Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] they would [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as they drew deeper into the coppice , moving farther east all the while , she began to fear they would leave her entirely behind . |
| 2 | He kept forgetting they would write it down : he seems to have thought — most of the time — that they had just turned up for a friendly drink . |
| 3 | Edgar and Arvin had said they would leave it entirely to me . |
| 4 | Eldorado 's death knell has been heralded since the week it started on July 6 , although BBC bosses had said they would keep it going for five years despite the torrent of criticism . |
| 5 | Rory , having ducked out of meeting Rosie the night before , had said they 'd pick her up later for a meal , but his talk was all of Jessica . |
| 6 | Then , obscurely , he had thought they 'd work it through , he would recruit her , sort out a way in which they could communicate , even meet . |