Example sentences of "word [conj] would [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a certain ritual quality in this exchange , as though Melanie had stumbled on the secret sequence of words that would lead her safe over the sword-edge bridge into the Castle of Corbenic . |
| 2 | Those previous kisses had had meaning after all , and now he had only to utter those three little words that would send her up into the clouds . |
| 3 | The clamour of her heartbeat filled the silence between them , as she struggled to find the words that would send him away forever . |
| 4 | She felt that her heart would burst with the ache of love , and searched in her mind for words that would bind him to her and bring him back . |
| 5 | As he 'd hobbled back through the sleet a tiny part of him had hoped her gratitude would include an embrace , or at least a few words that would let him know she felt something for him . |
| 6 | Mr Cubbage was like a cat on hot bricks , he was most distraught at Coleen 's decision to go to England , and he bombarded her with letters and flowers ; he could not wait for her return and for her to say the one word that would make her his wife . |
| 7 | ‘ Hunger ’ was the only word that would describe it . |