Example sentences of "would [verb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Players in the virtually invincible Yale side around the turn of the century would dip their shirts in blood from an abattoir before a match . |
| 2 | Twenty-six per cent of the drinkers polled by Mintel said that the congeniality of the landlord would influence their choice of pub , ranking it third , after location within walking distance and the availability of food . |
| 3 | Factors that would influence their use would include : — |
| 4 | His coach had been parked out of sight while his white saddle horse had been tethered to a post at the roadside so that the passing soldiers would think their Emperor was riding to war instead of being carried in upholstered comfort . |
| 5 | The Corporation promoted private business and joint ventures , which it was hoped , would aid their economies . |
| 6 | In fact it immortalised them and ensured that all future anti-apartheid movements would vow their allegiance to the heroes of Rivonia . |
| 7 | Many Assassins would plant their own special card from the Adeptio suit in an intended victim 's vicinity , to announce to that target his impending and unavoidable doom . |
| 8 | In this way , they would stress their identity as ‘ ordinary people ’ , or emphasize their individuality , thereby refusing a class identification of their selves . |
| 9 | Once they have been dropped , various factors would affect their survival until modern times . |
| 10 | Cecily Robinson brought her three leading dancers , Patricia Murphy , Lillian Graham and Luyt , to Johannesburg four days early , so that they could become used to the high altitude , which would affect their breathing , and to the steep rake of the stage . |
| 11 | It was harder , therefore , to turn , and since they were on piece-work they were afraid it would affect their wage . |
| 12 | They consider that the new settlement should should n't be within the wi within areas which would affect their future workings . |
| 13 | These particular residents , the ones that live in the service road , are campaigning for the service road to be closed but not surprisingly the residents who live are n't keen on that er road closure because that would affect their use that route at other times other than the morning peak . |
| 14 | I think it would affect their marriages , their inter-personal relationships , their co-habitations , the way that they deal with people at work , their sense of who they are in the world and how far they can go in the world , and I think that 's what makes the problem so serious because it has very , very long-reaching effects . |
| 15 | When London phone numbers were divided into 071 for inner London and 081 for outer districts , some people worried that 081 numbers would lower their ‘ social standing ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ And after 10 years of research , they had found that women with this problem could be given donor white blood cells , which would lower their immunity and allow their bodies to accept the baby . ’ |
| 17 | It was agreed that only ten people should tramp round the tiny cottage at a time ; the remainder were forced to mingle with the morning shoppers and then to walk on to the old St Mary 's Chapel , which once had held the shrine of Our Lady of Bradstow and to which passing ships would lower their sails in honour . |
| 18 | How many of those who said they would prefer their husband , wife , mother , etc to go into institutional care had had this wish granted within one year ? |
| 19 | Regardless of our commitment to joint decision-making most of us will find that there are many decisions where we feel we lack either sufficient interest or qualification and are perfectly happy to leave those decisions to our partner , eg many men would feel primarily responsible for choosing a car but would prefer their wives to pick out the furniture , decorations and plan the kitchen . |
| 20 | For example most teachers would prefer their students to make consistent use of style sheets rather than fix details of a document so that they are next-to-impossible to change . |
| 21 | Then , there is the simple point that MPs would prefer their party in power , no matter what it does , rather than in opposition . |
| 22 | Not all Jewish merchants in Tangier would made their fortune at any price , however . |
| 23 | Why it was called the holy alliance was because erm er the signatories agreed that they would er , that they would rule their states and treat er er policy erm er according to christian principles . |
| 24 | They would , they would rule their states and conduct policy according to christian principles . |
| 25 | Unions might favour single-employer bargaining as a deliberate strategy since it would enhance their relative bargaining power in terms of a potential ability to whipsaw individual employers . |
| 26 | The planting of bulbs in the park and in other parts of the village would enhance their beauty . |
| 27 | The planting of bulbs in the park and in other parts of the village would enhance their beauty . |
| 28 | To the owners of foreign capital , the Franco regime no longer seemed a political embarrassment , but the guarantor of the political and social stability which would enhance their chances of making profits in Spain . |
| 29 | Certainly no one set any store by when they said they would conduct their final funeral rites . |
| 30 | It declared that " the era of confrontation and division of Europe has ended " and that henceforth signatories would conduct their relations with one another on the basis of " respect and co-operation " . |