Example sentences of "[vb past] [subord] [pron] would [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He felt like telling the old folk it was not New Year 's Eve , but he doubted if they would believe him . |
| 2 | If it were to come to a physical fight with Nutty McTavish he doubted if he would win , for she was a formidable thirteen-year-old with a fighting spirit unmatched by any of her male counterparts in the class . |
| 3 | He doubted if the authorities represented by Merymose and Kenamun would pay him as much as Reni or Ipuky would have ; and he doubted if he would receive any reward at all if he were unsuccessful . |
| 4 | I grumbled because I would have to remain several days more without Pinard . |
| 5 | If they had to do without him he would n't be greatly missed , and he doubted whether they would put themselves out to keep him . |
| 6 | They stopped at Antwerp where one evening they got so drunk in a bar that when Minton decided to return to the hotel , Norman followed him as he doubted whether he would find his way . |
| 7 | In 1705 he wrote that he doubted whether he would see the winter through and early in the next year he died , leaving a last , unfinished letter to his young friend . |
| 8 | Saturday was the one day on which he seemed to arrive early at the Herald office , but she doubted whether he would have got there yet . |
| 9 | When this act was debated , many doubted whether it would achieve its dual purpose of curbing presidents and giving teeth to the constitutional war power of Congress . |
| 10 | But she doubted whether it would work as well once the system , dominated by West Germany , was diluted by other countries less committed to the policy of bearing down on prices . |
| 11 | But she doubted whether it would work as well once the system , dominated by West Germany , was diluted by other countries less committed to the policy of bearing down on prices . |
| 12 | When Philip of Colombière 's nephew killed the niece of the bishop of Bayeaux , King Henry II 's court behaved as it would have done in the previous century in reconciling the parties by arranging a settlement between them . |
| 13 | which I asked if they would stay , but they altogether refused , and seeing that they refused I did not hinder them to go , for I will press no man . |
| 14 | finished , so I asked if they would help me to sort out the erm |
| 15 | One morning a carter and his son were delivering a load of firewood and Grandmother asked if they would like a slice of pudding before they left . |
| 16 | He stood up slowly , asked if they would like coffee , made his way out of the room when they accepted the offer . |
| 17 | Women on the way to FAMILY 'S housework classes would be stopped by feminists and asked if they would like to do karate or woodwork instead ; new fiancées would receive congratulatory cards in the post , enclosing leaflets outlining the legal rights of wives , while their startled boyfriends got anonymous warnings to behave . |
| 18 | ‘ You must be joking , ’ a Russian friend said when I asked if he would watch the May Day parade on television . |
| 19 | The next day she went back to Branson and asked if he would renegotiate along the lines of the original Virgin proposition , for an 85–15 split in the shareholding . |
| 20 | A hotel spokeswoman said : ‘ He booked in his family and we asked if he would do a turn . ’ |
| 21 | When the police asked if he would do it again Ninham admitted he would . |
| 22 | I met him two or three years later when I asked if he would make me a dress for the March of Dimes , using some peony pink silk that Winston brought back from China . |
| 23 | I asked if he would swear a statement to this effect if it were necessary . |
| 24 | ‘ Anyway , we remained friends , and when he decided to come down here and start his practice I asked if he would take me on as a pupil veterinary nurse . |
| 25 | ‘ Remembering her back door was unlocked she asked if he would climb her wall and let her in , ’ a spokesman said . |
| 26 | Guy 's parents asked if he would live , and were told that he would , but that the doctors would not know how much brain damage he might have suffered until he came out of the coma and regained consciousness . |
| 27 | Tony was teaching Maureen to drive and Anne asked if he would teach her too . |
| 28 | I asked if he would like a coffee , or to be taken home , but he could only shake his head . |
| 29 | He hummed and sounded quite at ease , so Fred asked if he would like the record . |
| 30 | She poured a glass of Perrier water for herself and asked if he would like to smoke some pot . |