Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] would [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , if I had the time and money I would pre-bait every morning and evening . |
| 2 | But to a passing journalist he would free-associate in a way which would have held Freud entranced . |
| 3 | One was for a building which would seat 306 people as well as the choir . |
| 4 | I can honestly say he 's the sort of bloke I would sort of try not to get lumbered with at a party or somewhere like that I mean I do n't mind I did n't mind talking to her but I find her |
| 5 | Earlier this month a bill began its passage through California 's legislature which would sentence touts , or scalpers as it calls them , to a fine of $1,000 or a year in jail . |
| 6 | After a light lunch we would siesta in our bedroom , and not emerge until sunset . |
| 7 | He knew that when the circle was spinning fast enough against the standing magical field of the discworld itself in its slow turning , the resulting astral friction would build up a vast potential difference which would earth itself by a vast discharge of the Elemental Magical Force . |
| 8 | They entered the house at lightning speed , with Robyn only too aware of the expensive hallway , the elegant furnishings , convinced that at any moment she would disgrace herself ; to vomit now , before she reached a bathroom , would be the final humiliation . |
| 9 | Any moment it would buck , toss her , white broken heap , on to the gleaming floor . |
| 10 | His style of preaching contrasted greatly with the average clergyman of the day who would discourse drowsily on the virtues of doing good . |
| 11 | ‘ Do I look like the sort of person who would glory in anything ? ’ |
| 12 | Warning that there was no single mechanism which would catapult Britain to economic strength , Mr Kinnock said : ‘ Research and development , transport and communications , science , education and training ; they are the priorities . |
| 13 | Even allowing for my interest in all things Cambrian it is a well worthwhile volume which would interest even the least technically proficient enthusiast . |
| 14 | As she plodded through her notes she decided that at the end of the month she would hand in her notice , and on the day she left she would brandish Elise 's diary before his eyes . |
| 15 | He might radiate power and control but he did n't strike her as the kind of man who would number nursing skills among his repertoire . |
| 16 | In which case he would surface again when it suited him . |
| 17 | Yet some of the people concerned would be people I was at school with ; and in any case it would cal 1 upon questions and allegiances that I had continuously pushed into the rear recesses of my mind . |
| 18 | Unfortunately " they did not have information on any program which would de with a small issue of some 500 items . |
| 19 | He had been saving as much as possible from the grant in the hope of amassing a small sum which would tide him over until he could find a local job . |
| 20 | PRESIDENT REAGAN is weighing up a report which would hand control of the US 's weather and remote-sensing satellites to private enterprise . |
| 21 | If they discovered evidence of share dealing ahead of the takeover by individuals using confidential information they would institute more formal inquiries . |
| 22 | The access group wants a new law by the end of the century which would enshrine the freedom to roam , providing no significant damage was done to land management or conservation . |
| 23 | And Colt , after long days of torture , had recognised in the Colonel someone he could like , someone whose trust he would value . |
| 24 | Thanks to Emma 's years of extreme beneficence , Rachaela had managed to save a little , and now there was some interest which would tide her over , perhaps until the new year . |
| 25 | I looked round in history for a fitting symbol for a party which would repesent the individual citizen against the state and the person I alighted on was John Hampden . |