Example sentences of "would [adv] [vb infin] [pron] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In that document , there is a very strong reference to the fact that that power should be either restrictive or removed and that there should be a right of appeal against it , which would effectively prevent us from using it . |
| 2 | Apparently they would rather spend it on buying gold and dollars which is all that keeps them going . |
| 3 | I wanted to tell her that I had told Syl I would n't marry him , but I did n't , for I felt that once I had told Lili she would somehow prevent me from recanting and that , freed from Syl , I should be bound even tighter to my mother . |
| 4 | The conventions prevented her from heaping any further abuse on Chay Bank , a housing project which she had frequently and loudly denounced , but near which she had never set foot : the precariousness of her own social position would forever prevent her from visiting Fred Bowen , and this yearly ritual meeting on neutral ground was as much as she would ever dare risk . |
| 5 | Other and if it was n't for for me doing a course next year which would probably preclude me from doing that , I 'd be quite interested . |
| 6 | And the cruise she was on at that time — well , that was to convalesce after a very serious operation , although , ’ he added wryly , ‘ she would probably kill me for mentioning it . |
| 7 | Emily had not called on Aunt Sophie recently , she was n't in the mood for visiting nor for the lecture her aunt would surely give her on humiliating the family by openly selling her possessions . |
| 8 | The type is one of few aeroplanes which can be adapted for those with any form of physical handicap , which would otherwise preclude them from captaining a ‘ normal ’ aircraft . |
| 9 | She sensed his waiting for her confidence , but knew he would never pressure her into saying anything she would rather not . |
| 10 | After all , we thought ( quite irrationally and knowing next to nothing about the Germans ) , even if they met two young girls cycling in the countryside , they would never suspect us of taking food and clothing to the English . |
| 11 | But Perdita would never forgive her for going out with Ricky . |
| 12 | He would never forgive her for abandoning his child . |
| 13 | I would never discourage someone from trying to start a group . |
| 14 | That would be a major breakthrough and would certainly assist us in formulating our policy as we move towards government . |