Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] would [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some lay eggs among the stones , so camouflaged you would mistake them for the rocks themselves . |
| 2 | Marc was saying , ‘ When I gave you that place on your twenty-first birthday , Peter , I foolishly imagined it would help you settle down as you seemed to have no idea what you wanted to do with your life . |
| 3 | He therefore earnestly begs of me that since you deservedly have the nomination of an Gardner to the Chelsea Garden , which I understand is now vacant , that I would address you in his behalf that at least you would accept of him as an Candidate if there are other competitors and , if found sufficiently qualifyd you would propose him accordingly as you shall find he deserves . |
| 4 | ‘ When Mrs Howard asked for an escort , I naturally assumed we would assign her one of our own people . |
| 5 | I wish him and his friends no evil , ’ said Bishop Jon , shaking down his book-satchel and peering into it , ‘ but it 's a difficult thing to make plans for your country with them sitting there , their heads switching from this shoulder to the other , and so sleek you would think it was a cow that licked them all . |
| 6 | We believe it is important that we participate fully in all these discussions as we think we have an important contribution to make from the substantial experience that we have , and I do not think you would find it acceptable for JARs to be binding on UK industry without us being in on every stage of their development . |
| 7 | Later , when I was more familiar with the beliefs and practices of the movement and had ‘ learned the language ’ , I would interact with the Moonies as though I were one of them , and , although I never pretended that I accepted their beliefs or that I was anything other than a sociologist studying the movement , members who did not know me would mistake me for a member — the Moonies themselves were no longer ‘ translating ’ for me when we were interacting . |
| 8 | ‘ There is no suggestion we will waive the clause and if an exception was made in this case there might be other companies who have already sold who would see it as a special dispensation for Caldaire , ’ a spokesman said . |
| 9 | Though she had said she was too young for them she had been enraptured by them in a tiny jeweller 's in Pollensa but Fernando had hurried her away saying he would buy her the real thing one day . |
| 10 | Some Ulster Unionists have already declared they would boycott him if he were chosen . |
| 11 | And erm for summer then we put some here and some seaweed and it made it look kind of queer like but Mr Davis our art teacher just thought it would make it look more interesting . |
| 12 | well , just thought I would keep you informed of news on the Scottish scene |
| 13 | Now he just wished she would leave him alone . |
| 14 | ‘ If you found someone such as I have just described it would let you off the hook . ’ |
| 15 | In future , she would not go looking for love , or trying to manufacture it out of other lesser emotions , but she still believed it would find her one day . |
| 16 | He nods morosely , as if he always knew I would leave him , and he tries to impress on me that I have to disappear out of sight . |
| 17 | It feels good , but I always knew I would get them behind me — it was just a matter of going out there and proving myself . ’ |
| 18 | All also said they would prefer it if it came in a pot , rather than in the single-application , fiddly pea-sized plastic spheres . |
| 19 | He comforted himself with the fleeting thought that at least he had met Sir James Selkirk , who had found Alexander III 's corpse , and wryly concluded he would question him if the opportunity presented itself . |
| 20 | ‘ Did you really think I would leave you to face her alone ? ’ |
| 21 | Did Dana really think she would tell her ? |
| 22 | Only those who really want it would buy it , saving you expense . |
| 23 | I really thought I would see her round Sale , I 've never seen anything of her |
| 24 | ‘ You really think I would hurt you ? ’ he demanded softly , his eyes narrowed on her tense expression . |
| 25 | It was most inconvenient and she often wished he would leave her alone . |
| 26 | She had n't guessed it would land her in the thick of a family feud . |
| 27 | She knew she was overdressed for the occasion but had n't realised it would make her look both predatory and incom-petently so , since one of the main adult sports at Chris 's school was trying to get that nice Major Maxim remarried . |
| 28 | ‘ But I do n't think they would let me run it on the company 's machine , ’ he added regretfully . |
| 29 | Like , as if it was fri , you know , like I would think to myself , if I did n't know that , I do n't think they would mistreat it . |
| 30 | I will tell you right now that I do n't think you would make it in estate agents . |