Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [pron] would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If only you would let yourself go ! |
| 32 | Just to think , he said he would dance every dance with me if only I would stay . |
| 33 | If only someone would invent ski-tows that could be folded up and packed away after the season . |
| 34 | If only someone would invent a lubricating oil for bird watchers … |
| 35 | If only someone would explain these things to me , but I was too shy and scared to ask . |
| 36 | But then a god-like creature appeared , and I protested to him — her ? — that if I was a monster , then monsters were GOOD creatures — I was good , truly I was — if only someone would kiss me like in fairytales . |
| 37 | Usthinks the company doth protest too much : despite the fact that the countdown to its flotation has been under way for some weeks now , and Quality Software Products Plc has finally formally announced that ‘ following last week 's successful launch of Universal OLAS ’ it ‘ has decided to begin the process of seeking a listing on the London Stock Exchange , ’ it still says that ‘ no final decision will be taken for some time , ’ making it sound as if the company is signalling frantically that it would prefer to be acquired if only someone would come forward offering more money than it could raise in a public flotation . |
| 38 | If only he would stop staring at her and winking at her and getting in her way about the house so that she had to brush past him ! |
| 39 | If only he would drop all this ridiculous pretence , stop acting the fool and raise his game one more time . |
| 40 | If only he would talk to her … |
| 41 | His work was n't bad , and I had the feeling that one day , if only he would persist , he might write a novel that would be published . |
| 42 | If only he would announce his engagement ! |
| 43 | He as content and his worry was his younger son , if only he would settle down like Toby and Lynn , find a nice girl , make a home . |
| 44 | He began to kiss her , and Dinah knew slight revulsion ; if only he would leave her alone for once ! |
| 45 | She was being so ghastly and there was probably a very good reason for those locked rooms , if only he would tell her what they were . |
| 46 | ‘ Oh , indeed ? ’ said Sally-Anne furiously to this supporter of wife-beaters — and if only he would move so that she could see him , and not continue to stand between herself and the light — ‘ How typically male . |
| 47 | Beardsley , meanwhile , produced a performance of such craft , guile and wisdom that it could yet make him the saviour of England manager Graham Taylor — if only he would pick him . |
| 48 | But if only he would try some of his own tonic ! |
| 49 | Terry offered a bike to his son if only he would use the good brain he undoubtedly possessed . |
| 50 | He would make a wonderful Alfredo if only he would smile . |
| 51 | If only she could , if only he would understand … |
| 52 | ‘ If only he would listen to me , ’ she said . |
| 53 | If so he would give them all plenty to do off 10–11 . |
| 54 | If so it would seem to suggest that we have an absolute rule of conduct or an agreed blue-print of morality to which there can be no exceptions . |
| 55 | If not they would have been abandoned and merely allowed to fall down . |
| 56 | If not they would have to stay on another night . |
| 57 | Er and if not we would move to discuss Harrogate . |
| 58 | If not he would have to leave as soon as possible without arousing suspicion . |
| 59 | When the time was ripe , if it was ever ripe , she would go and if not she would stay . |
| 60 | If the ferry boat was there it would be quicker , if not she would have lost precious time by not taking the direct path to the bridge . |