Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] would [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for those defeats at the hands of Botham and Sidcombe I would rate both , in footballing terms , as nightmares . |
| 2 | From what I learned of their disappearance at the time , I never believed they would re-surface intact . |
| 3 | On the other hand , surveys of clients ' and carers ' requirements usually reveal they would value quite modest levels of extra services — often of the old ‘ home help ’ variety . |
| 4 | Mother says What would Mrs. Thomas think ? |
| 5 | I I do n't think they 'd sort of hold up their arms and say well we 'll finish altogether if that 's your attitude . |
| 6 | In a typically devious climb-down they announced they would bombard the island in future on only the odd dates of the month , as though the rain of shells was a form of parking restriction . |
| 7 | Sally explains : ‘ I designed a cropped pin-stripe jacket which I thought I would sequin but it was too heavy , so I have put bright , luminous shiny pink and purple braiding on to a man 's pin-stripe suit material . |
| 8 | I thought you would Chairman , take it later I see a lot of hands up on the other side . |
| 9 | What do you mean wondering bet you would dad , I bet you would . |
| 10 | I thought they would sort of er pass as hedgerowey leaves . |
| 11 | But the fire in them burnt like a bud of blue flame , swelling , growing , until they felt it would flame into a shower of stars , reaching into the velvet darkness , the little frail wobbly lights of their bikes signalling to the lights of the travelling plane , their mounts leaping up over humps , over rises in the road , up and away into the intoxicating night . |
| 12 | They told her that if she did they would outcast her . |
| 13 | I , I hope I 've covered the ground that you were hoping I would Chairman . |
| 14 | We just wish they would double-park their caravans on some other Manhattan street . |
| 15 | I wish it would buck up and be Monday . |
| 16 | There was no Madame Eglantine , only a garrulous old man who chattered like a magpie , took the package and said he would hand it over to the lady next time she visited the place . |
| 17 | The government banned the rally , fearing it would foment more Hindu-Muslim violence in a country still reeling from bloodshed ignited by the demolition . |