Example sentences of "would [vb infin] that [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Sir Henry received the telegram sent by Holmes ' boy , he would think that we had arrived in London . |
| 2 | Erm , I 'm just not sure why any any person would think that they have more right to life than animals do . |
| 3 | He says that he feels most workers would think that they have survived despite the conservative government , not because of it . |
| 4 | I knew the police would think that she had killed the little boy . |
| 5 | ‘ I would think that she turned the bitterness against Russell although he was completely innocent . |
| 6 | I gave this approach this title following a pamphlet which reproduces a lecture given by the English Anglican bishop of high church disposition John Austin Baker to a conference of the Movement for the Ordination of Women.l8 I believe that it is ( in less thought-out form ) widely followed by proponents of the ordination of women , perhaps of a less radical variety , and certainly I would think that it appeals to many men . |
| 7 | Mind you anybody would think that I sold headlights . |
| 8 | Would think that you had killed my father . |
| 9 | The eternal pessimist would think that he came back and nipped off again , you see . |
| 10 | Alexei would think that he had surrendered too many concessions , of course , but he did not understand the Yek mind . |
| 11 | Maybe she would think that he wanted them . |
| 12 | I would prefer that we accepted that Stella 's original notes defines the responsibility for forms literally for all the time . |
| 13 | Yes that seems to me to fit that sort of bill , erm to be quite honest I would prefer that we base the promises on a previous paper that T six six one , er you know , sort of er typical success of the fact looking forward cos at least erm that 's not so erm , you know , sort of difficult to erm you know achieve as erm sort of repairing potholes within , when you consider that the reason that the potholes do n't get mended is because government legislation has it that we have to actually erm have lines painted all round them , so that they can be part of the package of er road mending in many cases , I mean urgently erm difficult ones are not that common er so I think that perhaps some of these promises are so difficult because it gives with one hand and takes back with the other , you know , it says we promise , but , I , I would say that 's not much of a promise , you say I promise to erm , you know , erm merge , I forgot about , but if it said but , you know , if it rains I wo n't tell you , er it would be very sad |
| 14 | Demand for prospectuses has been such that an Independent scribe seeking a Warburgs telephone number for publication was told the firm really would prefer that it did not appear in print . |
| 15 | ‘ I would prefer that you looked at the model first . ’ |
| 16 | Anyone who had read Hans Christian Andersen 's ‘ The Little Mermaid ’ would know that they did not and could not — not unless they married a mortal , as with Lúthien . |
| 17 | If the hon. Lady knew what was available to those of her constituents who are unemployed , she would know that we offer a wider range of help to unemployed people than has ever been available in this country before . |
| 18 | If there should be trees out there , swaying in the wind , then he would know that he had lost all sense of time and place and personal identity . |
| 19 | Then he deliberately looked back to meet her eyes so that she would know that he had made a decision With a slight lift of his shoulders , he accepted his decision . |
| 20 | Then , John said , he would know that she had been arrested because she had forgotten her pass , which all blacks had to carry , and would automatically telephone his father to go and fetch her from prison . |
| 21 | Well , now that she was no longer there , he would have to pay attention ; would know that she had been serious . |
| 22 | Now he would know that she had rushed out of the solar , half dressed , to find him . |
| 23 | On his initial visit to the home of the bereaved he would feel that he had a very short ti me indeed to set out his wares and try and convince the family to buy the package . |
| 24 | Perhaps , though , he might stroll out in the direction of the church hall , to see if people were coming out , then he would feel that he had made some kind of an effort . |
| 25 | Those who simplify moral judgement to the application of standards would assume that he has either to impose his own code or to accommodate himself to the other . |
| 26 | Although the structure plan was compiled mostly by a group of consultants , it was updated by the Islands ' planning authority and , since it does bear the name of the Council , one would assume that it mirrors the ideas of the local bureaucracy . |
| 27 | He would assume that I had been detained scrubbing the floors of the kitchens at Grindlewood Park . |
| 28 | I should be glad if you would ensure that we receive the current and all future issues of this publication . |
| 29 | However many prettily-painted Eleanors might lurk inside that dumpy frame , the combined influence of an overbearing father and a domineering husband would ensure that they remained securely locked away . |
| 30 | There was no fundamental weakness in the PWR design and British safety standards would ensure that it operated as well as the best . |