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 .
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