Example sentences of "[that] [pron] would [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In spite of the iciness of the day he felt warm and exhilarated , and he was determined that nothing would prevent him from attending . |
| 2 | Artemis threw the reins at his head so that nothing would check him . |
| 3 | But that was your real nature , and it told me that nothing would make you kill an innocent man , a complete stranger , who had done you no harm . |
| 4 | You are obviously tired and I imagine that nothing would make you admit it . |
| 5 | Mortified , inwardly seething with fury at this last suggestion , Caroline had endured Roman 's taunting smile as he 'd wryly assured his hostess that nothing would give him greater pleasure … |
| 6 | Odd-Knut was ahead of us , so that nothing would stop him being first away . |
| 7 | My arched body had moved gingerly toward the only hold , and once there I stood upright and whooped knowing that nothing would stop me now . |
| 8 | Respondents understood very clearly the difficult role of the manager , and some workers openly confessed that nothing would induce them to take on the manager 's job ! |
| 9 | So long as the possibility remained that nothing would happen they felt no compulsion to educate themselves . |
| 10 | Her husband , taking his cue , murmured that nothing would surprise him nowadays . |
| 11 | If the mountain is beautiful from the shore , it is mouth-watering from the top of Ben Damph , and as we retraced our steps through the snow , elated at having finally swapped slippers for boots and crampons , we knew that nothing would keep us from it . |
| 12 | Crossing his fingers mentally , he hoped that everyone would assume he was just someone else answering the call to action . |
| 13 | The entrance foyer was packed when Georg sidled in that evening , hoping that no-one would see him and recognize him . |
| 14 | I 'm quite happy to see if we can what we can do , I ca n't guarantee that my Right Honourable Friend will take a different view , but I 'm content to see what we can do and report if your Lordships think that that is suitable , but if we were to do that My Lord , I think it would mean erm er it would mean that all these amendments which are grouped together should not in fact be , be put t to the vote , I mean that means ever er er all your Lordships because I do n't think it would be very fair if I were to say that I would move mine and the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh were c to come along and move his amendment and mine meanwhile has gone down the drainpipe and I do n't think that that would be particularly funny , but the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh I 'm sure would n't do such a dastardly thing like that ! |
| 15 | One of his little projects was that I would send him down some very promising people from the Royal College to teach in the West Riding . |
| 16 | All of them would live more happily if they and the world remained in ignorance , and to try to achieve that I would give them the one gift I could . |
| 17 | I handed over my life 's savings and promised that I would give her the other nineteen and six before the year was up . |
| 18 | I had wagered a purse that I would beat him at bowls and Drake never could resist gold . |
| 19 | That does not mean that I would discard it as an instrument of statutory interpretation even were I empowered to do so . |
| 20 | Even if it landed on time , I would have the four-hour journey to Hull and it was unlikely that I would make it to the funeral . |
| 21 | She has always had this dream that I would make it to university and she will be devastated if I do n't continue , but the way I am feeling now , I do n't want to . |
| 22 | Not that I would prevent you from confessing , ’ she added hastily . |
| 23 | I phoned the kennel owner to inform her that British Rail insisted the dog wear a muzzle and that I would pay her back if she 'd buy one . |
| 24 | I have said we will be pleased to provide back-up with visitor 's packs etc and that I would inform you of the request . |
| 25 | But she knew that in the last resort that if he did win that I would do it but he 's he 's paid off now . |
| 26 | You know that I would do it properly for if I had to . |
| 27 | I knew that I would take her back eventually , but I wanted to torment her with indifference . |
| 28 | So anyway have a look at page fifty six cos I promised you yesterday that I would take you through the verb if you were you know the things you would want to know about . |
| 29 | I was n't saying Kerslake was crap , just that I would swap him for Dixon , Parker , Nilsson or Rob Jones . |
| 30 | I had promised him that I would look her up , convey his admiring regards , and perhaps even bring him back a signed photograph of Miss Dragonette . |