Example sentences of "would [verb] [conj] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would think that she turned the bitterness against Russell although he was completely innocent . |
| 2 | I do not criticise , I merely observe ; and I 'm not sure what I would think if everyone lined the rail to admire the play of light on the water and started discussing Boudin . |
| 3 | Yes that seems to me to fit that sort of bill , erm to be quite honest I would prefer that we base the promises on a previous paper that T six six one , er you know , sort of er typical success of the fact looking forward cos at least erm that 's not so erm , you know , sort of difficult to erm you know achieve as erm sort of repairing potholes within , when you consider that the reason that the potholes do n't get mended is because government legislation has it that we have to actually erm have lines painted all round them , so that they can be part of the package of er road mending in many cases , I mean urgently erm difficult ones are not that common er so I think that perhaps some of these promises are so difficult because it gives with one hand and takes back with the other , you know , it says we promise , but , I , I would say that 's not much of a promise , you say I promise to erm , you know , erm merge , I forgot about , but if it said but , you know , if it rains I wo n't tell you , er it would be very sad |
| 4 | He thought about the soaring , almost optimistic leap the Volkswagen would make as it cleared the edge of the cliff ( from Henry 's memory of it there was no safety barrier on that particular stretch of the Apennines ) . |
| 5 | And at the end of the first week he asked me how I would feel if we sold the domestic appliances businesses ( the most profitable part of the group at the time ) , and I said I did n't know how he had got to that so fast , but that it was fine with me . |
| 6 | Perhaps it was because her few visits to Sleightholmedale had been fleeting or was it perhaps , George wondered , because she knew how overwhelmed they would feel if they knew the truth . |
| 7 | Although the structure plan was compiled mostly by a group of consultants , it was updated by the Islands ' planning authority and , since it does bear the name of the Council , one would assume that it mirrors the ideas of the local bureaucracy . |
| 8 | I should be glad if you would ensure that we receive the current and all future issues of this publication . |
| 9 | If that were the case , then atavistic professional instincts and the terrifying imminence of the first night would ensure that he knew the part by the time they opened . |
| 10 | Do you have a quarter of the right you would expect if you done the forty years . |
| 11 | 1 Calculate the area that a tradesman would use if he estimated the height to be 2 metres and the length to be 6 metres . |
| 12 | To those workers who profess bewilderment as to how they might help , who feel their knowledge in sexual matters is insufficient or are doubtful of their capabilities for sexual counselling and aid , one would suggest that they raise the matter within their training departments . |
| 13 | This would suggest that they have the same scientific status as Heaven . |
| 14 | I would suggest that you glue the flowers in position to prevent problems , or carry them sandwiched between two sheets of glass . |
| 15 | If I wished to be cruel about the discussion this far , I would suggest that it has the evasive character of much comparative writing . |
| 16 | Atkins was sent to the bar for drinks which would suggest that he had the lowest standing or rank . |
| 17 | ‘ So , perhaps a really cynical person would conjecture that you need the money that caddying for a golfer like Harley , who is obviously back in form and on the verge of some big wins and big money , would bring . |
| 18 | His calculations were very accurate , and he was able to take what seemed to uninitiated Staff Officers big risks , knowing that the shelling would stop before he reached the place being shelled . |
| 19 | This measures the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the prevailing age pattern of childbearing throughout her reproductive lifetime . |
| 20 | Secondly , think what would happen if you took the troops out of Northern Ireland tonight . |
| 21 | I wondered what would happen if I ignored the call or pretended it was n't me , but I had a strong feeling that they knew it was me . |
| 22 | I simply wanted to see what would happen if I approached the problem with a contractor 's mentality . |
| 23 | What would happen if he took the glass from her hand and kissed her parted lips Harry glimpsed in that instant , prefigured in the alluring darkness of her dress , darker , it seemed , than even the deepest of the shadows around them . |
| 24 | What would happen if he telephoned the police now ? |
| 25 | Where in the 1930s the mother was given solemn warnings as to what would happen if she disobeyed the rules , the mode now is to refer her , with continual reassurances however , to what might possibly result from some mistaken handlings : ‘ Here 's what happens once in a while when the needs of the child are n't recognized ’ ( Spock , 1946 , chapter on ‘ The Two Year Old ’ ) . |
| 26 | Geoff Wappett writes : ‘ A great deal was learned by everyone and , should the opportunity occur again , I would recommend that we make the trip again . |
| 27 | With that , Chair , I would recommend that you agree the , er , support you brought before you , which is as I said , will the subject of full consultation with your employee representatives . |
| 28 | He would curse when he heard the message , even though tomorrow the string would be doing road work and she was not needed . |
| 29 | If we do it right , we can engage more soldiers than they would gain if they caught the lot . ’ |
| 30 | He moved slowly , according to Nithard , " wanting to know which way things would go before he crossed the Alps " ; only when it had become clear that plenty of support would be forthcoming did he decide to claim " the whole empire " . |