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 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | I thought you would Chairman , take it later I see a lot of hands up on the other side . |
8 | What do you mean wondering bet you would dad , I bet you would . |
9 | I thought they would sort of er pass as hedgerowey leaves . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | They told her that if she did they would outcast her . |
12 | I , I hope I 've covered the ground that you were hoping I would Chairman . |
13 | We just wish they would double-park their caravans on some other Manhattan street . |
14 | I wish it would buck up and be Monday . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | The government banned the rally , fearing it would foment more Hindu-Muslim violence in a country still reeling from bloodshed ignited by the demolition . |