Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] would [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , if I had the time and money I would pre-bait every morning and evening . |
| 2 | But to a passing journalist he would free-associate in a way which would have held Freud entranced . |
| 3 | One was for a building which would seat 306 people as well as the choir . |
| 4 | I can honestly say he 's the sort of bloke I would sort of try not to get lumbered with at a party or somewhere like that I mean I do n't mind I did n't mind talking to her but I find her |
| 5 | However , applying such a model directly to the topic of attitudes towards the monarchy would neglect the role of implicit factors , especially the implicit justifications which could be called upon should an argumentative attack be mounted or the implicit criticisms which would surface into explicitness under changed historical circumstances . |
| 6 | Earlier this month a bill began its passage through California 's legislature which would sentence touts , or scalpers as it calls them , to a fine of $1,000 or a year in jail . |
| 7 | After a light lunch we would siesta in our bedroom , and not emerge until sunset . |
| 8 | He knew that when the circle was spinning fast enough against the standing magical field of the discworld itself in its slow turning , the resulting astral friction would build up a vast potential difference which would earth itself by a vast discharge of the Elemental Magical Force . |
| 9 | They entered the house at lightning speed , with Robyn only too aware of the expensive hallway , the elegant furnishings , convinced that at any moment she would disgrace herself ; to vomit now , before she reached a bathroom , would be the final humiliation . |
| 10 | Any moment it would buck , toss her , white broken heap , on to the gleaming floor . |
| 11 | But if they had twenty five percent it would gentlemen of the Conservative party to say , Listen , you 've got twenty five percent , go on , run the country . |
| 12 | On weekdays I would cycle by his home |
| 13 | If ones came as in little wee pi pickups we called them the little lorry things you would sort of keep your eye very much because you did n't know they were looking for scrap and if you told them you had nothing they might go away with your iron gates or something . |
| 14 | His style of preaching contrasted greatly with the average clergyman of the day who would discourse drowsily on the virtues of doing good . |
| 15 | ‘ Do I look like the sort of person who would glory in anything ? ’ |
| 16 | A National Guard , reporting directly to the President , was to be established immediately , in order to reduce the role of the army in riot control ; according to official sources it would number tens of thousands , and would incorporate the riot police . |
| 17 | One wonders if our worthy Bishop Russel were to see the sporting activities taking place today especially in the Holy weeks and time spent in the worship of television what punishments he would hand out . |
| 18 | Warning that there was no single mechanism which would catapult Britain to economic strength , Mr Kinnock said : ‘ Research and development , transport and communications , science , education and training ; they are the priorities . |
| 19 | Even allowing for my interest in all things Cambrian it is a well worthwhile volume which would interest even the least technically proficient enthusiast . |
| 20 | As she plodded through her notes she decided that at the end of the month she would hand in her notice , and on the day she left she would brandish Elise 's diary before his eyes . |
| 21 | There are a number of people who would Newgate is a sorry hole I hear . ’ |
| 22 | The spokesman also claimed that if Mr Smyth was really interested in improving community relations he would re-route all Orange and Black parades away from the Lower Ormeau . |
| 23 | He might radiate power and control but he did n't strike her as the kind of man who would number nursing skills among his repertoire . |
| 24 | In which case he would surface again when it suited him . |
| 25 | Yet some of the people concerned would be people I was at school with ; and in any case it would cal 1 upon questions and allegiances that I had continuously pushed into the rear recesses of my mind . |
| 26 | On Saturday afternoons and Sundays I would cycle into the countryside with bait , rod and tackle to explore some new stretch of water , looking for fish . |
| 27 | Unfortunately " they did not have information on any program which would de with a small issue of some 500 items . |
| 28 | He had been saving as much as possible from the grant in the hope of amassing a small sum which would tide him over until he could find a local job . |
| 29 | PRESIDENT REAGAN is weighing up a report which would hand control of the US 's weather and remote-sensing satellites to private enterprise . |
| 30 | At one time , the apple trees were proving a great temptation to young men who would shin over the wall at night . |