Example sentences of "but [adv] they would " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps , when the battles were over and Ireland was whole once more , they would return , but perhaps they would simply remain in the hill-farms and the distant mountains , forging their own cultures , making their own legends , weaving their strange secret stories into the fabric of Ireland 's history . |
| 2 | Perhaps we would n't but perhaps they would n't have been if it 's the right word for them , a bit sloppy . |
| 3 | ‘ United do n't build-up for games in the same way but perhaps they 'd want to try it . |
| 4 | She tried to find the words to tell him she did n't want to make love , to tell him she was totally opposed to such casual male dominance , but somehow they would n't come . |
| 5 | So , off I went to Tokyo and spent days in the Russian Embassy with the RCA Tokyo man , Mr Yamamoto , but still they would n't give me one . |
| 6 | But probably they would n't have known . |
| 7 | The benefits are difficult to quantify but qualitatively they would mean faster and more predictable service for lexicographers . |
| 8 | But also they would probably have the men working harder than before & they may be more popular . |
| 9 | People with mental disorder may well have difficulty in doing some of these things but often they would like to try , particularly if they are accompanied in the early exploratory stages , and are helped to achieve confidence in using facilities for their own enjoyment . |
| 10 | Lacking form , these movements had failed in 1848 — 50 , but now they would be given shape and direction by a monarchical revolution from above which would establish Prussian pre-eminence in Germany . |
| 11 | which I bought to fit but never did but surely they would have bolts and fittings in them . |
| 12 | But surely they would have read the papers |
| 13 | They were careful to keep the bull in the same field much of the time but sometimes they would have to move him and occasionally he would get out , so one always had to be wary . |
| 14 | The night patrol was meant to come and turn the lights off at a quarter to ten , but sometimes they would n't turn up until eleven or half eleven . |
| 15 | I never actually met him , but sometimes they would stretch out in the garden on warm days . |
| 16 | She 'd been counting on rescue services arriving with the dawn , but maybe they would n't be coming after all . |
| 17 | But then they would have to tell shareholders why only half of the consolidated profits of MEPC comes from the 700 properties it has assembled — with the other half provided by the 20 or so Oldham properties . |
| 18 | If the vulnerable organic layers did not exist teeth would not rot so easily but then they would be brittle and would probably break early in life . |
| 19 | But then they would have heard her , surely ? |
| 20 | We had to put it in erm oh what did we call it oh dear a little vice and er put a ball , about three inches long and then er put it into the plug and erm put the cap , the little brass cap but also the I 've made a mistake there , before we did that we had to put the natural plug in and in that plug there were five like aluminium coloured er pins , each of a different size and we had to learn to read the key for the various depths you see and we had boxes of pins with the different sizes in and er then put those in the plug and then push the key in and but we 'd got to , we got to file , we had to file the bars and also the little brass caps to get all the edge the , I forget what we used to call it now , off the cap to get it smooth and then get it in our own vice and screw , screw them down and there were thirty two , there were three key keys to each , each lock , and er we had to file them until they were ready and they worked easily push the key in properly , and we also used to put black lead in , you could not put oil because they would have stopped the springs working and we had a little box of ordinary oh like the black lead that we used to black lead the graves , put some on the key and push that then and work it round , and that was the erm that was made it work freely you see and then there was erm a half a gross to each board , and three , three keys to each one and then erm we , we filed the various things ourselves , but then they would take that away from you and bring you more you see and then when eventually the keys had to be polished and it was only a favourite few that were allowed to sit down to sort the keys out to com to complete them you see , but it was very very interesting work and I enjoyed being there but you |
| 21 | And I think Don could read the music too but they 'd be more or less self taught otherwise but then they would have started playing by ear . |
| 22 | They were OK in bursts but then they 'd stand in on one of their boring , self-indulgent , 20-minute solos . |
| 23 | But then they 'd still presumably report back to the main group about what they 'd been doing . |
| 24 | But then they 'd say , ‘ I ca n't stand here listening to you all day ’ , and go off and do something else . |
| 25 | ‘ But otherwise they 'd all be white , ’ explained the officer reasonably . |