Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pron] would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Now I will give my pledge Mr Mayor that if and when the situation arises that a full service is required and needed , it will get my full support , er I hope it 's not , but if it should arise I would have no hesitation in supporting the second part of the amendment . |
| 3 | I mean , I should think you would have something to do with it , would n't you ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I should think she would welcome a regular salary instead of her present partnership , which can only yield peanuts at the moment . ’ |
| 5 | It probably I should , well , I should think it would say on them . |
| 6 | Richard , he said , was deeply offended that anyone should think he would lower himself to the depths of duping the editor of Music Week . |
| 7 | If a girl had exceeded the way she should behave I would send for her parents . |
| 8 | ‘ I know how fond you are of your uncle , but even you must see what would happen if he was left holding the reins . ’ |
| 9 | Er new housing has to be a priority in this area I I should have I would think . |
| 10 | Although why you should imagine I would want acceptance into your family when I have a perfectly good family of my own , I have no idea . |
| 11 | ‘ I should imagine you would like China tea ? ’ he said , looking at her intently . |
| 12 | But I would say that if obviously a head gasket goes on a vehicle and somebody knowing that fact continues to drive the vehicle , yes — and damages their engine — yes I must say we would reject liability . |
| 13 | But if he did n't suffer fools gladly , I must ask who would want to ? |
| 14 | Lt Ferris put the aircraft through his compulsory loops and rolls , probably hoping that a situation might arise which would add excitement and get the adrenalin flowing . |
| 15 | National Scenic Areas ( NSAs ) are designated in recognition of exceptional value to the country , and you might expect they would afford protection from damaging commercial developments . |
| 16 | Surprisingly for such a seemingly small , fragile machine , Vne is 110 kts , but I 'll wager you would need to be pointing almost vertically downhill to achieve such a mind-numbing speed in the Aeronca . |
| 17 | Nobody thought trade could be carried on in India without a network of factories and fortifications , which meant that there would have to be a company with a charter to run them — the idea that the government might provide them would have struck the merchants as inappropriate and would have alarmed the politicians who would have had to impose taxes to pay for them . |
| 18 | doing things like that but I I I I believe quite strongly what Angela 's saying er , if you came to me and presented something ba ba , a total er , conviction that it might be in a sense damaging er the er the the the concept people have of your subject , or might have I would listen very carefully to that , and I also ta , I remember Gordon saying some time ago and whilst Gordon drove me crackers he talked about the government saying you 've got ta do this , you 've go and he said there are things that we must believe in as educationalists ourselves , and professionalists |
| 19 | Scottish Natural Heritage warns that a fragmentation of local government might mean it would need extra resources . |
| 20 | Even if their trade were seasonal , in some way , you 'd think they would have horses and carts of their own . |
| 21 | You 'd think they would have would n't you ? |
| 22 | A nice little table , you 'd think somebody would recognise that would n't you ? |
| 23 | ‘ You 'd think someone would have made enquiries about me by now . ’ |
| 24 | see , you 'd think someone would recognise that would n't you ? |
| 25 | ‘ You 'd think you would know , ’ Dana said sulkily . |
| 26 | ‘ You 'd think it would make them more sane and agreeable than the norm . |
| 27 | ‘ You 'd think it would have stopped shaking by now . |
| 28 | ‘ Very much , ’ she replied , but she somehow still felt upset that he could think she would go behind his back and cross-examine his secretary . |
| 29 | Hurt that he could think she would do that pest of an interview through Lubor , she was certain then that she did n't even like Ven Gajdusek — much less was she attracted to him ! |
| 30 | They could discuss which would get cold most quickly , which would stay hottest longest and why . |