Example sentences of "[noun pl] would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | British Waterways would charge for the service , as they do at Gloucester . |
| 2 | that chance words would inspire . |
| 3 | When he spoke it was in a barely audible voice as if he feared that his words would carry beyond the four walls . |
| 4 | Thus , an article on working mothers and their relations with their daughters would appear under the heading of ‘ mothers ’ and be paired with ‘ working ’ , ‘ relations ’ and ‘ daughters ’ , and these words would appear again as starter keywords . |
| 5 | Non-words and regular words could still be read aloud accurately ( because the non-lexical procedure can handle both these types of stimuli correctly ) ; but exception words would suffer . |
| 6 | Not all words would suffice for this , but the number of standard forms used gradually increased . |
| 7 | The formal incantation of such words would suffice for the tribunal to remain within the scope of its authority . |
| 8 | Words would fail , gestures grow hesitant . |
| 9 | The newspaper , relying on the Lewis case , said that the words would mean to the ordinary reader no more than that an inquiry was underway , and that Hayward would be able to assist it . |
| 10 | Simon spoke carefully as if unsure of how his words would affect Merrill . |
| 11 | Felix heard a Stirlander Greatsword say that such words would bring ill-luck . |
| 12 | As I have explained , in such a case the adoption of the literal meaning of the statutory words would lead to a result whereby the taxpayer is assessed at an amount greater than that charged by the employer to the public for the same service . |
| 13 | He set to again , putting the facts as plainly as he could , though doubted that these words would save Estabrook 's life . |
| 14 | He paused and then said , not realising the effect his words would have , ‘ I may go along and see this Vigo . ’ |
| 15 | If the dispute had ended there , the exchange of words would have passed into football folklore as further evidence of Gallacher 's greatness , but the bad boy from Bellshill had only just begun . |
| 16 | The first few days after the burial she had felt like dying herself , mostly of shame , but she had set about her tasks with the same efficiency as always , and if she did n't speak to anyone it was because words would have brought fresh tears . |
| 17 | If this were not so , Paul 's words would have contradicted what Jesus teaches . |
| 18 | His last words would have made a fine song title . |
| 19 | Had she been alone with Luke , no doubt his words would have been spiked with malice . |
| 20 | Order , for example can function as a noun or as a verb and the transition probabilities of both senses to following words would have to be computed . |
| 21 | Words would take longer . |
| 22 | What words would describe the inside of the waves ? |
| 23 | ‘ It is , of course , no accident , ’ he said out loud , testing to see if the words would come out on a printed page in a bound volume , ‘ that redundant theological speculation about the death of God should run parallel with an equally tedious literary preoccupation with the death of the novel . ’ |
| 24 | But no words would come . |
| 25 | When she saw him , the words would come . |
| 26 | She tried to speak , but her throat was dry and no words would come . |
| 27 | But no words would come . |
| 28 | No words would come . |
| 29 | To give the dream words would warn his pursuers . |
| 30 | First , we would expect over time that , for example , certain words would fall out of use and items related to these would appear relatively more difficult than those which use words still current . |