Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] [pron] would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The group the old pullover has a structure in which the can be replaced by , for example , an , my , Joe 's , this , but not by Joe , Monday or want which would produce a non-English group , eg *Monday old pullover . |
| 2 | If her young sister needed her help , advice or support she would return instantly — a situation even more tenable since Sebastian Grantham 's generous offer to settle her present flight bills ! |
| 3 | If you have a story or issue you would like to see covered or if you have any enquiries about the programme please write to : |
| 4 | We talked about each department erm being able to invest in their own technology and make their own er decisions on what sort of database or interface they would use to deploy their applications . |
| 5 | If there is a common underlying theme or thread it would seem to be the unstated assumption that ‘ anyone can make it if they try , and if they conform to the rules ’ ; those who fail must suffer from some congenital lack of capacities , or be of an alien disposition . |
| 6 | That is , if one were to attempt to visualize the three personae involved in terms of a novel or play one would need pages to describe the kinds of interchange that Shakespeare renders in a quatrain : ‘ Trice threefold ’ , too , are the number of lines taken up by editors trying to pin down the multiple shifts of identity which take place in these four lines . |
| 7 | The transport is also better , with the airport considerably closer than say it would have been in Manchester . |
| 8 | Like Flaubert , I left Belle-Ile hoping to return — and hoping , too , that the island 's isolation and the occasional fogs that cover it would discourage too many other tourists . |
| 9 | Immediately I saw that if Edward had mentioned that name it would have been deemed a great betrayal . |
| 10 | He thanked her , and said that near it would do ; he could not see the well-groomed equipage negotiating the Bell o' the Brae . |
| 11 | If you were to adopt that approach you would insist on full and detailed reports from your investigating officers . ’ |
| 12 | I erm occasionally meet in this country and abroad the kind of Christian people that suppose it would have been quite difficult for me to have met before Britain came into Europe . |
| 13 | And that end you would do well to have had in mind from the very beginning . |
| 14 | Identifying theirs from those that surround it would seem to be a baffling task in the darkness and some researchers believe that a bird is able to recognise the particular smell of its own burrow . |
| 15 | When I got home I said , ‘ They ought to know you better than think you would marry a prostitute . ‘ |
| 16 | It might be more prudent to go back to her bunk and hope he would go away when his hunger was satisfied . |
| 17 | It looked a classic case for the Independent Living Fund ( before new claims were abolished by the government in December 1992 ) to pay for a package of care and support which would have helped her cope . |
| 18 | He must have known that in her hurt and disillusion she would have been unable to work , to do her vital revision . |
| 19 | Go through each of the above six factors that affect expectations and consider what would cause people to anticipate a fall in interest rates . |
| 20 | Simon Murison-Bowie wrote to you on 22 December last year asking you to let us know the operating system and machine you would run the tape on , and the tape density you would need , so that we could arrange for a copy to be prepared for you . |
| 21 | He could plan miniature sets , devise intricate special props and know they would blend in perfect harmony with the sets he was designing . |
| 22 | The process is two-way ; some users who have used 1981 data want to continue their research with 1991 ; other users start with 1991 and decide they would like to see how the situation has changed in the last ten years . |
| 23 | During session four we gave groups an hour to organise themselves , sort out their questions and decide who would operate tape-recorders , when to change interviewers , and related issues . |
| 24 | Ironically , the society is having to fight against the forces of nature itself in the bid to stop the reedbed being swallowed by fast-encroaching willows and scrub which would destroy much of the area 's significance . |
| 25 | Indeed if we recall Dworkin 's own formulation of the principle of political equality which lies at the heart of his master-principle of equal concern and respect it would appear to support the criticisms just advanced . |
| 26 | And dry it would have been if the heavens had n't opened the moment the ship docked and the troops set foot on French soil . |
| 27 | It 's there on my record and sometimes I wake in the night and think what would happen to me if someone decided to do something about it . ’ |
| 28 | If you have an hour to spare every two weeks or so , and think you would make a good listener , our ‘ Caring Officer ’ would love to hear from you . |
| 29 | Watch me and wonder what would have happened if I had n't sent you away last night , if I 'd done what I longed to do , if I 'd let you make love to me … |
| 30 | And with a little give and take it would have been perfectly possible to share Water Gypsy , she thought resentfully . |