Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] would [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Okay I that would have been okay in that particular case but you did come back to it as benefit , you say we have n't seen you for such a long time that was a not just look at your policies but to put a , a face to the name so I can become your point of reference
2 He does n't look the sort of player to me that would score many goals I have to say .
3 I 'm so self reliant that I if I was going o do anything it 'd have to be me that would do it , for the simple reason I could n't trust anybody else , not in that particular thing anyway .
4 So th let's look then back at this illustration for a moment , this incident , Jesus then gets er a few of his disciples and they go out , in the boat , and there are others who follow him , they get into their boats quite likely , quite possibly that many of the others would have been followers of Jesus , some of his other disciples , it 's unlikely in these very small little er lakeside fishing boats that many of disciples would have got in , there might have been four or five of them that would have been about the lot and so the others would have got into some of the other boats which were nearby and , and others are the people that had been listening to Jesus , they too get into boats , and they pull out following him , wanting to hear if he 's got anything more to say , wanting to witness anything else that he 's gon na do , they wan na be there to see and to hear what Jesus has to say and is going to do .
5 If we quarrel if we have a good punch up and all that between us and them that would suit the other side right down to the ground .
6 It occurred to me that I should perhaps wait for my daughter Sophie outside her school , to make sure she understood that I had not abandoned her , had merely left Lou for a man who loved me and would make me happy ; that things would presently calm down , and as soon as Hugo and I had sorted things out a little and established our new home she could join us .
7 I hope that the BBC will make more effort in the future to bring more coverage of major tennis events , for example Grand Slams like the French Open , on the scale of coverage they had for Wimbledon because I am sure that there are many people who are in the same situation as me and would like more tennis on TV .
8 I tried so hard to be good but a lot was expected of children in those days , and I often had nightmares thinking the man would know about me and would come and get me .
9 ‘ I was greatly heartened and told myself I must previously have misjudged the situation — that my subjects were after all behind me and would see that right was done . ’
10 I did not like the prospect of playing in front of all these people who were all older than me and would see my violin playing from a critical view , but I had come this far , and it would be stupid not to go through with the audition .
11 My mother had said to Lili one day that she thought I was marrying Syl because he was so much older than me and would take the place of my father .
12 On Friday nights , I 'd stay out till Saturday and my friends envied me and would say , ‘ I wish my mother was more like yours , ’ and I 'd think , ‘ I wish mine was more like yours . ’
13 People like Nick ( Kent ) and Charlie ( Murray ) were fraternal towards me and would say , ‘ Listen Tony , people like Johnny Thunders are a real f—-up .
14 For those members who have already submitted their views , we would like to thank them and would welcome any additional comments they may have .
15 He said ‘ you would thing that people were used to elephants , but they love them and would come out and be blessed by her .
16 Mr Dunn said the firm hoped to create more jobs in the not too distant future , while Roddy Ross of Tecnomarine said the partnership between the two engineering firms represented a strengthening of relations between them and would work to mutual advantage .
17 With Gary 's wealth of experience in bridal hairstyles and his superb creative talent we 're going to create a look for you that would make any bride blush .
18 erm it 's very difficult to spot what 's going to go wrong in advance and some of the things you suspect are dodgy nobody has any trouble with , some of the things that you just did n't occur to you that would go wrong do go wrong , it 's like , mm mm , yeah mm
19 ‘ I could have told you that would happen , ’ said Meredith unsympathetically to him .
20 Bernheim 's results suggested that he had found some substances which were good for tubercle bacilli , and , by applying the principle of competitive antagonism , he sought closely related compounds which would also be taken up by them but would block the pathway of the stimulants .
21 Whether the US would help her or would decide to take her place were the questions which the next Administration would have to decide .
22 His partner on the fairways , caddie Pete Bender , was determined it would not be lack of inspiration or experience from him that would cost the big Australian this major .
23 After what that evil bastard did to me , you could n't possibly tell me anything about him that would make me more frightened of him than I already am . ’
24 ‘ I really just wanted to see somebody who had done some heinous crimes and find out if there was anything different about him that would throw light on demon possession , that type of thing , ’ he says .
25 She thought telling him that would prove she was determined .
26 She swung open her door , half hoping that something would happen , that fortune would toss some unforeseen card at her that would alter everything between them , but nothing happened .
27 His partner was the curvaceous Jill Ireland , who made it all seem no less exciting to her than would have been an embrace from Gregory Peck .
28 Whenever we asked for reassurance , Mr Smith assured us that his tribal chiefs were loyal to him and would vote for whatever agreement he advised them to .
29 In those years he was working hard on his Bovary ( though not , perhaps , as hard as he liked to maintain ) and at the end of the day , since a physical release was too complicated for him and would contain too many things he could n't entirely command , he sought an intellectual release .
30 They all fancied him and would think his wife must be a monster .
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