Example sentences of "but [det] would [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mal could of course revert to right back , but that would mean dropping the speedy and much improved Gary Fleming ! |
| 2 | It would be easy to tell him the truth but that would mean throwing Dana to the wolves , and that she could n't do . |
| 3 | One solution would be to silicone the hangar to the tank wall , but that would mean draining the tank . |
| 4 | It could fit mains-powered alarms , but that would mean putting up rents . |
| 5 | But that would mean going upstairs again . |
| 6 | I feel too tired to sleep so I play some Despot when I get home but my heart 's not in it and the Empire is still in a tattered-looking state after all the earlier disasters and I 'm almost wondering if I should start again but that would mean going back to the fucking dawn of civilisation and the temptation in Despot is always to swap PoV , which people who do n't know the game always think sounds sort of innocent , like some detail , but it is n't : you 're not just swapping point of View , you 're swapping your current Despotic power Level for something less , even if it 's a regional lord or other king or a general or royal relation close to the throne , and it is not to be done lightly because as soon as you renounce the current Despot 's PoV the computer takes over and it 's a smart fucking piece of software . |
| 7 | But that would 've tied in again with , with the beginning because what is affordable erm would he get the benefits that he was wanting at the end of it . |
| 8 | But that would seem to imply that only if a rich peasant rents out more land than he owns and works either by himself or hired labour , he will be able to keep that all . |
| 9 | It would have been easier to delete the file form the outside , but that would have mindwiped Daine , Tunney and herself . |
| 10 | This would have been very difficult , because the site is on a low hill and some means would have had to be found for overcoming the unfavourable gradients ; a siphon effect has been suggested , but that would have involved making the whole length of piping airtight , which seems scarcely credible . |
| 11 | He could have told her about the IRA kidnapping him , but that would have alarmed her and the whole household . |
| 12 | Cars , of course , could and should have been excluded but that would have spoiled the fun . |
| 13 | He wanted a cigarette , but that would have to wait too . |
| 14 | They held on , kept Millwall out ; came close to a fourth but that would have flattered Swindon : 3-1 and a happy new year at the county ground . |
| 15 | ‘ Yes , but that would have become progressively more risky as people began to stir . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ We could have said woodland instead of forest but that would have conveyed the idea of something small . |
| 17 | He wished he 'd hung from the rail and reduced the distance , but that would have taken several seconds to set up and his pursuer had already been half-way across the room . |
| 18 | I could have got money for some of them , but that would have meant delays . ’ |
| 19 | Seb could have gone to the Hankses ' cottage and perhaps worked on his learning with Carrie , but that would have meant paying a visit to Anna in her sick room and listening to his mother chatting about the plans for the wedding . |
| 20 | George could have cabled Maxim , but that would have meant a cypher clerk at each end reading the material , and a letter by diplomatic bag would have taken at least thirty-six hours . |
| 21 | But that would have solved nothing . |
| 22 | a reasonable profit but some would have made more than others . |
| 23 | There were of course anomalies , but some would have occurred whatever mechanisms for resource allocation had been adopted . |
| 24 | But some would like to see the department of transport refuse the increase forcing the owners to sell . |
| 25 | A third unit would be useful but this would start to eat into the army 's points value in a big way . |
| 26 | But this would mean asserting another existential proposition , and moreover one that patently can not be analysed in the same way ; so the problem of sorting out the significance of existence claims would still remain unresolved . |
| 27 | He could have written them by hand but this would have defeated their objective . |
| 28 | A Harley Street doctor had recommended in-patient care but this would have cost the family too much . |
| 29 | The Company had hoped to be allowed to run cars across in service , but this would have necessitated Parliamentary Powers , which were not needed if a line was never to be used for passenger carrying . |
| 30 | He had a supply with him when he was captured , but this would have run out by then . |