Example sentences of "thing [conj] would [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may look like a demure little wife who sits at home minding the house , but darling , I could tell you one or two things that would make your ears stand up on end . ’ |
| 2 | Robyn entered the tiny shop and bought at random , grabbing anything that was familiar — an odd assortment of things that would sustain her with the least amount of effort , paying her money to the assistant vaguely , absent-mindedly . |
| 3 | The only thing that would change them , he commented savagely , was when he became someone who earned a thousand guilder a year . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's not the kind of thing that would influence you , of course , ’ says Caroline , ‘ but the prospects would be quite good . ’ |
| 5 | Isabel had scarcely felt the fiery rush of blood to her cheeks , the quick involuntary swelling of her flesh , before fitzAlan wrenched his hand away , transferring the reins from the other as if that was the only thing that would prevent him from touching her again . |
| 6 | But if I had one drink of any description that 's the one thing that would make me nervous because I 'd be afraid that I 'd forget this or forget the other , so we just do n't have them at all you know . |
| 7 | She could see that he was searching for the right words , the very thing that would describe what he had felt , what he had experienced at that moment . |
| 8 | Then would having a good head for numbers be the sort of thing that would individuate them at the level of their soul ? |
| 9 | You did n't know one thing that would find me . ’ |
| 10 | He said it was the only thing that would get him through it . ’ |
| 11 | The only thing that would save him would be work abroad . |
| 12 | Crystals is about the only thing that would use it . |
| 13 | A spokesman for Durham constabulary said : ‘ Anything which aims to tackle the problems posed by solvent abuse has to be a good thing and would get our whole hearted support . ’ |