Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb infin] [pron] would " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made me promise I would n't say anything about it . ’ |
| 2 | He told me he was just visiting to let me know he would come for me soon , but not just yet . |
| 3 | And it worried her too ( He might have had an accident — should I phone the police ? ) , almost as much as it angered her ( He might have had the decency to let me know he would n't be in to supper ) . |
| 4 | But to be honest it is a good way of focusing in on what you what we 've been talking about tonight and if you can I think it would be worthwhile doing as part of your preparation to help you to think . |
| 5 | Did I think it would be a wise move or should she try to persuade Meredith to keep her on for Christmas ? |
| 6 | He 's been lucky of course , in that respect , in that he has had something to occupy himself over the last few months as far as the Gulf war is concerned , and in that respect , of course , I think I do n't I think it would be very difficult to fault him . |
| 7 | Little did I think I would soon be playing , or trying to play , this one . |
| 8 | Did I think I would be able to manage for a while on my own ? ( with Mena , and Mr James in the offing ) . |
| 9 | really great it was , you know I did n't really think it would turn out as big as it has done you know , but it 's turned out beautiful has n't it really , yeah we was , I was thrilled especially when they built the new houses round the front we used to go and keep looking at them , little did I think I would get one , and the housing officer came one day and he said would you like one of the new ones , I said I would and it was four bedroom but we got , you see we 've got the other bedroom over my daughter-in-law 's , so me and hubby used to have the en right down a long passage and the bedroom was over like the sit you 've got a bedroom over the sitting room like see and she erm , we used to have so the children did n't make a noise to disturb her so my hubby and I had that room , yeah , it was quite nice it was , nice house , I erm , you know , enjoyed being there , bringing up the family , you want plenty of room you 've got a big family do n't you really ? |
| 10 | Should I assume it would be unsafe to add the two smaller Gold Severums to the 4ft 6″ tank , or some not-much-bigger Green Severums ? |
| 11 | Well I suppose you could erm I suspect it would be cheaper than but it would n't actually increase your pension per se at the end of the day because it 's as I said it 's a separate you know it 's a separate sort of erm income to your pension lump sum . |
| 12 | I 'll be brief chairman er first of all can I say we would accept the chairman , the conservative resolution ; turning to Labour resolution number two we would ask that you take on board to grant a er sales run by schools and other legitimate charities . |
| 13 | Maria Luisa made me swear I would never tell anyone and I did because she needed to trust someone . |
| 14 | Nor did she think she would ever have the courage to find out . |
| 15 | Did she think I would n't understand ? |
| 16 | Did she think I would n't notice ? thought Viola , beginning to breathe heavily . |
| 17 | Do you think we would have been better off if Dad had been a small-time failure . |
| 18 | How do you think they would feel if our findings were wrong ? |
| 19 | But if they had her there , d' you think they would let him know ? |
| 20 | Do you think they would |
| 21 | I mean supposing women 's football did get more support and i wen and i it did become more widespread , more popular at every level , there was time , the resources to do it , do you think the things that people complained about football at the top of this programme er , the bigotry , the aggression , the rowdiness , do you think they would begin to overwhelm women 's football in the way that some of you think they 've overwhelmed men 's football ? |
| 22 | But do you think they would have beaten us — even if their weapons were better ? ’ |
| 23 | Do you think they would n't rather have known the truth than believe you 'd grown too selfish to care ? ’ |
| 24 | Do you think they would send such a lure through such a palpably honest man ? ’ |
| 25 | If mankind knew to whom it should be grateful , do n't you think they would come storming up the hill and burn down your tower with all its foul secrets ? ’ |
| 26 | Do you think they would allow me to pass on this ultimate truth ? ’ |
| 27 | How do you think they would react if I suddenly announced that the new man in my life is the man who ditched my sister five years ago ? ’ |
| 28 | Do you think they would be making a mistake ? |
| 29 | I wonder how he would have done in today 's game , do you think there would have been room for him today ? |
| 30 | Do you think there would be important differences between the religions on this ? |