Example sentences of "thing [conj] would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Noel 's Christian socialism saw the kingdom of God as the coming state of mankind on earth , the crown of social evolution , intended by God from the very beginning of creation and the outcome of the teaching of his son , Jesus Chrismatos ; if only mankind would listen , and practise the things that would lead to it . |
| 2 | If he did have designs on her , and a plan to marry Mr Eddie Hogan 's daughter and thereby marry into the business , then why was he saying all the things that would irritate and upset her ? |
| 3 | They discovered that there were lots of things that would make the ‘ wrong ’ sort of leaf develop . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | She then tested his creativity by asking him to write down all the things he could do with various objects such as a brick or a shoe , and all the things that would happen if certain events suddenly occurred , such as everyone in the world losing their sight or having to walk on all fours . |
| 6 | That he has books , videos etc to do — lots of things that would take 30 years to do . |
| 7 | Strong plastics , instructive building toys , things that would save women trouble . |
| 8 | And other things that would seem basic , like modes of transport , communication centres , systems of commerce or cultural interaction . |
| 9 | She was n't mean about it , she was very grateful to have someone to talk to and I used to try to spend a lot of time with her just to cheer her up — you know , walk the dog with her and go shopping — just do all the things that would help . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I let your white flesh and your skinny body and your blond hair blot out things that would have made me shudder at home . |
| 12 | The three chief contenders for the leadership of the Socialist Party , when the ailing Andreas Papandreou hands it over , all tell you sensible things that would have got them drummed out of the party ten years ago . |
| 13 | They refused to examine particular complaints or cases , did not examine branch files and did not interview rank-and-file officers ; in other words , they did none of the things that would have had to be done to get at the truth . |
| 14 | Perhaps she said things that would have been better left to silence . |
| 15 | Of course , there may be those who would argue that the entrenchment of the middle ground in power would be a good thing that would lead to moderate government and stable policies , but let them not argue that it would also be fair or would give the majority of people what they wanted of government . |
| 16 | The only thing that would change them , he commented savagely , was when he became someone who earned a thousand guilder a year . |
| 17 | The only thing that would change would be the total at the top . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's not the kind of thing that would influence you , of course , ’ says Caroline , ‘ but the prospects would be quite good . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | By chance ( chance again ! ) she had chosen the one thing that would reach , spinning down through all that froth of excited sentiment , right down to the very core of Sarah 's being : the memory of Tom . |
| 21 | When I ask the fat ladies at the drop-in centre what is the one thing that would do most to improve the estate they say ‘ get rid of the kids ’ and they are only half joking . |
| 22 | Now it seemed like the only thing that would make Christmas tolerable . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | This means that the light , instead of being granted an unrestricted passage to the photocells , has to pass through a forest of connecting wires , pre-sumably suffering at least some attenuation and distortion ( actually probably not much but , still , it is the principle of the thing that would offend any tidy-minded engineer ! ) . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The 1986 Programme , similarly , contained no reference to the historic goal of the withering away of the state ( it had long been predicted that the only thing that would wither away was the idea that the state should wither away ) ; its main emphasis was upon practical and short-term objectives , and it struck a disciplinarian rather than utopian note in its references to careerism , nepotism and profiteering . |
| 27 | Then would having a good head for numbers be the sort of thing that would individuate them at the level of their soul ? |
| 28 | Okay so that 's that 's that 's a thing that would help . |
| 29 | The only thing that would help would be if we could finish off this Leila business . ’ |
| 30 | It was just the sort of thing that would amuse a man like that . |