Example sentences of "would [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " The Meeting Considering the great Exertions of the Legislature in Surpressing the Distilling of Spirits & the great revenue given up by Ministry for the purpose of providing a sufficiency of Grain for the use of the nation , which in many parts is threaten 'd with a Famine , and Considering that great Exertions have already been made in surpressing the Distilling in this Island , This Meeting unanimously Resolve Individually and Collectively to exert themselves in putting a total stop to the said Illegal Practices … " |
| 2 | I 'd never bet on any ra I 'd never gamble , I mean , I would as a joke , but like not serious . |
| 3 | I would as a joke . |
| 4 | If however he had entertained any doubt on the matter , I feel sure that he would as a matter I will not say of honesty but of courtesy refused [ sic ] to accept the money until the position had been made clear to him . |
| 5 | erm what I was putting to you was , do you , do you say that even if it would as a matter of pure English law , it is overridden by community law erm , er , er at least er , at least for the time being |
| 6 | If the Romanists did not destroy Ulster by forcing its people into a united papist Ireland , then God surely would as a punishment for departing from his standards . |
| 7 | They believe that any newcomer would take months to come to grips with what has gone wrong at Ferranti and would as a consequence be worse placed to negotiate a rescue for the group . |
| 8 | An absence of information to aid the identification of those about to face a stressful event who would as a consequence be particularly susceptible to psychiatric disorder is obviously a good enough reason for not considering preventive intervention . |
| 9 | Cut out each letter of the phrase and hide them in or around the house and in other places , as you would for a scavenger hunt . |
| 10 | It 's rather like a Ford Granada ; you can buy the basic version or you can pay almost as much as you would for a Jaguar and get the Ghia version . |
| 11 | Of course they would for a start , I have n't done anything , all that sort of business , but he was extremely good and I think the reason that he 'd got admissions quicker than we did , was partly by virtue of the fact that he was the boss of the department . |
| 12 | I mean I would , I would I 'd stick a needle in their bottoms just like I would for a dog that had gone b , gone bad , I 'd say poor creature ca n't help it |
| 13 | The Gospels , indeed the whole of the Bible , are sketchy documents , which no responsible scholar would for a moment consider absolutely reliable as historical testimony . |
| 14 | With the stake firmed in the hole , hold the tree up with a simple string loop , and plant it just as you would for a bush — except that , without the bud to go by , you will have to look carefully for the soil ‘ tide mark ’ where it was growing in the nursery and finish off to that height , with the standard stem about 1½–2 inches ( 4–5cm ) from the stake . |
| 15 | ( 3 ) Swing your right hand and arm down as you would during a downswing in golf . |
| 16 | I decided therefore to occupy myself with some further tasks in the billiard room , assuming she would after a while see the ludicrousness of her position and leave . |
| 17 | I think that a chief , or perhaps a leading group would after a while be decided on and priorities set in a way more mature than the boys , but girls would be less imaginative when it came to building shelters and lighting fires , and also less physically able to lift heavy objects and build things . |
| 18 | She had to , in order not to notice the faint scent of his cologne , the feel of wool against her cheek when she turned to follow his pointing finger , the deep timbre of his voice as he spoke of the Rome he loved , spoke of it tenderly , as he would of a woman … |
| 19 | Regan is right to the extent that to talk of recognition in such circumstances does have a purpose , as it would of a dog 's staccato barks and tail-waving on hearing its master 's voice , but he fails to realise that the same form of words now features in a related , but different , language-game . |
| 20 | It is possible now to design computing systems which have much better languages than the ones that are readily available , and much more helpful programs on them , which enable the user to have a kind of dialogue in the way that you would with a person that you 're trying to communicate with , whereas , at the moment , you ca n't have that sort of dialogue . |
| 21 | Be as cautious with a dog as you would with a child . |
| 22 | Any other PC equipped with Ultrafax can also send and receive files , as you would with a modem , which is a bonus . |
| 23 | A horse that has had no exercise all day is less likely to stand still for the farrier than one that has just been ridden ; and a youngster that has never been ridden out on the road before will be considerably more nervous if it goes alone than it would with a companion . |
| 24 | That 's where you actually sign over er the management of your whole portfolio to another individual , as you would with a share portfolio with a bank . |
| 25 | When Brau and Brunner AG and Cadbury Schweppes plc notified the creation of a joint venture that would prepare and sell mineral water , the Commission found that this joint venture was not a concentration but a cooperative agreement , because the parent companies would stay active on the soft drinks market and so the structure of competition would not be permanently altered , as it would with a concentration . |
| 26 | and I would stick a needle in their bottom while they were fast asleep , so they did n't wake up any more , just like you would with an animal that does that . |
| 27 | I afterwards met Mr Blair at the Congress , and observing his deep solicitude for Kildalton , I admitted the claims which its neglected state had upon my faith and affection , and remarked that it was not the pecuniary sacrifice that I should make that would deter me , so much as the expenditure I had lately incurred on my House and Glebe , and which would in a measure be thrown away , by my moving to Islay . |
| 28 | But what we have to bear in mind of course er the f financial propriety of this council would in a sense have been very easy over the years if the labour party previously had trimmed its budget according to what we could all afford . |
| 29 | ( 2 ) Swing the club back as you would in a golf swing and then start to return to an imaginary ball . |
| 30 | Because I find that er I can talk to people now , we chat away as I would in a pub , or in someone 's house but then this is the bit that worries me . |