Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [pron] would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That she 'd lost her normally very healthy appetite , reduced to picking desultorily at meals where once she would have tucked in hungrily ? |
| 2 | Sometimes , when in funds , as he thought of it , he would spruce himself up and visit the West End where occasionally he would come across a wartime crony in a small , ex-officers ' club in South Kensington . |
| 3 | Its good reception encouraged Boyle to set pen to paper , publishing his results in June 1663 , at which time he observed , ‘ Nor is it only by dissection of various animals that the naturalist may promote the anatomist 's knowledge , but perhaps he may do it by devising ways to make the dead bodies of man and other animals keep longer than naturally they would do . ’ |
| 4 | Former Tory party chairman Cecil Parkinson was on the trail of the floating voter but it was proving more difficult than perhaps he would have expected . |
| 5 | But the sociologist of religion is interested in far more complicated questions than merely who would call themselves Methodist , Muslim or Mormon — or the proportion of each faith that attends a place of worship each day or week or month , or commits suicide in a particular year . |
| 6 | They lent up to 100 per cent of valuation although normally they would ask for a deposit of at least 5 per cent in 1990 . |
| 7 | But more often than not she would climb the stairs — however many flights there might be — as she felt panic rising within her as soon as she tried to step into the lift . |
| 8 | There is more to running a boarding house than ever you would think Minnie and hardest of all is the impossibility of finding reliable and trustworthy staff who are not forever thinking of themselves first in a way we would not have dared . |
| 9 | It is also perfectly in order to say , ‘ May I think about that for a moment ? ’ before answering a question , although clearly it would become rather tedious if you said that every time . |
| 10 | In the evenings , if the Eliots did not go out to the cinema or theatre together , they would often listen to the gramophone — he had an especial affection for the music of Bartok , although sometimes he would play the songs of Edward Lear . |
| 11 | If a man who is a diabetic and who has arterial disease to the extent that this plaintiff had , is severely injured so that life is much more difficult to bear than otherwise it would have been , a defendant is in my view , quite unable , with justification , to say that a reduction in damages should thereby be brought about . |
| 12 | I bet their gigs are quite fun too although why anyone would want to sit and watch a video of one made by a stoned roadie is anyone 's guess . |
| 13 | Once attacked , even gentle Stan defended himself with the utmost terrier vigour , although afterwards he would shake and look very upset , while Ollie paraded , as confident as ever . |
| 14 | Minch would have to shut him up and calm down Slorne herself until eventually she would quieten herself down and let the rest of us get some peace and quiet . ’ |
| 15 | Victory was theirs if only they would press on now ! |
| 16 | But I have to say that they 've been the major percent of them er we think if only they would knuckle down to it they would do it . |
| 17 | If only they would pay attention … |
| 18 | If only they would avoid the root positions of the usual three chords , they would begin to discover what resources are available , especially if they realize that chords can often comprise four different notes ( at least ) instead of the usual three . |
| 19 | Teacher-in-role starts a class improvisation as if they were a local community in the mid-west hearing what a bright future they might have if only they would abandon their homes and move west . |
| 20 | If only they would read a little Dickens or Kipling they would soon discover there was more to life than cheating people and watching television . |
| 21 | If only they would come an hour earlier , and erm spend erm a pleasant time in their cars erm on the car park having a picnic before they go in , they would save themselves an awful lot of , of , of hassle . |
| 22 | yes , so , erm , if only they would resign , er , need a kick up the arse , |
| 23 | If only we would do this , we are to suppose , animals would be liberated . |
| 24 | ‘ Joining the ERM is not a prize to be given to our partners when they come up to scratch , but a benefit to ourselves if only we would take it , ’ he said . |
| 25 | If only something would happen — anything , ’ and he raised the flask to his lips again . |
| 26 | If only she would join with him now , perhaps together they could find a way through this terrible situation . |
| 27 | As for her daughter , Madeleine had shown no signs of dropping Lionel Dunbar , and a quiet word with his mother had confirmed that he had every intention of marrying Madeleine if only she would agree to accept him . |
| 28 | If only she would pick up the receiver . |
| 29 | Still , higher education contains within itself , if only it would realize , an essential rationality : academics , students and disciplines have to be rational . |
| 30 | A metaphysical world view suggests that almost any event can be a ‘ whisper ’ , a message , a stimulus to growth , which you have created — if only you would listen to yourself . |