Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It prepared me better than anything I 'd read or seen for the crisp exterior and soft centre of the Big Apple . |
| 2 | if Vicki was out or er at the side of Vicki when Vick when we had these she was ages before she 'd go and sit in a chair on her own |
| 3 | But I did say , I 'd come and say on the the Christmas show so |
| 4 | They no longer felt , as they had previously , that there was unlimited time or that things would unfold and develop along the lines that they had unconsciously assumed they would . |
| 5 | The explosions were dull and heavy ; the sort of noise that an expensive carpet would make if thrown onto a road from a balcony . |
| 6 | They would chat and flirt with the legionnaires , making them buy champagne and other expensive drinks , in return for which they would provide female company and , if they found the legionnaire attractive , they would sleep with them . |
| 7 | Water , it seemed , was everywhere ; the lanes were mired with it , dikes deep , clogged here and there by flotsam into dams that would sunder and flood under the pressure of constant rain . |
| 8 | According to her she was convinced that Francis would inherit and dispose of the business , but she might have thought she could do a deal with Beryl . |
| 9 | Hawley decided on an immediate attack by his dragoons on the enemy right wing before his own weary infantry had got into line , convinced that the Highlanders would break and run at the mere sight of the royal cavalry charging sword in hand . |
| 10 | Although , in some instances , it is possible to ratify some breaches of fiduciary duty , it would appear that according to the Privy Council ruling in Cook v. |
| 11 | For example , it would appear that substituting in a simple formula expressed in words is too difficult for lower attainers , although superficially it seems to require little more than following simple instructions . |
| 12 | But , all those years ago , she simply had n't been experienced enough to realise that , despite those wonderful and ecstatic nights of passion , her marriage to Ross had been founded on a disastrously thin layer of quicksand ; a relationship which would crack and disintegrate under the first onslaught of any stress and tension . |
| 13 | From there the single line emerged onto the road , and along one side of it the train to West Cork would puff and blow at a brisk but not incautious pace , its smoke staining the leaves of the roadside trees , the guard ringing his bell almost without stop until they were approaching Carrigrohane and could reasonably expect to be out of range of busy pedestrians , excited children , and messenger boys on bicycles plaguing the engine-driver by trying to outspeed him . |
| 14 | Because of the scale of its command over resources , the government can spread its risks over many projects and so is justified in undertaking more investment in research and development than would occur if left to the private sector . |
| 15 | Perhaps one of the most important groups for the stimulation of change is that which falls between these two poles : those teachers who I would see as belonging to the 25 to 35 year-old age group , or perhaps those who have not been teaching for more than six , or less than three , years . |
| 16 | The actual conversation that would ensue as envisioned by the writer . |
| 17 | … I can not find anything in the cases decided under the railway and electricity statutes which would necessitate or lead to a contrary view . |
| 18 | I would suggest that looking through the side glass of an aquarium would be a better subject than under the sea . |
| 19 | The separatist Eritrean People 's Liberation Front ( EPLF ) , which had co-operated with the EPRDF in a strategic alliance to bring down the Mengistu government , announced on May 29 that it was to set up its own provisional government in Eritrea , although it would recognize and co-operate with the EPRDF administration in Addis Ababa . |
| 20 | Then again , none of us can say how we would react until faced with the situation . |
| 21 | I would maintain that claims for the cognitive consequences of literacy must take account of this challenge . |
| 22 | er , yes my Lord , there 's the prior point that we er , we would submit as indicated in the skeleton of the eleventh of November that on its true construction , erm the central fund byelaw , article ten in particular er gives rise to a payment of a specified sum , ascertain sum , payable forthwith on demand , it 's rather like the example your Lordship gave of the Barclaycard or the cheque , if my learned friend is right |
| 23 | In so doing they served notice that , although enthusiasm would ebb and flow through the following decades , a new and fundamental fact had entered the politics of the nation . |
| 24 | It is obvious that business activity would falter and collapse without the use and constant development of information/data-based technologies . |
| 25 | The use of capital value ‘ that is the price which a property would realise if sold on the open market ’ ( Layfield 1976:170 ) would not be neutral in its effects on ratepayers . |
| 26 | Everybody knitted , children on their way to school , shepherds minding their flocks , men on their way to market , all would knit , and women would gather and sit by the fires at night knitting and singing and reading aloud . |
| 27 | He would stand and stare into the darkness trying to see the old ruins of Caesar 's time , but not tonight , the mist was too thick . |
| 28 | In the most dreadful weather he would stand and wait in a wet grove of ash and hazel for a shot at a woodcock . |
| 29 | Willie and Zach managed to see each other every day as well as weekends and odd evenings and they , the twins and George would walk and play in the fields together . |
| 30 | Here a second fleet of transports would be waiting with another 20,000 men , who would assemble and embark at the last moment to secure the maximum surprise . |