Example sentences of "[noun pl] would [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To give the dream words would warn his pursuers . |
| 2 | In the two West Midlands boroughs there was a clear tendency for the Conservatives to do better and Labour worse than a similar examination of a wide range of ward social characteristics would lead one to expect . |
| 3 | Up in the balcony Jock Lennox applauded , and some of Rafferty 's regulars laughed as Paddy gathered the little child up in his arms as easily as his heavy vestments would allow him . |
| 4 | Eventually agreement was reached that a Committee of Enquiry composed equally of AFPFL members and representatives of the hill peoples would ascertain their true wishes . |
| 5 | Most of the away fans would make it down in time for the game and little else . |
| 6 | Really though unless we signed Giggs or Hughes the Leeds fans would roast them . |
| 7 | Mr Savage , like Mr Yates , is an original , but only his most devoted fans would think him a lovable one . |
| 8 | Koloto and Paul Moriarty already missing , our fans would crucify us if Harvey was injured while in Australia . ’ |
| 9 | So now Winter , who was fourth official for the 1989 FA Cup final , can look forward to the ‘ delights ’ as the fans would call them of places like Rochdale , Bury , Halifax and Preston . |
| 10 | The danger with this was that the longer it went on the more likely it became that both players and fans would get their priorities wrong , so that the feeling of ‘ we may as well concentrate on what we 're good at and not bother too much about Tests ’ would become steadily more predominant . |
| 11 | She turned to leave , wondering if her legs would hold her when she felt like crumpling in a heap at his feet . |
| 12 | They ran off as fast as their legs would carry them . |
| 13 | For a moment he paused to massage the circulation back into his tightly compressed toes , then he was racing along the narrow alley as fast as his legs would carry him . |
| 14 | The terrified Frankie skidded round the corner wall of the end house and raced as fast as his legs would carry him down towards the walkway gate . |
| 15 | One day in February , just six weeks after Sarah accepted Nahum Morey 's proposal , Edward Wooldridge ran home from the Chertsey Infants ' School on the corner of St Anne 's Road as fast as his six-year-old legs would carry him . |
| 16 | Frantically crossing himself over and over again , he fled screaming towards the grooms ' quarter as fast as his fat legs would carry him . |
| 17 | Twisting into the first side street and then a smaller street off that and along its full length he ran and ran as fast as his legs would carry him . |
| 18 | He dived away at the double and took himself as far as his long legs would carry him . |
| 19 | He had been playing on the terrace , but he clambered to his feet and , yelling , ‘ Mo ’ car , ’ hurtled down the drive as fast as his little legs would carry him . |
| 20 | Then as fast as her legs would carry her , she shambled down the path towards the gate . |
| 21 | As fast as her rheumatic legs would carry her , she toddled round to the Rope Walk , to the house where Eb and Josh and Ruth had been born and brought up . |
| 22 | At the Queen Street entrance she caught a glimpse of a red-clad figure running as fast as her legs would carry her to keep up with the woman who was taking her away . |
| 23 | Mildred leapt into the air as high as her new , powerful legs would take her , and landed with a soft ‘ splat ’ on Maud and Enid 's bench . |
| 24 | Walkers would find themselves diving out of the way on paths , escaping from runaway mountain bikes careering towards them on a mission to deposit their riders in a ditch . |
| 25 | My face is round and a bit chubby and I want someone to tell me which styles would suit me . |
| 26 | But though none might be prepared to go so far as that , all British parties would quickly realize that apparent discrimination against women in their lists would do them a lot of harm . |
| 27 | More opportunities for individual and small group Work in the infant schools would make it more likely that children will achieve fluency in reading early enough to prevent the rejection of learning which so often accompa-nies failure as children move on into the older primary classes . |
| 28 | Indeed , a popular view amongst community relations police in the area is that many more schools would welcome them but for intimidation , a factor which the community relations police have to be very sensitive towards if they are not to threaten the safety of children and teachers . |
| 29 | The money was sitting intact in the bank , earmarked for tuition at either the Fashion Institute of Technology or at Parsons for the autumn term , when at least one of the schools would admit her . |
| 30 | Good schools would educate their pupils to be useful , practical , and self-motivated . |