Example sentences of "[n mass] would [verb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Massoud Barzani , leader of the Kurdish Democratic Party ( KDP ) and of the eight-member coalition of Kurdish opposition groups , the Kurdish Democratic Front ( KDF ) , secured agreement from Turkey and the UK at the end of February that allied aircraft would continue their protection of Kurdistan against a possible attack by Iraqi forces . |
| 2 | And there were and the women folk would have their haberdashery and the men were tin smiths . |
| 3 | He could choose his wife : her close kin would acquire their own claims on the king ; but as Udalric 's case showed , a king 's in-laws could not count on keeping royal favour . |
| 4 | It was hoped that , with more publicity , people would leave their cars at the village hall instead and walk . |
| 5 | Mr Major talked abundantly , often tediously , about tax , because he believed that in the sanctuary of the polling booth people would feel their fearful hearts pounding against their wallets . |
| 6 | This was to assume that the Danish people would change their minds of their own volition ; that they had been so overcome by the enormity of what they had done that they would hardly be able to wait to get back to the polling stations to put it all right . |
| 7 | I wished I could have screens put round my bed like the really sick people had , so that instead of giving me sidelong glances of pity because I had no visitors , people would drop their voices and whisper sepulchrally to interested outsiders , " Poor little thing — she 's dying , you know . " |
| 8 | The reason why the Nazis persecuted the Jews was so that people would forget their own problems ; perhaps the reason you do this is so that you can blame someone else for your failings ? |
| 9 | On the one hand we have what appears to be pop star wingeing , but most people would give their right arm to be the principle subjects on a tour of this scale . |
| 10 | Do n't feel insecure about it — your intuitive rapport with the wild world is something that many people would give their eye- teeth just to touch . |
| 11 | " Some people would give their eyes to — well , they 'd give a lot to have your eyesight at your age . " |
| 12 | The rowing standard at Henley is famous throughout the world and people would give their right oar to race on the course , it 'll be every but as hard out there this year as any other . |
| 13 | Every now and again rescue teams of young people would pick their way downhill with a bandaged pilgrim on a stretcher . |
| 14 | The emissions are tiny , but Greenpeace argues that if all were ingested by humans , 30 million people would receive their entire " tolerable intake " , according to international guidelines . |
| 15 | A number of people would have their wages reviewed immediately , and the wage structure would be altered so that people on the lowest wages would get proportionately higher increases . |
| 16 | ‘ Some people kept little trees in secret courtyards , and flowers in their houses , but they were n't supposed to , and if their neighbours reported them to the police the people would have their trees chopped down and the flowers taken away and they would be fined or put in prison , where they had to work very hard , rubbing out writing on bits of paper so they could be used again . ’ |
| 17 | He said about four million people would have their tax cut by a fifth . |
| 18 | The Independent Association is not political , but was formed in the hope that people would pool their news , views and ideas . |
| 19 | Many people would lose their jobs if the firm were to go bankrupt ; skills and research would be lost ; for Britain 's largest manufacturer to vanish would be quite a blow . |
| 20 | ‘ A few people would lose their hands to begin with — but very soon we would be able to cut down the size of our police forces by at least 50 per cent . |
| 21 | However , a presidential spokesman said that between 30,000 and 50,000 people would lose their jobs as a result of the abolition of ministries . |
| 22 | Most people would share their letters , reading them out to everybody else . |
| 23 | Fittingly , after an ex-McCarthyite and Wolfhound have been peddling their wares , God Is My … stutter back to the ‘ C86 ’ era when Stump were taken seriously and people would bend their guitars into curious shapes without being openly ridiculed . |
| 24 | He was optimistic about the future and told the others that the politicians would be driven out after the war and the people would find their inspiration in science , technology , work and sport . |
| 25 | It had hoped that under 100 of its 360 staff would lose their jobs , hoped that many would stay in work as employees of Kontrax 's 15 dealers , which were wholly-owned but were to have been sold off as franchises under the scheme . |
| 26 | ‘ A lot of people asked me if the staff would lose their jobs . |