Example sentences of "[pron] would [n mass] " in BNC.

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1 Every so often , someone would buck the trend : in 1982 Mr Kinnock was dropped from the slate , but kept his place .
2 ( You are rarely able to sample rhythms as often as you would like. ) ( a ) Are your 4 hours of observations made in a single session or a number of sessions ? ( b ) If it is a single session , is this at the same time or at different times each day ? ( c ) If it is at different times , then how do you arrange them ? ( d ) If it is a number of sessions , then how many ?
3 Truly my living words could vindicate me ; ask Helen , if they would not. , The necessary complement to the epistolary picture of his Oxford life is his own book Oxford , published three years after he came down .
4 condolences and they would people were always asked if they wanted to see the remains .
5 Yet some of the people concerned would be people I was at school with ; and in any case it would cal 1 upon questions and allegiances that I had continuously pushed into the rear recesses of my mind .
6 I wish it would buck up and be Monday .
7 Any moment it would buck , toss her , white broken heap , on to the gleaming floor .
8 It would be.the most powerful force on earth .
9 John said quickly , ‘ What would people like to play after dinner ?
10 ‘ But — what would people say ? ’
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