Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] would [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He understood how she needed me when war broke out and most of the men were away , he realized I would n't feel able to go back to England and abandon her . |
| 2 | Surely you realised I would hardly be here but for some catastrophe . |
| 3 | Like the dozens of blue uniformed Serbs , who hold the high ground around outlying Serbian villages to the east of Sarajevo , the bands of Muslims who greeted me on the other side with loud applause expected I would somehow provide aid . |
| 4 | So I promised I would n't go out with him again . |
| 5 | I promised I would n't . |
| 6 | I promised I would n't . |
| 7 | I promised I would n't and in fact had no intention of doing so , as I secretly regarded the Duce as a bit of a buffoon . |
| 8 | I promised I would n't touch anything , having no intention whatsoever of going anywhere near the bathroom again . |
| 9 | They were very quiet and sad at first , because I would be leaving them , but I promised I would never forget them and would often return to visit them . |
| 10 | Most of the living accommodation at Low Birk Hatt faces north and I always thought that when I moved I would definitely have a south-facing house . |
| 11 | She doubted she would ever be in danger of taking anyone at face value again , not after meeting Feargal and his sister . |
| 12 | She doubted she would ever sleep again while fitzAlan was in the immediate vicinity , but the prospect of remaining awake and having to keep her mask of aloof composure in place was daunting indeed . |
| 13 | Open , friendly and honest by nature herself , she was happiest with others who acted in the same way , but Adam Burns was a riddle she doubted she would ever find the answer to . |
| 14 | Twenty years ago it was expected that if you trained you would surely be accepted into the membership of your trade union and be given the chance to compete for the roles that were suitable . |
| 15 | He said that to her every night she went up behind Pet , and every night she promised she would n't . |
| 16 | ‘ We knew that despite what they promised we would n't get any real control , ’ comments Gilbert Hernandez . |
| 17 | After the show he yelled at the researcher , ‘ You betrayed me — you broke our word , you promised we would n't talk about sex symbols , ’ and left the building . |
| 18 | By the time the mare impacts occurred there would probably have been too little dust available to fill the maria . |
| 19 | I said I would be delighted to join them if I could wake up in time ( which I doubted ) , I said not to wait for me , and they promised they would n't . |
| 20 | Of course , when he got home he found they would n't fit into his console ! |
| 21 | Mr Coleman promised he would not push for legislation which would severely restrict abortion in Virginia . |
| 22 | He hoped she would spare some time for him and he promised he would not ask her to act in anything . |
| 23 | I CAUGHT my boy of 14 sniffing aerosols a year ago and he promised he would never do it again . |
| 24 | He strove through all his waking hours to impose a smartness and snap on Camp 3 , Zone I , that he knew had never been present before , and that during the night hours when he was alone he doubted he would ever achieve . |
| 25 | They were history , and he doubted he would ever truly know them . |
| 26 | Ken Stevens loved both his girls and Rachel knew it had taken him a long time to come to terms with Jennifer 's illness ; she doubted he would ever forgive David Markham for walking out on her at such a crucial time . |
| 27 | ‘ No , ’ he said , ‘ if I 'd ha' stopped he would n't have shod it . |
| 28 | The second point i is this issue about self containment , er Mr Davis accused me this morning of using some somewhat outlandish words , I think , erm , I did obviously refer to the er my vision of what a new settlement of this size proposed would be , and I I did n't in that mean to imply that I did n't in that mean to imply that I did n't expect that with the right planning that it could n't have clearly local facilities , local school , library , etcetera , but it seemed to me quite clear that the scale proposed it would not have the higher order functions which as we 've heard earlier , Greater York has been defined based on York 's planning assumptions , clearly the major shopping , educational , and social facilities will continue to be provided in the city , and it will produce what is in effect dormitory settlement . |
| 29 | I knew that academically I was the least qualified and assumed I would n't get it . |
| 30 | Then he continued , ‘ I also remember you saying that you believed you would probably never marry again . ’ |