Example sentences of "[conj] she would [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sloane introduced her to Isaac Rand , the Demonstrator of Plants at the Physic Garden , who advised her to live near it where she would find the plants needed and where she would certainly have met Miller and Ehret . |
| 2 | In particular the special garden for the blind was her favourite , where she would gently rub the sweet-scented leaves and herbs and flowers between her fingers and recall their names — the names she knew so well from the allotment we had had in South Shields . |
| 3 | He was her sole reason for getting up at all , the only incentive to clothe and feed herself and drag herself from her bedroom where she would much prefer to stay . |
| 4 | She had to get out of this room , out of this house , or she would surely suffocate . |
| 5 | In order to test it he or she would presumably have to examine a number of literate and non-literate societies from the point of view of their degree of ‘ scepticism ’ . |
| 6 | But he or she would also be able to initiate the sort of actions which , under the present system , might never be brought because of lack of funds or problems of co-ordination , or because prospective applicants , by reason of social deprivation or lack of education , do not have the human resources to speak for themselves . |
| 7 | Simply , the need for delegation arises where one person feels it appropriate to ask a subordinate to carry out tasks which he or she would normally do . |
| 8 | Sir Nicolas Brown-Wilkinson V-C added that the section is really concerned with helping a liquidator fill in the gaps of any missing information in the company 's records , so that the or she would then have the knowledge that the company should have . |
| 9 | Yes , the cases quoted are clear ones , in which carers have been in the home for a long time , but obviously we would wish to avoid a position in which the carer was in the home for a short time in the expectation that he or she would then be allowed to stay there . |
| 10 | ‘ Little did she know that she had just landed one of the world 's greatest exponents of ‘ leap before you look ’ as a buyer , or she 'd probably have persuaded you to buy London Bridge and a stake in a Peruvian gold-mine at the same time . ’ |
| 11 | He ca n't have told Sister , or she 'd never have pitched you straight into the A.R.R. Unit . |
| 12 | Although she would dearly love to know if it was the norm for women to follow him home ! |
| 13 | But she was inherently an unhappy woman , who had had an unhappy childhood , and possibly an unhappy marriage , although she would never have admitted it . |
| 14 | This vision she had adopted , cultivated , and now it seemed her own , although she would never have conceived of it herself . |
| 15 | Artemis had sometimes taken this run when out with her cowardly cousins , although she would always jump the open ditch and hedge while her cousins were fumbling with the gate . |
| 16 | Let dear old Miguelito charm a new generation of English roses — Shelley had outgrown him , although she would always keep a special place in her inner being for that lovely evening when she and only she had had his sweet and undivided attention … |
| 17 | Although she 'd only fuss if she were . |
| 18 | As a young child , susan Rothenberg frequented her neighbourhood gallery , the Allbright Knox in Buffalo , New York , leaving with a knowledge that she would someday express herself in charcoal and pencil , gesso and paint . |
| 19 | She ground a half-smoked cigarette into the ashtray , and McLeish was left with the feeling that she would willingly have done the same to the live flesh of Angela Morgan , if available . |
| 20 | Presumably Miss Philimore had placed some sort of order before she left , forgetting that she would no longer be around to take delivery . |
| 21 | Faced with this pressure Aquino met with supporters in the Senate and with Cabinet officials on Sept. 23 and announced that she would no longer press for a referendum , although she would not prevent others from doing so . |
| 22 | On the same day Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka said that she would firmly use the increased powers given her by the small constitution , including giving orders to ministers , which had not been possible before . |
| 23 | She did not believe that she would ever do it , for she told herself that she was free ; she thought that she would probably end by prolonging , in some way , her present situation , by returning for vacations and for long dead summers . |
| 24 | Realising that she would probably be dismissed on the spot if Esther should discover her , she closeted herself in the pantry and proceeded to pour herself a glass of sarsaparilla from the big earthenware jug there . |
| 25 | She knew that she would probably be naughty again , because that was the way she was , but never again would she be quite so prone to take such instant action . |
| 26 | She thought that she would probably like her very much if she met her properly . |
| 27 | Charity knew she was n't going to look gorgeous no matter what she did , and deciding she needed all the help she could get to lure in those tips that might hold off personal bankruptcy for three months , she had purchased the skirt and shirt — with six other summery , playful outfits that she would probably never be able to wear again as long as she lived . |
| 28 | She knew it was nothing — that she would probably not speak to Miguelito again . |
| 29 | When he eventually introduced himself , she politely told him that she would rather pay her own bill and had enough money to do so . |
| 30 | And her dislike of the insincere ran so deep that she would rather publicly disclaim all grief for her dead husband than be accused of insincerity . |