Example sentences of "[noun sg] that [pron] would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His warning to the American President that he would support Native Americans ( ‘ Red Indians ’ , whom he presumes to be tribally organized ) against the federal government is consistent with his view that natural ties are more than just rational ones . |
| 2 | Instead of passing on this information , the defendant persuaded the other employee to leave and join his own business ; the discontented client in the meantime had agreed with the defendant that he would use him as his legal adviser in the future . |
| 3 | Towards the end of the campaign , Mrs Thatcher 's actions in attacking Heseltine personally and especially her allegation that he would introduce Labour policies gave an unfortunate impression of panic — reminiscent of ‘ Wobbly Thursday ’ during the 1987 general election campaign . |
| 4 | The member of parliament saw in this ambition an opportunity to strengthen his own interest in the burgh by detaching the schoolmaster 's brother-in-law , the bailie , from the opposition party in the council , for the bailie was at that moment firmly attached to that faction by a promise from Dempster 's rival that he would procure a kirk for the bailie 's son . |
| 5 | So much to that I made it clear to my club that I would like to be selected as a tighthead ’ . |
| 6 | There is no sign from either the right hon. Member for Yeovil ( Mr. Ashdown ) or the Leader of the Opposition that they would draw the line anywhere on transfer of authority to Brussels . |
| 7 | His father Allan told the High Court : ‘ Whatever differences we have had as a family we are all of a mind that we would like what is best for Tony . |
| 8 | There was no doubt in his mind that they would break in , since there had n't been any failed revolutions on the island during his time . |
| 9 | There was no doubt in my mind that I would go out and prove myself and answer all those questions about me . ’ |
| 10 | But you really ‘ should n't have ’ — I know you have so many other things on your mind that I would hate to think I was adding to them . |
| 11 | ‘ There have never been any thoughts in my mind that I would get something from the Government . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You 're so good at reading my mind that I would have thought you 'd know . ’ |
| 13 | I 'd made up my mind that he would like some of my work . |
| 14 | Claudia made up her mind that she would help Roman as much as she could . |
| 15 | There had never been any doubt in her mind that she would look after her parents in their old age : they had given up a lot for her , she said , and that was how she could repay them . |
| 16 | Both those cases involved blasphemies , Mrs Whitehouse felt , and therefore there was no question in her mind that she would become involved . |
| 17 | It had never once crossed his mind that she would take exception to what he had done . |
| 18 | Det Insp Eddie Muddle , who is leading the hunt for the kidnapper , said : ‘ It was a very traumatic experience but she acted very sensibly by co-operating with her abductor for fear that something would happen to her child . |
| 19 | Before the emancipation of the serfs the government had been reluctant to return peasants to the countryside after they had served in the army , for fear that they would use their training to promote discontent . |
| 20 | Despite the fear that they would prove sentimental and spendthrift , women were inclined to favour the strict administration of outdoor relief , although they sought substantial improvements in matters such as diet and the provision of clean sheets and underclothing inside the workhouse . |
| 21 | Whatever its actual effect , the English wanted at least to make sure that they would not be out of pocket over expansion in America , and the fear that they would lose money was expressed by the economist Charles Davenant when he wrote in 1698 : ‘ it can not reasonably be admitted that the mother country should impoverish herself to enrich the children nor that Britain should weaken herself to strengthen America . ’ |
| 22 | Like — when I started my period she said , ‘ Congratulations , now you 're a woman ’ , but then it was all this hassle about hiding your sanitary towels and tampons from boys , and living in mortal fear that they would fall out of your bag and boys would know it was your period . |
| 23 | His apprehension arose not out of a fear that she would ruin him by extravagant expenditure but from a neurotic anxiety that if she knew how much money he had put away , she might feel free to leave him . |
| 24 | She appeared to experience a return of an old symptom in the form of fear of cancer — her father had died of a particularly virulent from of rectal cancer which had metastasised to the spinal cord and brain and she had periodically experienced intense fear that she would die similarly . |
| 25 | And Clara , walking by her side and hearing these words , burst suddenly and at last into loud hysterical weeping , and as the tears flooded down her hot cheeks she knew that they were not for her father , but for the meanness and the lack of love , and for the fear that she would die in so ugly a hole , and so unloved . |
| 26 | Finally the tram got underway and as it started to pull up at the end of the track by the foot of Duke Street Hill Carrie was already out of her seat and waiting on the platform at the rear of the vehicle , with Fred at her side gripping her arm for fear that she would fall off before it actually stopped . |
| 27 | Sally-Anne had one pain , one memory of which she dared not even think for fear that she would lose all command of herself , one memory which she always pushed away when it tried to attack her . |
| 28 | While all the objections to the Fouchet Plan were interrelated , the main factor influencing its rejection was ultimately the fear that it would weaken the Rome treaty and whatever political objectives it implied , to the advantage of the national capitals , especially Paris . |
| 29 | Only 5% of respondents agreed with this suggestion , and there were huge majorities against it within all categories of respondent , the principal objections being its impracticality and the fear that it would encourage ‘ blind signing ’ by the co — signatory . |
| 30 | She had to restrain herself from dashing for it , almost in the fear that it would close again and that this time , it would be forever . |