Example sentences of "would [adv] [verb] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 31 | I had wrung out the Spidersuit and Y-fronts and hung them over a Bible suck thinking how He would just have to lump a bare arse on His books for one night . |
| 32 | This is an undesirable situation because a user of a script recognition system would not expect to write a word , and have it recognised as something which is not a word . |
| 33 | Aggie still would not contemplate getting a mouser and when Harold raised the roof about the lethal traps she threw them out and blocked up the holes in the flooring and the wooden skirting-boards with old newspapers soaked in lavender water . |
| 34 | It would not do to exalt a figure who had been executed by the Romans for crimes against the Empire . |
| 35 | It would not do to deify a rebel against Rome . |
| 36 | The soldier , seeing my uninteresting-looking machine , asked me again if I would not prefer to choose a new one , but I refused . |
| 37 | This does seem a reasonable argument , and I certainly would not want to lose a therapy which could be of real value to people . |
| 38 | If you are soloing over a straight minor seventh you would not want to resolve a melodic line onto the minor sixth interval , although this would be okay on a m7£5 . |
| 39 | There , many Europeans could hardly believe their ears with the excuses of why the British would not want to sign a European Charter on Environment and Health . |
| 40 | I certainly would not want to attempt a summary of the route we have taken all the way from the mind-body problem to children trying to win chocolates ; but I do need to make some concluding comments to justify the bold claim in the first paragraph that constructivism makes the mind-body problem less intractable . |
| 41 | And you probably would not choose to spend a fortnight up the Amazon with either . |
| 42 | They would not dare risk a shot at anyone within a sword 's reach of their prince and his guard . |
| 43 | I would not like to do a Morrissey . |
| 44 | I would not like to see a repeat of the problems caused when Station Lane was closed at the railway bridge some time ago ! |
| 45 | I am unable to cope with the idea of being any heavier than I am now , and would not like to have a period , since I would feel I had ‘ let up ’ control over my body . |
| 46 | Whilst Alison states at the end of Chapter 11 that she would not like to have a period as it would signify that she had ‘ let up ’ control over her body , Freya feels quite differently , realising that getting her periods back would be a good sign of recovery . |
| 47 | He waited with roused senses for what would come next ; and what came was so transparent that he had hard work not to laugh , and set out without more ado to take every advantage of a stratagem that would not have fooled a child in arms . |
| 48 | He would also like to see plea bargaining introduced , although he says he would not have accepted a reduced criminal plea . |
| 49 | ‘ A few moments later and he would not have stood a chance . ’ |
| 50 | Now had I known about this it the time , of course he would not have stood a chance of getting into the RAF . |
| 51 | They were free to raise funds elsewhere if they could , and one at least got a substantial sum from a local authority which would not have supported a project of that nature if it had not come to them from their own school children . |
| 52 | After the judgment , Neil Garrie , head of corporate affairs for London Underground , said : ‘ We did not want to cause additional stress to Mr Hale but the evidence we had would not have supported a settlement of the size of the eventual award . ’ |
| 53 | ‘ Without the programme I would not have prepared a proper business plan or met the contacts essential to business ’ . |
| 54 | One of the only four known examples of the form by Newport 's major maker , even restoration to its feet would not have prevented a far higher price in the boom of the late 1980s . |
| 55 | Dublin claimed allegations made in Parliament and the British Press linking Mr Ryan with the IRA meant he would not have faced a fair trial . |
| 56 | Mr Hellyer , who was in fact too nice-minded to do so , could have sworn , blasphemed , and Oliver would not have turned a hair . |
| 57 | The thundering in her heart had grown so enormous that she would not have heard a thing had there been an earthquake . |
| 58 | Had we not spent even more money on the BAIE Awards this year by advertising on the inside front cover of the magazine , we would not have received a single name check for 15 awards during the whole evening and in all the attendant publicity . |
| 59 | Surely , if there really were a knowable pre-life creator , such would have long since become truly known to humanity , and would not have remained a subject of speculation after many thousands of years . |
| 60 | The defendants were held not liable , as it was probable that the plaintiff would not have worn a safety belt and would therefore have fallen , even if one had been provided . |