Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] would [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One could not rot peacefully and harmlessly , in such a neighbourhood : the airy seeds of debility would Boat too easily over the garden walls . |
| 2 | Only through industrialization would independence from the West be maintained , as the internal weaknesses of China and its consequent loss of territory had shown . |
| 3 | Why on earth would Marius make all that over to him ? ’ |
| 4 | What on earth would people think if Miriam started talking of a gentleman 's natural functions in front of the wedding guests when she and Fleury got married ; in some ways the prospect of such a solecism seemed more terrible to Louise than the possibility of one or both of them not surviving the siege . |
| 5 | Why on earth would Donal tell me where you lived ? ’ |
| 6 | Why on earth would Parkin want to kill his own mistress ? |
| 7 | What on earth would Mama and Papa say if they knew ? |