Example sentences of "would [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What had passed through his mind in the baggage-room at Royalbion House would remain his own personal secret . |
| 2 | You would think we all agreed that acting to end third-world poverty was our number one priority , and that we would all , with barely a sigh of regret , give up our cars , our fridge-freezers and dishwashers , would cease commuting and return to live in the cities we abandoned for the good of our children , and would generally resume our lives as good citizens after 13 years in the desert . |
| 3 | Suddenly George was frightened that the man would think him mean . |
| 4 | Mungo was about to ask him why he called it that , but hesitated , certain that either Vic or Emily , or both , would think him over-inquisitive . |
| 5 | They would think him mad . |
| 6 | She is a woman indeed ! — in mind , I mean , & heart-for her person is such , that if you expected to see a pretty woman , you would think her ordinary — if you expected to find an ordinary woman , you would think her pretty ! — But her manners are simple , ardent , impressive … |
| 7 | She is a woman indeed ! — in mind , I mean , & heart-for her person is such , that if you expected to see a pretty woman , you would think her ordinary — if you expected to find an ordinary woman , you would think her pretty ! — But her manners are simple , ardent , impressive … |
| 8 | They would think her maternal instinct outraged at the extraction of her child ? |
| 9 | Well , I would think anything Swiss would be pretty staid . |
| 10 | As for the UK situation , the Shipping Federation had plenty of free labour , while the union had no funds and would think itself fortunate if it could keep the men out for a week or two . |
| 11 | Somehow she could not help but suspect that he would think it immoral to squeeze extra wages out of his stepfather , only to hoard them beneath the floorboards . |
| 12 | I 'd go myself , " she added , " except that the hotel staff would think it strange if one half of a newly married couple should go for a ramble on her own . " |
| 13 | And some would think it pretentious . |
| 14 | I do n't think people would think it wrong . |
| 15 | It was something that you just could n't talk about , it seemed weird — others would think it weird — liking the teacher like she did . |
| 16 | He would think it funny when she had said she had to hurry if she just went on sitting there , so she got up to go . |
| 17 | Who would think it sane to use nuclear weapons against a new Hitler ? |
| 18 | I for my part would think it axiomatic , however , in order to avoid the risk of grave breaches of the law that in any case where time permitted , where major surgical or other procedures ( such as an abortion ) were proposed , and where the parents or those in loco parentis were prepared to give consent but the child ( having sufficient understanding to make an informed decision ) was not , the jurisdiction of the court should always be invoked . |
| 19 | That young man sitting on an old man 's knee ; some people would think it improper . ’ ‘ |
| 20 | Few academics would think it proper to bring themselves before the reader in this way , particularly in a work of learning . |
| 21 | They said if you had over twenty five pounds worth of meat you know , money wise he would deliver it free . |
| 22 | would knock 'em cold if |
| 23 | Many Assassins would plant their own special card from the Adeptio suit in an intended victim 's vicinity , to announce to that target his impending and unavoidable doom . |
| 24 | Baxter found that a sow would cover her 30 kilometres inside a pen five metres square , and that several sows would happily farrow down together within such a small space . |
| 25 | They consider that the new settlement should should n't be within the wi within areas which would affect their future workings . |
| 26 | There was something of importance he wished to say that would affect them all . |
| 27 | Christian was too happy to be the bearer of bad news , and yet he had told them earlier he had something to say that would affect them all . |
| 28 | It said the extra charge , to be taken as exceptional , would lower its full-year profit due in May by about £25m . |
| 29 | But in meeting with Kosygin it became clear to Razak that the Soviet Union would prefer its own larger collective security agreement , which would embrace Japan , Pakistan and India as well as the smaller states . |
| 30 | The male red-winged blackbird attempts to attract as many females like this one , as possible to nest in his territory and , although the female would prefer his sole attention , she will share him with several other females if the territory is good enough . |