Example sentences of "[pron] would [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | if I 'd only been there when he died , I 'd of hold his hands , blah , blah , oh God , poor lass |
| 2 | Anyway I 'd of beat you anyway . |
| 3 | I would outside school |
| 4 | Three months is the maximum I can impose as you have never been in jail before , but if I could give you more , I would without hesitation . ’ |
| 5 | I would with goodwill repay Master Parry his daughter 's dowry , but at this moment it is out of my power . |
| 6 | Mind you I would at Christmas . |
| 7 | He was referring to the times at Achnacarry when I would on occasion meet the trainees returning from a speed march and pipe them the last two miles back to the camp . |
| 8 | I would of course have to write to Miss Kenton to tell her I might be passing by ; I would also need to see to the matter of the costumes . |
| 9 | Had it been a different matter I would of course have asked your permission . |
| 10 | My Lords if this bill had been introduced by a government of a different political persuasion to the present one , I would of course have spoken in precisely the same terms as I do today and I believe that in circumstances of that sort , the overwhelming majority of this House would have taken precisely the same view . |
| 11 | And like , Scott told me and thinking about it if I 'd of been in in the frame , frame of mind that I 'm in know for example , I would of sort of pah ! |
| 12 | I would in addition commend to your Lordships an article by Marianne Giles and Steve Uglow in The Journal of Criminal Law , vol. 56 ( 1992 ) , part 2 , p. 179 , entitled ‘ Appropriation and Manifest Criminality in Theft , ’ which is distinguished by its regard for principle and the absence of undue deference to dubious judicial pronouncements . |
| 13 | I had , however , already decided that I would do hypothetically as I would in practice for an Uaru tank — collect my own gravel and rocks fro the wild state . |
| 14 | It is after all the effectiveness ( or otherwise ) of the socialised deployment of the personal sector surplus which would over time build support for ( or resentment against ) any such scheme . |
| 15 | Most late nineteenth-century feminists saw feminism primarily as a movement for moral reform , which would of necessity bring in its wake desirable political and social change . |
| 16 | It seemed undesirable to use force against the Yugoslavs at the moment , but incidents could occur or be provoked , and clear instructions should be issued soon as to whether Alexander should order Eighth Army to close the Austrian frontier to the Yugoslavs and eject them from Carinthia , which would of course mean by force . |
| 17 | These assertions , which would of course be very difficult to demonstrate in a literal or historical sense , are justified as part of Pareto 's general scheme of the equilibrium of social systems , which rests on a social-psychological basis : ‘ The principle of my sociology rests precisely upon separating logical from non-logical actions and in showing that in most men the second category is far larger than the former ’ . |
| 18 | Where a writ is served after its original period of validity has expired , even though its renewal period has not expired , the defendant may apply to set aside service and the order for renewal , which would of course have been made ex parte . |
| 19 | Quite apart from the fact that Hopper 's movie was eventually virtually sabotaged by the studio ( or himself , depending on which side you were on ) , director Bob Rafelson had a good script which would without question consolidate Nicholson as the finest exponent of counter-culture appeal available anywhere in America in that year . |
| 20 | ‘ I myself can not even begin to imagine by what mental process an educated and rational man of some sensibility moves from the reputed subtleties of Keynsian economics ( the process which has , apparently , saved the capitalist system from the collapse which would in turn have provoked a revolution ) to the blatant crudities of contemplating intercourse with a mindless whore . |
| 21 | On the other hand , the chance of a ‘ surprise ’ Conservative victory ( bringing with it a soaring pound and a quick cut to interest rates , which would in turn boost the economy ) gave rise to the thought that the index might go up by 300 points . |
| 22 | Proposals to reduce nitrate would then be put to MAFF , which would in turn consult interested parties . |
| 23 | The 216,000 places already available should be enlarged to 560,000 in 1980/1 , which would in turn require 390,000 by 1973/4 . |
| 24 | If a motion was suggested for reducing the team 's innings by five runs every time a player was out it would encourage the taking of wickets , which would in turn reduce the role of the leg stump ‘ spinner ’ and medium pace ‘ dobber ’ , place greater emphasis on attacking fields , potentially creating more runs — particularly boundaries — for the batsmen and recreating the ‘ traditions ’ of one-day cricket . |
| 25 | Left to itself , however , a vine ( grafted or ungrafted ) would concentrate all its energies into sending out suckers , which would in turn push down roots to start the cycle all over again . |
| 26 | It would then sell on the finished product to the West for dollars , which would in turn fund other high-tech developments . |
| 27 | While this outlines the process of manufacture , each stage required a different combination of raw materials and tools which would in turn have had to be obtained and processed . |
| 28 | True , the lawful use of force might then be met with unlawful resistance which would in turn be likely to give rise to harm to the person whose use of force was justified in the first place . |
| 29 | Fourth , it stipulated that once Saddam Hussein had been overthrown " direct and free " elections would be held to a constituent council , which would in turn draw up a new constitution . |
| 30 | The Constitution provided for the appointment of a National Legislative Assembly , which would in turn appoint a committee to draft a full constitution in six months . |