Example sentences of "[conj] would give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was intended to be time to descend , to retire through the covert and to supervise the fast , careful infill of stone that would give them their bridge when the walls fell . |
| 2 | We set about a series of innovations that would give them access to that understanding , by means that were practicable within an already existing framework . |
| 3 | The Rover closed right up , blatantly harassing him into making one mistake that would give them the excuse to stop him . |
| 4 | With several newly qualified teachers and many more awaiting initiation , they literally ‘ Swung ’ all over the place — adult institutes , local church halls , fetes , in fact in or on anything that would give them a few square feet of space ; one Essex teacher even did a two year S-T-R-E-T-C-H in H.M Prison , Holloway and got time off for good behaviour ( a class of course ! ) . |
| 5 | Knowing the mountains were there , Martha passed hours gazing upwards , waiting for a break in the curtain of vapour that would give her a view to the summit , her attention fixed at that mysterious level where the mist descended on the tree-tops and blotted out the perspective entirely . |
| 6 | It was to be the first in a long line of pay battles that would give her a reputation for being one of the toughest negotiators in the business . |
| 7 | It was up to her , quickly , to forge herself a manner that would give her an advantage in whatever negotiations were to come : and she had done so , by the time he came down for his breakfast . |
| 8 | Aye , that , it 'd be the Voltarol that would give her the , the black stuff coming through . |
| 9 | He longed to do some real work that would give him some satisfaction at the end of a day , yet there seemed to be nothing for him to do . |
| 10 | ‘ How can I understand it , how can I understand it ? ’ he went on and on accusingly , as though scientists are to blame for not inventing a magic serum that would give him instant knowledge . |
| 11 | Then he turned , and with a little gesture of farewell crossed the highway and headed back towards Lima , a small , shambling figure glancing back every now and then in search of a truck that would give him a lift . |
| 12 | Anything that would give him his bearings again . |
| 13 | his right hand mimes the cigarette that would give him |
| 14 | His smile deepened as he added , ‘ I have been told that I am a good lover and I can think of nothing in this world that would give me greater pleasure than to teach you the plaisirs d'amour . |
| 15 | Coppola may not have provided the definitive film of the Vietnam War , but he succeeded in providing ‘ a film experience that would give its audience a sense of the horror , the madness , the sensuousness and the moral dilemma of Vietnam ’ . |
| 16 | I think at the moment suffice to say we wanted a product that would give ourselves and our users total choice and total flexibility . |
| 17 | But our concern was to find a church in Scotland that would give us the love and teaching that our family needed . |
| 18 | Even so , I thought it was worth persisting , trying to get her to remember noises , smells , anything that would give us a clue to where they were taken . |
| 19 | He also said the US administration would seek an additional agreement that would give US airlines new access to British airports and confirmed that he hoped a new aviation agreement could be reached this year between the US and the UK . |
| 20 | He also said that the US administration would seek an additional agreement that would give US airlines new access to British airports . |
| 21 | You simply need Garden Secrets , a unique range of authentic , easy to maintain structures that would give your garden an entirely new dimension of colour and beauty . |
| 22 | What would you differentiate that would give you X ? |
| 23 | It scampered towards the cat door that would give it access to the bigger house at the end of the row , but suddenly it stopped . |
| 24 | Hewlett-Packard Co is crossing itself to ward off any demons that would give it the same misery Sun Microsystems Inc is going through moving from Solaris 1.0 to Solaris 2.0 . |
| 25 | For if the student can retrieve an item by dialling a number , he still has to discover what number , and to conceptualize how he might arrive at the correct answer that would give it to him . |
| 26 | If any reader had found any items relating to the Bristol and Gloucestershire volunteers of any period , I should be most interested to hear from them , and would give what advice I could . |
| 27 | It allows the lining of the womb to return to normal , and would give her some idea of how long her menstrual cycle was . |
| 28 | She only had about fifty pence left from the money she had borrowed from her stepfather the day before , but she hoped that the young Italian barman , who fancied her , had not yet been sacked or moved on and would give her a margarita , free . |
| 29 | Grunte had promised to think it over and would give her his advice at lunch over Langan 's warm salad of duck followed by white chocolate ice cream . |
| 30 | Hank had no doubt that , sooner or later , old tabby-cats like the MacDonald woman would get wind of it and would give his mother hell about it . |