Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pron] would [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | You might be in here , harmless , visiting somebody , and before you could say Werewolves Unite they 'd have you on the operating table , jacking both legs off . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | Fiona Ray , who has Down 's Syndrome , was sure she could win the tough Duke of Edinburgh 's Gold Award , but experts doubted she 'd do it . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | If I had a wedding ring I would give it back . |
6 | They took assets on to their books assuming they would sell them at a profit shortly afterwards . |
7 | Bernice said she would show me Billy 's room and leave me to it while she made lunch and did I fancy a drink ? |
8 | And Mr Mandela said it would make him strive even harder for peace . |
9 | Jean said you 'd do it marvellously . |
10 | ‘ Lucy said she 'd ring you this evening . |
11 | STUDENT John McCoy went for a spin in his car hoping it would make him tired — and plummeted 30ft down a cliff . |
12 | If this is what the new Clause meant , then Mr Roberts said he would support it ; if it meant something else , he would not . |
13 | Richard said he 'd invite me over next time she came down for the weekend . ’ |
14 | But his ex-wife believes he would prevent her from visiting the grave . |
15 | She had never felt so wretched and she vowed that if Maggie recovered she would make it up to her somehow . |
16 | Nigel believed she would assume he had something incurable with a shade of film glamour to it — leukaemia , perhaps . |
17 | Ronni sensed nothing would shock him . |
18 | Had the girl known they would follow her ? |
19 | The Queen knew I would accompany you here . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | Buchan said he would think it over , and agreed to the move when Chapman called back again next day . |
23 | ‘ Yes , well , you know I said you need n't feed the cat and water the plants because Barbs said she 'd do it ? ’ |
24 | 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 . |
25 | Liam said he would drive him over by the Newry Road , with Kevin bein' away with the cart . ’ |
26 | Pete said she Pete said he 'd give her one ! |
27 | As soon as the boy left I 'd pull him into the alley and take it from him . |
28 | ‘ A friend of mine who 's working in and around Florence said he 'd meet us in his jeep if he could make it , ’ David answered looking round . |
29 | Somehow he had acquired it and when the need arose he would use it . |
30 | In the days to come she would tell me the story , she would teach me many things . |