labour would do better with John Smith as a leader . |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Baqr al-Hakim , chairman of the Iranian-based Shia Supreme Assembly for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq ( SAIRI ) , stated that the opposition would meet again in March . |
| 17 | Incredible though it seems for such an intelligent man , Carter 's principal error at the beginning was to assume that once the underlying rationale of his energy programme had been explained to , and absorbed by the public , opposition would melt away . |
| 18 | Earlier George Robertson , the Labour spokesman on European affairs , vowed that the Opposition would press ahead with the social chapter amendment to allow the Commons to express its view . |
| 19 | As George Male points out : ‘ It was done to foil any over-confidence we may have had for the next game , for he knew the opposition would go all out against us after our big win . |
| 20 | personally , I 'd have thought that anyone who heard a gunshot round our manor would have just moved away from the window and kept his head down , but I 've got to accept that someone may have phoned . |
| 21 | Had he shown himself unambiguously ready to start pulling out , the coalition would have surely had to offer him something , if not to save his face , at least to cover his backside : an American commitment to talk about any Middle Eastern issue whatsoever has already been given ; the call for Iraqi reparations could still be waived . |
| 22 | Then at last , when I was beginning to think he 'd left his desk or gone out , the tapping would begin again . |
| 23 | to say that in fairness to them , so what we would respectfully submit is that your Lordship having assessed the damages and erm , together with interest other than court of protection costs that the figure which we had mentioned and , and adjourn the matter for consideration of a structured settlement erm and that 's the first figure erm , that , the , the second thing , is that there is money in court er we would ask for a direction of the balance of the money , the balance over and above the money in court which is an extra three hundred and six thousand , three hundred and forty pounds at the present stage be brought into court within a reasonable time which we would note is fourteen days , maybe the defendant would ask longer , we have n't discussed it . |
| 24 | But the danger was that the pound would fall further than planned , said Mr Payne . |
| 25 | The government announced on March 4 that the rupee would become partly convertible . |
| 26 | This would be of obvious benefit to the spider , whose web would last longer , but it would also help the bird to avoid getting dirtied by sticky spider silk . |
| 27 | Perhaps he believes in third-time lucky , but other hopefuls in the British auction would do well to rely on something more concrete than fortune . |
| 28 | As the island subsided the reef would grow upwards and outwards at the edges , the only places where growth is active for reasons already stated , while the dead part of the reef between the island and the front of the reef would be flooded . |
| 29 | But if it were to go up and up and up the blood would become absolutely saturated with sugar which would do us no good at all . |
| 30 | Her rent would have certainly been paid in advance and the rent man , whoever he was , would likely be the only one who would come down here , except of course the child 's uncles , and they must have been hard put to it to resort to this hole . |