Example sentences of "but they would [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Conservatives would not always win under the electoral system of 1918 , but they would rarely do so badly as to allow anyone else to win . |
| 2 | Jill Kelly has volunteered to set-up the Society stand and man it on Saturday and Elsie Streek will on Sunday but they would both appreciate some help , to give them a break during the day , from amy teacher who will be there . |
| 3 | The giant herbivorous dinosaurs would have been the first to go , as plant matter became scarce , but they would soon be followed by the large carnivores that had preyed upon them . |
| 4 | But they would soon forget . |
| 5 | But they would soon tell that they would have their before they would go to bed and thanks er very much when getting the bed and you could er vouch for that they would never . |
| 6 | There would probably be some results , but they would probably be somewhat superficial , and the knowledge gleaned would be of a general rather than a specific nature . |
| 7 | This is not to say that no one who has left China since 1980 has had dissident tendencies , but they would probably keep these concealed before being allowed out . |
| 8 | Donaldson was n't too happy about his placing in the room — the light was behind him and against Mrs Balanchine , the complete opposite of the ideal — but they would probably manage . |
| 9 | There appears to be no authority on the point , but they would probably not be understood differently , in view of the court 's use of the word " erroneous " in Jones ( M ) v Jones ( R R ) [ 1971 ] 1 WLR 840 . |
| 10 | They would often be put in the stocks until they sobered up , but they would invariably lapse again as soon as they were freed . |
| 11 | Southern protestants do not appear to be particularly oppressed by the state ( White 1975 : 169 ) , but they would clearly change aspects of the constitution and legislation if they were in a position to do so . |
| 12 | I , produced a list of what 's already inside here , er , these calculate are the files registered , they 're not numbered so they would n't be registered , but they would surely |
| 13 | But they would n't listen . ’ |
| 14 | At the start we asked them to approach the Union of Post Office Workers ( UPW ) to cut off the mail to Grunwick but they would n't do that either . |
| 15 | British filmmakers could come up with films that would overcome the resistance of American exhibitors to non-Hollywood products , as the $5 million grossed by The Red Shoes suggests , but they would n't do so in sufficient quantities until Rank had developed more sophisticated ideas about how to cajole the right sort of product from his writers , directors and producers . |
| 16 | But they would n't be going there . |
| 17 | Like now , wanting to hold her breast and guide it to the baby 's mouth , but they would n't let her . |
| 18 | Thus the daughter of one mother who drank asked to go to live with her grandmother , in her well-ordered ‘ nice ’ home : ‘ but they would n't let me go . |
| 19 | TOM : But they would n't be trees . |
| 20 | ‘ I told them , ’ Bernard whispered to me , ‘ tie your bags up on the rack but they would n't listen . ’ |
| 21 | Not because they could not be useful — but they would n't give us , as desiring female spectators , that much to look at . |
| 22 | She had had to take the time off , but they would n't pay her for it . |
| 23 | But they would n't stand there . |
| 24 | An hour of wall-to-wall Carpeting would have been perfect , but they would n't get offstage , and dragged on for another 30 minutes . |
| 25 | But they would n't let me out of the Airport ! |
| 26 | They could look out for Lou 's mum all they liked , but they would n't see her . |
| 27 | Neighbour Muriel Harding-Newman , 79 , said : ‘ We could see the cows were stamping and kicking and that someone was trying to push them away but they would n't move . |
| 28 | You could see a band that plays the same type of music as us on TOTP but they would n't look like us … |
| 29 | But they would n't come just to tell him that either . |
| 30 | Went to Rubella 's in the evening but they would n't let me in because I had a bit of instant Whip on my Brummy vest . |