Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] would [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am really glad of it ; I do n't think I would want them to be there , just in case I lost . |
| 2 | Now I 've used it elsewhere in the garden and I 've never really had any problem with it except it is inclined to make the water very alkaline because the chippings that are quite often used on a flat roof and they 've got a very high P H and therefore you 've got to be aware that the water that comes off is not likely to be soft it 's more likely to be fair fairly hard but for reasonably tough plants I do n't think I would waste it , especially in times of water shortage . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , no dear , I do n't think I would mistake you for a stook of corn . |
| 4 | ‘ Do you think I would hurt you , my lovely girl ? |
| 5 | ‘ Did you really think I would leave you to face her alone ? ’ |
| 6 | Do you think I would use you like any common slut ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It 's not my game and I do n't think I would like it much . |
| 8 | I do n't think I would have it in me to start again with another group . |
| 9 | Like now , I do n't think I would order it again . |
| 10 | I mean I would do you er have ? |
| 11 | Later , when I was more familiar with the beliefs and practices of the movement and had ‘ learned the language ’ , I would interact with the Moonies as though I were one of them , and , although I never pretended that I accepted their beliefs or that I was anything other than a sociologist studying the movement , members who did not know me would mistake me for a member — the Moonies themselves were no longer ‘ translating ’ for me when we were interacting . |
| 12 | " Whatever it cost I would face it . " |
| 13 | ‘ I was aware of players from both sides running towards me and I shouted I would clear it . |
| 14 | ‘ You did promise you would get me the promotion that 's coming up . |
| 15 | In the days to come she would tell me the story , she would teach me many things . |
| 16 | I should like to hear from you which subjects you would like me to write about and what problems you have had ( and of course successes ! ) . |
| 17 | Lesley 's family , colleagues and friends were praying she would make it through the first critical hours . |
| 18 | If he moved they would see him ; if he stayed still they would find him . |
| 19 | And to encourage people to work they would make them fill in a job-sheet saying how many forms they had booked in . |
| 20 | The people did not see the two youths — but if they saw them now they say they would lynch them . |
| 21 | And next year 's student , or even next term 's , perhaps , depending on how quick you do it , your conversations , what you 're doing now , once they 're transcribed and put onto disk would be very interesting , because we 'll have a disk from our St Mary 's students , transcribed , because Steve promised he would get them all transcribed . |
| 22 | They say it would allow them to provide the extra accomodation needed to house all their 300 undergraduates and are prepared to spend £5million buying and converting the building . |
| 23 | How was I to know it would give her a heart attack when it reacted unfavourably with some other medicine she was taking/ I only meant to give her a bit of discomfort . |
| 24 | He chose a stance high up in a plane tree where he knew that if they tried climbing he would see them long before they reached him . |
| 25 | Only those who really want it would buy it , saving you expense . |
| 26 | For him to brush it off in such a way — I do n't know what would make him say things like that , he 's the sort of man I just would n't expect to have … |
| 27 | When one quiet weekend this February Mr Grosz left the country on a short trip to Switzerland , little did he know what would await him on his return . |
| 28 | It is intended that the system of Special Discounts should continue in subsequent years , although the percentage discount and the rules by which policies will qualify may vary from year to year and the possibility can not be ruled out that circumstances may arise which would make it inappropriate to grant any Special Discount at all . |
| 29 | What you mean somebody would take it |
| 30 | I would do I would put it up there . |