Example sentences of "they would [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think , I think a shop , if you look at from the shop 's point of view erm I think it is quite understandable and natural that they would , they would either like a receipt or at least they would like to see some evi |
| 2 | If people lose employment for a day , they would normally lose a day 's pay . |
| 3 | After most peoples experiences of travelling on camels they would probably find a penny farthing easier , but Robyn Davidson trekked 1,700 miles across the Australian desert with two camels and a dog for company . |
| 4 | And if she flung Rupert and Ianthe together they would probably take a dislike to each other . |
| 5 | 1 If the centre parties gain a clear majority in a future Parliament then they claim that they would immediately introduce a bill to effect proportional representation . |
| 6 | Either they do not want to run the risk of miscarriage ( about one in 100-200 ) which the procedure entails ; or they would not want a termination even if the baby was found to be disabled . |
| 7 | Secondly it had demonstrated that the clergy were well nigh powerless against royal tax demands : if they would not make a grant , the king could outlaw them and raise the money by fines , or he could simply seize their temporalities . |
| 8 | But still — within the house , in open view , Meg might have murdered Rubberneck — they would not make a move . |
| 9 | I have been to the Benefits Agency in my constituency , where the manager and staff made it plain to me that if staff were concerned about their safety they would not wear a name badge — but most of them want to because they want to be able to be identified by the public , so that if someone rings up a week later he can identify the person to whom he spoke a week before . |
| 10 | They would not exchange a word until they were settled this way . |
| 11 | The government 's starting point with regard to block funding was that they would not provide a safety net . |
| 12 | Mr McLevy said the workers had been locked out because they would not accept a cut of 10 per cent in their fringe benefits and a wages freeze . |
| 13 | They would not keep a man warm and dry in bad weather . |
| 14 | Disappointment turned to disbelief among the 18,000 crowd packed into Edgbaston when they were told they would not get a refund . |
| 15 | The difference between our position and that of the Labour party is that people accept that we would be prepared to use nuclear weapons and know that Labour Members would not be , so they would not have a deterrent . |
| 16 | They would n't give a lot because it was in a bad |
| 17 | I mean they 're not , they would n't cost a lot . |
| 18 | Nails took his usual Ford Escort that night from the parking lot outside the gasworks where the night shift was working , the one he had a key for , and he and Gary went for a drive round the back streets where they would n't meet a patrol car , out into the country for ten miles or so and back again . |
| 19 | The police would go through the motions , but they would n't make a meal of it . |
| 20 | They would n't do a thing like that ! |
| 21 | From now on he could do and say what he liked — they would n't raise a squeak . |
| 22 | they go on about Shakespeare and Chauce Chaucer but if you spoke to them the way Chaucer used to speak they would n't understand a word you were saying . |
| 23 | With the vessel bucking through the short waves like an unbroken horse , Trent hoped that they would n't fire a warning shot . |
| 24 | Until the kidnappers knew that Maxwell had the money ready they would n't name a place . |
| 25 | Worry not , Bob , they would n't have a leg to stand on … |
| 26 | Yeah it says , I read the thing and it says I have n't got ta let them in unless they 've got a warrant so the first time they come they would n't have a warrant , surely , so they 're gon na have to go away and get a warrant and in that time then I 'd have to get a licence would n't I ? |
| 27 | They would n't know a thing , any of them . |
| 28 | Only I 've come across one or two head teachers who 've taken out things like A B Cs recently , and they did n't realize that they would n't get a lot of value if they cashed them early , you know , if they cashed them within two or three years . |
| 29 | They would n't spend a night like this in the forest with women and children to think of . ’ |
| 30 | If they left an old rusty car on the road or a new car without road tax , they would soon have a visit from the police and the offending vehicle would have to be removed . |