Example sentences of "[conj] would [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Convinced , and quite rightly , that nothing had or would come of Napoleon III 's attempts to drum up an alliance with Italy or Austria-Hungary , dismissing such a possibility as ‘ idle gossip ’ , the Prussian Chancellor prepared to spring his trap . |
| 2 | Sharpe looked to the north and west , searching for the tell-tale drifts of dust that would speak of reinforcements hurrying towards the threatened crossroads . |
| 3 | Having completed our ‘ good for us ’ walk , we settled down by one of the two huge log fires with our paperbacks in the happy anticipation that tea would arrive promptly at four and would consist of improbably thinly cut home-made bread and butter and other bakings , whose smell had been pervading the lounge for some time with forecasts of gratifications to come . |
| 4 | The court , he said ( inaccurately ) , would be ‘ something new in British justice ’ and would consist of judges and laymen sitting together . |
| 5 | The unfortunates were sent over to the other building from which they would ring clients who owed money , and would demand of them immediate payment . |
| 6 | ‘ That he knows , ’ said Iago , ‘ and would expect of you . ’ |
| 7 | Nevertheless , there are clear signs of the continued exemption of Hitler from blame and the belief — as it happens not altogether misplaced in this particular case — that he had had nothing to do with the ‘ action ’ and would disapprove of it . |
| 8 | Any other allocation , e.g. an equal one at and would be inferior in that the move to and would lose of utility for but raise it by for , offering a raised total to the extent of trapezoid 3456 where = by construction . |
| 9 | To forget the existence of pure science and mathematics and pure research in these disciplines is to misunderstand the nature of knowledge itself , and would be just as much a corruption of the idea of education and learning as would neglect of philosophy and other arts subjects . |