Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pron] would [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said if the second stage of his fight to prosecute Dr Howe failed he would take it to the European Court of Human Rights . |
| 2 | But if you asked me how a motor car worked you would think me somewhat pompous if I answered in terms of Newton 's laws and the laws of thermodynamics , and downright obscurantist if I answered in terms of fundamental particles . |
| 3 | If I had a wedding ring I would give it back . |
| 4 | They took assets on to their books assuming they would sell them at a profit shortly afterwards . |
| 5 | Bernice said she would show me Billy 's room and leave me to it while she made lunch and did I fancy a drink ? |
| 6 | And Mr Mandela said it would make him strive even harder for peace . |
| 7 | STUDENT John McCoy went for a spin in his car hoping it would make him tired — and plummeted 30ft down a cliff . |
| 8 | If this is what the new Clause meant , then Mr Roberts said he would support it ; if it meant something else , he would not . |
| 9 | But his ex-wife believes he would prevent her from visiting the grave . |
| 10 | She had never felt so wretched and she vowed that if Maggie recovered she would make it up to her somehow . |
| 11 | Nigel believed she would assume he had something incurable with a shade of film glamour to it — leukaemia , perhaps . |
| 12 | Ronni sensed nothing would shock him . |
| 13 | Had the girl known they would follow her ? |
| 14 | The Queen knew I would accompany you here . |
| 15 | Positive , negative , and the thing at the end is a Z , of sorts All scores above the mean , if you converted them to a Z score you would expect them to be positive . |
| 16 | The firm should keep the matter under regular review and be alert to the possibility of a breach in the wall ( accidental or otherwise ) or to other circumstances arising which would prevent them from continuing to act : in which events the client must be informed immediately . |
| 17 | Buchan said he would think it over , and agreed to the move when Chapman called back again next day . |
| 18 | I mean , th tha when we took it over we , we got that , cos people said well , you know , just dishing out the oranges was n't there should be something organized so Rotaract said they would do we said we would give the money towards the prizes . |
| 19 | Liam said he would drive him over by the Newry Road , with Kevin bein' away with the cart . ’ |
| 20 | Somehow he had acquired it and when the need arose he would use it . |
| 21 | In the days to come she would tell me the story , she would teach me many things . |
| 22 | Although they had quarrelled so bitterly Mrs Gotobed had still loved Mr Evans , deep down in her heart , and the message she had asked Carrie to give him would show him this plain , . |
| 23 | Robin , to his loathing , was put to work in a bank ; Lessing thought it would steady him . |
| 24 | Rain said she would tell him presently , which did little to pacify him , and she went on in English to Maurin : ‘ Joseph ca n't operate here without you , can he ? |
| 25 | But Soviet deputy farm minister N Averyanov said they would find it difficult to make up the deficit from imports because of the lack of hard currency . |
| 26 | ‘ T was such a strange place to … but Matilda said she would have you killed and … |
| 27 | ‘ Papa said he would beat me if I gave you any more tickets . |
| 28 | In 1989 , when the Israelis seized Hezbollah cleric Sheikh Abdel-Karim Obeid , Joe 's captors announced they would execute him if Obeid was not released . |
| 29 | In the first place , we asked for a salary rise , a reduction in land rents and more fertile land because usually the owners round there would rent us plots which were n't good for anything . |
| 30 | ‘ When my mother left him the topaz , Vitor vowed he would save it until he met his soulmate , ’ the older woman explained . |