Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [pron] would [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can not borrow that amount of money because I 'm already overdrawn and I do n't know anybody who would lend me any . |
| 2 | He would watch the notices in the papers , and when someone died and the widow was left alone , he would go there and think up some sort of lie — he lied always , as a boy , even when there was no need , and he looked so clean and innocent that if you did not know him you would believe him , every time . |
| 3 | and go to bank and see what it would cost you for . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm sorry to trouble you now , but if you can bear it it would help us to get some more information from you all . |
| 5 | Nor could the earl find anyone who would lend him money to be secured on his landed revenue . |
| 6 | ‘ Anyway , I am sure he would not find anyone who would give him such a good time . |
| 7 | I think this is clearly Miller 's main use for the character of Alfieri and he tries to make this more realistic by making Alfieri a lawyer though I do not think that this is done very well as Alfieri does not say anything which would justify him being a lawyer as all Eddie asks him are things he would have asked anyone though perhaps he asked him because he was a ‘ lawyer ’ and he respected this and knew he would get confidentiality . |