Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pron] would [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | If I had a wedding ring I would give it back . |
| 3 | STUDENT John McCoy went for a spin in his car hoping it would make him tired — and plummeted 30ft down a cliff . |
| 4 | But his ex-wife believes he would prevent her from visiting the grave . |
| 5 | Had the girl known they would follow her ? |
| 6 | The Queen knew I would accompany you here . |
| 7 | Somehow he had acquired it and when the need arose he would use it . |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | ‘ Papa said he would beat me if I gave you any more tickets . |
| 10 | ‘ But my father says you would love me best if you were my wife , so that would be better . ’ |
| 11 | As despair grew and self respect diminished we would take them at their unspoken word and go and buy a bottle of anaesthetic and uncork the genie who would play merry hell with the last vestige of hope of recovery . |
| 12 | A high tensile fencing instructor thought it would allow him to show trainees types of fencing in addition to the one being erected during the course . |
| 13 | ‘ Before his father died he would help me bath and feed him . |
| 14 | ‘ No ; but the woman said she would show me some pretty dresses , new ones , not — ’ She looked downwards now before she said , ‘ Smelly stuff off the cart . ’ |
| 15 | He treats her like this because he wanted to marry Nettie , Celie 's sister , but her father said he would give him a cow as a dowry if he married her instead . |
| 16 | I said that we would make the trip to Montparnasse one night and sing around the " Coupole " and the " Dome " for Reggie , my parents and their friends , but my father said he would pay us a lot of money to stay away . |
| 17 | When the doctor would n't make the night call , saying it could wait till morning , my father said he would shoot him if my mother died . |
| 18 | You have had a long life of service and time to look back on it and if I did not know how your arthritis troubles you and with what difficulty you pen your kind notes I would ask you to help me in this . |
| 19 | The young man said he would tell her when to get off and then busied himself with an oilcan among the driving wheels . |
| 20 | Darlington police issued a photograph of the man hoping someone would identify him . |
| 21 | Yeah , on tape You know this ah , it 's the , the actual letter says we would like you to do , what we would like you to do is to record all your conversations with other people except telephone conversations over a , over a one week period , erm , but that 's , that 's not , does n't quite , just need to record as much as I can . |
| 22 | Nor was there any reason to believe they would get it over the next thirty years , either . |
| 23 | Half of those making this statement thought they would use it for experimentation and over 40 per cent for information handling . |
| 24 | The Sheriff said he would give them his decision the following day . |
| 25 | Your servant said I would find you here . |
| 26 | Oh it could be stormy right enough but well the steamer might call at Rousay at that time and they would land the goods in Rousay the perishables for Wyre and when the weather abated we would get it from there . |
| 27 | ‘ I think the Bishop feels it would help us to be a little more fully informed . |
| 28 | The murderer knew we would make her talk . |
| 29 | Bunny said he would see her home . |
| 30 | ‘ Mother said it would finish me with uncle . ’ |