Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I came here today to have a look but I did n't think it would affect me the way it has . |
| 2 | And I think most women would prefer it the romantic way , rather than just in the kitchen , over the sink or whatever , like in Fatal Attraction , says a married 27-year-old estate agent . |
| 3 | Mauve said no , he should get a bed : he would lend him the money . |
| 4 | ‘ No bank would lend him the money but Harry made it work . ’ |
| 5 | His father had been right for once : she would make him the perfect match . |
| 6 | His two Cabinet portfolios , which would make him the most powerful member of the government after the Prime Minister , were expected to give him a key role in the formulation of the country 's overall foreign policy . |
| 7 | ‘ That time would make him the best dog at the track , ’ said joint racing manager Jimmy Nunn . |
| 8 | To Ajax he says : ‘ I would thou didst itch from head to foot ; an ’ I had the scratching of thee , I would make thee the loathsomest scab in Greece' ( 27ff . ) . |
| 9 | I would thou didst itch from head to foot ; an I had the scratching of thee , I would make thee the loathsomest scab in Greece . |
| 10 | King Edward bent to pick it up amid suggestive laughter , declaring ‘ shame on him who thinks evil of it ’ , and prophesying that he would make it the most sought-after badge of honour in Britain . |
| 11 | Though it says it still has $1m in the bank , it is currently out for a second round , believed to be in the neighbourhood of $4.5m , which would make it the most heavily backed venture in the field . |
| 12 | But clearly it is another factor that would make it the less satisfactory for us simply to refuse the application without more . |
| 13 | The self-styled Scottish convention was self-appointed and is unrepresentative , and the introduction of tax-raising powers for Scotland would make it the highest-taxed part of the United Kingdom and would destroy and inward investment that has done so much for its standard of life . |
| 14 | Now , Labour needs a further swing of eight per cent to be sure of an overall majority but six per cent would make it the biggest single party . |
| 15 | This means that you should not turn up in casual clothes which express your out-of-work personality , enchanting as that may be , nor should you wear the sort of ‘ best ’ clothes which would make you the star at a party but which are patently unsuitable for day-today working situations . |
| 16 | A field , further , where what would restrict what the Renaissance could be — the firm phenomenal centre of the early modern period — is missing . |
| 17 | Well I I I would say that if it comes to the attention of Social Services , that we would treat it the same . |
| 18 | The middle classes would serve sour cheap wine but exotic foods and the band would eat whatever the guests ate , but not for long : the hosts having paid for the band to play , not to eat . |
| 19 | I confirm that , when undertaking a review we would consider what the board has done , how it has done it and whether it had achieved its objectives and we would draw the appropriate conclusions . |
| 20 | They had no idea that his old world manners and charm would win him the love of the most eligible divorcee in the land , the Princess Royal , Princess Anne . |
| 21 | Though she had said she was too young for them she had been enraptured by them in a tiny jeweller 's in Pollensa but Fernando had hurried her away saying he would buy her the real thing one day . |
| 22 | Should you want to escape reality for a while , £12 would buy you the skills of a trained , uniformed chauffeur for an hour . |
| 23 | And I would buy you the most |
| 24 | ‘ I doubt if they would know what the bloody hell you were talking about . |
| 25 | Could it be he understood them too well , and would know what the discrepancy meant ? |
| 26 | He followed it up , however , with a more positive view : ‘ Four wins out of our last five matches would guarantee us the runners-up spot and a place in the UEFA Cup — and that 's not a bad second prize . ’ |
| 27 | So you can , so if you feel that you 're a bit , you need a bit of practice in a certain area , you can literally look up the type of course that would benefit you the most . |
| 28 | But as an occasion it promised much , for Lester Piggott was idolized by the racing public and expectations were running high that Commanche Run would bring him the record . |
| 29 | Then she would bring me the diaries of a grand-duchess and the poems of the Hapsburg princesses . |
| 30 | One night I had a vivid dream that to correct this error would bring us the wind . |