Example sentences of "[verb] it would [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 McMahon hardly considered it would do anything else : ‘ I sit here in my cell writing this , having served almost nine years of a life sentence for a murder I did not commit …
3 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 .
4 Only those who really want it would buy it , saving you expense .
5 Alice 's voice held genuine regret , for although she had never thought Madeleine the right girl for Harry , she would have done anything possible to forward a marriage between them if she truly believed it would make him happy .
6 In future , she would not go looking for love , or trying to manufacture it out of other lesser emotions , but she still believed it would find her one day .
7 ‘ He says it would ruin my case .
8 He says it would take him years to get the house the way he 'd like it .
9 He says it would turn his outdoor classroom into a museum .
10 She estimated it would take her 11 years to pay off the debt .
11 Would you please mention in your classes that when ordering it would help us if they could also state their teacher 's name .
12 She had said it would do him good .
13 She wrote , with an unaccustomed fluency , which made her sister wonder if the words had been thought up by her alone , that : — it would not be good for Oreste to leave here at this moment since he has been ill and though he is making a good recovery the doctor who you can be sure I was quick to call and no expense being spared but your money put to good use has said it would injure his general well-being to travel in his weakened state .
14 Marc was saying , ‘ When I gave you that place on your twenty-first birthday , Peter , I foolishly imagined it would help you settle down as you seemed to have no idea what you wanted to do with your life .
15 ‘ I would never have taken her if I 'd thought it would upset her . ’
16 That 's why when I hear my daughter talking about getting fifteen or twenty K a year I 'm going it would pay me two or three years for God 's sake .
17 He reckoned it would make you more … susceptible . ’
18 And she would provide a substitute for the two weeks she reckoned it would take her , an English maid called Phoebe Crabbe with whom she had become friendly .
19 Plain or not , Fabia reckoned it would take her a fortnight to learn to say it .
20 He reckoned it would take him where he wanted to go — at least for a few weeks .
21 I reckoned it would take her three or four minutes to get back to her flat , but maybe it was n't a good idea to hang around the neighbourhood .
22 Daddy , you know it would break my heart , if anything happened to you .
23 Relegation is a swear word at Wimbledon because we know it would threaten our existence .
24 It was the last thing I needed to know as I prayed it would miss us .
25 It 's entirely voluntary but displaying it would put your organisation in very good company alongside Barclays Bank , Boots , THF , Unigate and many others .
26 Slovenia announced on June 17 that if the customs war intensified it would employ its own customs officials , but it reportedly backed down after a threat of direct action by the FEC .
27 The van drew up in Pretty Street and Miss Poraway and Mrs Abigail got out , Miss Poraway still talking about the cartoon , saying it would tickle her brother when she told him about it .
28 She 'd have to give this … person … something or it would spoil Sam 's holiday — which was like saying it would spoil his entire year .
29 ) In April 1190 Mozart was hoping for another court appointment under the new emperor , Leopold II , and he implored Puchberg to keep his financial disarray a secret , believing that if it were publicly known it would damage his chances of success .
30 And erm I suppose it would make it would be a lot more logical if all the blinds were just the same price all the time .
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