Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If her car had broken down your Dad or me would have passed it on the road . ’ |
| 2 | Do you know that there 's men running clubs up there who would murder somebody like you or me would have a cup of tea ? |
| 3 | If it is only — or mainly — accommodation problems which stop you repeating the year , Grandad & I would like you to know that you are welcome to live here & go to Oban High School . |
| 4 | He lay in bed , hoping the phone would go away or someone would answer it . |
| 5 | He stood , hearing the picks ring on the rock and watching the spoil fly from three hundred shovels , and he would realize that perhaps , even at that very moment , a papermaker in some small East End papermill was drying the very sheet on which Chambers or someone would write the final , damning words , ‘ insufficient funds . ’ |
| 6 | They were a happy family and very hospitable , but Mary told me I was not to call too often or I would wear out my welcome . |
| 7 | I would drive a few yards through the gate marked ‘ private ’ and instantly be set upon by men wielding knobbly aluminium clubs , or I would return from the walk to find my car had been smelted into a set of folding tubular garden furniture . |
| 8 | Yeah I would s I would guess so or I would think so as well . |
| 9 | I gave the old bag an ultimatum , either I picked the team or I would quit . |
| 10 | He would make comments about them ‘ in the same way you or I would comment on a pretty girl and a wonderful pair of knockers ’ . |
| 11 | Back in the main street of Ballinasloe , I had to act fast , or I would miss my train . |
| 12 | As the brochure on the procedure in these cases explains it is not always possible to conclude a claim as quickly as you or I would like . |
| 13 | Or I would apply for er , family credit straight away . |
| 14 | I said she had to change her lifestyle and eating habits or I would insist she came home . |
| 15 | Just what you or I would say if we were buying a car ! ) |
| 16 | Instead of telling the silly tart to go and put some knickers on , as you or I would have done , these guys go all sweaty and hot under the collar , and stare at her , gobsmacked and embarrassed . |
| 17 | Luckily , our man 's name began with a B or I would have been there all night . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I felt it had to be my fault : I was a weak human being with no moral fibre or I would have been able to kick the habit . ’ |
| 19 | Or I would have to do miserable work like illustrating , or even commercial stuff , to keep the home going . |
| 20 | I had to excuse myself and go out of the room , or I would have collapsed laughing at the doctor 's reaction . |
| 21 | Or I would have stamped , except that my feet hurt . |
| 22 | As far as I am aware , there was good feeling between the candidates during the election , and I was somewhat surprised to read in Susan Crosland 's splendid biography of her husband that Roy Hattersley had told him I was angry that he was standing , and that he must give me his support before the first ballot or I would have no interest in him . |
| 23 | I slowed some more and it was just as well or I would have missed him . |
| 24 | He 'd pulled his finger back or I would have bitten it . |
| 25 | You have very little room for manoeuvre within this service , and the Registrar General has reserve powers to impose services on you , and I would have to advice you it would be virtually , or I would have to say it would be impossible to achieve that ongoing reduction in future years . |
| 26 | The greatest relief was that I had n't called in on my way down or I would have been with them . |
| 27 | you would have , or I would have |
| 28 | If there were some point under heated discussion , either he or I would write a letter to our own newspaper , using a Burmese pseudonym , and the other would answer it in the name of government . |
| 29 | The situation called for some drastic action and so I laid it on the line ; either they won this game or I would resign . |
| 30 | Erm you could just , you do n't need to write , it 's very nice writing you do n't need to write it all out now you could put spending and a colon right and then , or I would spend colon |