Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [pron] would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I had n't been pregnant I would have been sent back to Bullwood , but they have n't got a mother and baby unit there , though in those days Styal was only for women over twenty-one , apart from the pregnant borstal girls . |
| 2 | At one time Robert had been afraid she would become too tall for the stage , but her height remained ideal at five foot six . |
| 3 | I had been afraid he would come . |
| 4 | The FDR-FMLN has made no statement on abortion and there are few who would advocate making induced abortions legal or part of health service provisions . |
| 5 | Thousands of years of experience have honed the tactics and organisation of the army of Ulthuan to a keen edge , and there are few who would dispute the Elves ' ability to muster an army and get it to the point of conflict by land or sea with what seems to be supernatural speed . |
| 6 | If I had been brave I would have hit him . |
| 7 | When she was fastened to my fist people really scared her , whereas if she had been free she would have been able to take evasive action . |
| 8 | Yet if his character had been different he would have attracted an ordinary-looking girl . |
| 9 | Had his character been different she would have welcomed his attention . |
| 10 | But I am afraid it would require a deeper understanding of the chemistry of proteins than I possess to explain how the energy of the ATP is harnessed to the active transport of salts and other substances . |
| 11 | ‘ I am afraid it would have to be Captain Owen , ’ he said . |
| 12 | If it had been wet it would have been impossible on horseback , but he managed it . |
| 13 | There are some who would question his recording of details on site suggesting that in his eagerness to move on to the next find he may neglect to tidy up the details left behind . |
| 14 | But there are some who would say that there is now a contemporary form of false religion ( idolatry and superstition if you prefer ) in the veneration of such characters and their elevation to sainthood . |
| 15 | There are some who would say that his humour can be course and his language crude . |
| 16 | There are some who would object on philosophical grounds to this kind of synthesizing approach . |
| 17 | Let's face it , possum , there are some who would put me on a pedestal . |
| 18 | I have a niggling thought , too , there are some who would have been quite content to have our representatives remain at home . |
| 19 | Of course there are some who 'd like the floods to stay just a little longer . |
| 20 | But if I am honest I would like to have been born perhaps six or seven years later . |
| 21 | WE 'RE sure he would have seen the funny side … |
| 22 | Well I 'm bothered about her health and that and that 's what I must emphasize to her if she 's listening that er as far as we 're concerned we would want to just give her some sympathy advice and support in relation to this matter . |
| 23 | She could see that if the circumstances of their meeting had been happier they would have had a good drink of her mother 's secret stash of Bushmill 's and reminisced all night . |
| 24 | The court held that for the application of the rule to have been lawful it would have had to be justifiable irrespective of race or ethnic or national origins . |
| 25 | Low blood-pressure had been an unexpected side-effect of the glandular fever , but she 'd been sure she 'd come through all that . |
| 26 | Where such factors are present one would expect the crime to attract not only profit-maximising individuals but also profit-maximising firms . |
| 27 | This passage is interesting as it assumes that there would have been no right of recovery in any of the cases to which the section referred although had the Woolwich principle been applicable there would have been recovery , apart from the section , in some . |
| 28 | ‘ There are many who would gloss over their less successful moments , possum , but I do n't . |
| 29 | Certainly there are many who would concur with at least the gist of Lieberson 's , and others ' , criticisms but argue that more effort should be directed at improving methods of data collection and analysis to meet these kinds of objections . |
| 30 | Mrs Henry refused the drug treatment given to reduce the chances of a relapse , but there are many who would remain well without it , Dr Slevin said . |