Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [conj] would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Government indicated that implementation of a number of recommendations was subject to resources becoming available or would need to await an appropriate legislative opportunity . |
| 2 | Lady Clinton turned pale and would have fainted in the saddle if Benjamin had not caught her , whilst Sir Robert shouted abuse at the outriders , telling them to move on . |
| 3 | Eventually , the region would stop expanding and would contract to form galaxies and stars . |
| 4 | I feel sceptical but would give them a try I believe they work but only in conjunction with a healthy diet and regular exercise |
| 5 | To have attempted an analysis of coherence in the main body of this article would , however , have proved unwieldy and would have confused parts of the discussion . |
| 6 | We ran a Monday night dance for them , but sometimes they got drunk and would chase each other through the club , and one night one of them fell into the swimming pool and climbed up the stairs to sit on the end of Rachel 's bed ! |
| 7 | Jessica announced she felt pissed and would have to go onto lemonade or leave the car outside the Amsterdam all night — which raised guffaws as to what she thought she 'd find left of it the morrow — and Mallachy offered to drive it home for her for twenty quid plus his taxi back , although he did n't have a licence . |
| 8 | He looked interested and would have spoken further . |
| 9 | When he drank , he grew miserable and would throw every living creature out of the house , wife , children , dog and pigeons , and then rush out himself to Powis Square . |
| 10 | The big stope up into which they were climbing would have appeared immense and would have eerily distorted the sounds in the mine creaking windlasses , rattling chains , voices , hammering , broken rock , the splash of water and the clatter of ironwork . |
| 11 | Principally the visit had been to see a senior boy with lifelong problems who had suddenly become unmanageable and would have to be admitted to an asylum , but while there he had been asked to assess Anna Beckett , a child who had moved him strangely . |
| 12 | Vice-President Virgilio Godoy stated that the murder , which was seen as a setback for the attempt of President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro to promote national reconciliation , should not go unpunished and would have to be solved " even if this has to be done outside government institutions " . |
| 13 | ‘ I have only 18 months in which to get pregnant and would appeal to women to consider donating their eggs to help others . |
| 14 | Sooner or later he would be too exhausted to think straight and would give up the fight against himself . |
| 15 | He knew that the young eagle would get hungry and would need food . |
| 16 | There was an even stronger rumour that Herr Hitler had finally become unhinged , had gone bleating , weeping mad and would end his days — soon — dribbling and counting posies . |