Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a typical 16th century English charter party the owner of the vessel acknowledged , directly or through the ship 's master , that : 1 ) he had let the ship and promised to prepare it , by a fixed date , to take in the goods provided by the charterer ; 2 ) the ship would sail with the first convenient wind to the stipulated port ; 3 ) in accordance with a receipt or bill of lading he would deliver the goods in good condition to the designated person ; 4 ) the ship would remain at that port for a fixed period to take in such goods as the charter party nominee party needed to reload , and that the ship would then return to the port of origin , and deliver the reloaded goods in good condition ; and 5 ) the crew would be as described , and would be furnished with the proper gear . |
| 2 | Normally the others would remain for another hour or so . |
| 3 | She would remain like that for a while , lost in her own little world , completely unaware of his presence . |
| 4 | Joy would be drawn towards the shops and restaurants which had friendly , helpful staff — while Gloom would bump into those who were stern and morose . |
| 5 | I would think for some of the younger ones who have n't seen or read a lot in the papers of where , what 's going on |
| 6 | How many stepmothers would think of that ? |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll be damned , ’ he said to himself ‘ I wonder what Irina would think of that ! ’ |
| 8 | stated that it was nice to hear from the USA , and emphasised that there it took four years to qualify as an embalmer and wondered what students would think of that . |
| 9 | I mean , I do n't know what people would think of that . |
| 10 | My parents lived in constant awareness of the big house and its occupants , and we children were imbued with the problem of what the squire and his household would think of any action or behaviour . |
| 11 | She remembered her early unsuccessful struggles for equal treatment and wondered what her sisters would think of this news . |
| 12 | You would think you would think from this that Tory MPs were all paragons of virtue . |
| 13 | they would think like that probably the motorcycle and erm for in compulsory helmet wear . |
| 14 | The bruised executives of British Coal would testify to that after their run-in over the coal contract which ended up in court . |
| 15 | Not only the Headingley crowd would testify to this ; Lillee , Thomson and their friends saw him reach his century from 71 balls against them in 1975–6 , and go on to his highest Test score of 169 . |
| 16 | So when , if , if you were to come to sell your residence , they would knock off that proportion of the total er er which could in fact give rise to a small capital gain depending on how the er how you sold , because you might sell it at a loss . |
| 17 | As D Ltd has surplus FII , no ACT would arise in that company , and A Ltd 's surplus ACT would be recovered by offset of the FII from D Ltd . |
| 18 | These are all matters which would arise in any reform of the law to encompass some such principle as Woolwich contend for and are matters with which the legislature is best equipped to deal . |
| 19 | The Information memorandum will only be released after we have received a confidentiality agreement and we would stress at this stage the need for total confidentiality . |
| 20 | Mike Tyson , currently appealing against his sentence for rape , would spring to most people 's minds as a formidable challenge to Lewis 's assertion , but until Tyson 's personal problems are sorted out , the WBC champion will concentrate on those who are available to question his belief in himself . |
| 21 | Today 's players would laugh at such a fuss . ’ |
| 22 | Most people would laugh at either suggestion as they hunt in their pocket or purse for a copper or two , ‘ just for luck ’ . |
| 23 | We 've both become victims of Private Eye and I know that he would laugh at some of the things they 've said about me , and I 'd do the same to him . |
| 24 | He would laugh at any suggestion that the photocells might point away from the light , with their wires departing on the side nearest the light . |
| 25 | Good dealers in shares and futures would laugh at this yardstick . |
| 26 | It is like those cases where women were , perhaps are , discriminated against because they were not ‘ strong ’ enough for a job or part of a job ; but most people would prefer for such a task a strapping wench to a seven-stone male weakling , who gets the sand kicked into his eyes by the beach bully , courtesy of the Charles Atlas advert . |
| 27 | Again , there are those who would quarrel with this view but let me tell you that we all have a mentor , an inner teacher , a guardian angel , a being of light who protects us and is totally dedicated to the task of leading us to the point of self-realization , to bring about the harmony and peace for which we pray . |
| 28 | It would persist for many generations . |
| 29 | A number of criteria would relate to that and we we simply , it is n't appropriate I know , sir , to go into the detail of that , but I I postulate briefly certain questions . |
| 30 | Donaldson described him as having ‘ a slight figure , with a strong constitution ( only once was he seen to wear an overcoat ) … frank and plain spoken , occasionally even to roughness … no flatterer … somewhat impulsive and gifted with great shrewdness and common sense … he was a man of the highest integrity and independence , and so far from leading his clients into needless of extravagant outlay , he would demur at any expense beyond his employer 's means … |