Example sentences of "[Wh pn] would " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Whosoever would have it known that he is not of the common herd ’ , suggested Clifford Howard , ‘ develops a spleen against the Hollywood movies . ’ |
| 2 | Some prisoners who would not normally have received the death sentence may have fallen victim to political interference in the judicial process . |
| 3 | It is intended both for those who want to do practical or legal work for human rights organizations , and for those who would find it an outstanding preparation for research degrees in Law , Philosophy and Politics . |
| 4 | But those who would prefer to explain the book as a comedy of manners , or as current affairs , might have difficulty in explaining the prominence given to the love affair . |
| 5 | Born in Hamburg , he was transferred to the Manor House at Amnersfield , the son of a remote German-American mother and of a sour , withdrawn , irritable Anglo-Scottish father , who would retreat behind the Times and spend the evening in lonely state , smoking his pipe in his kilt . |
| 6 | Justin , who would appear to have lost some of his old charisma , became the straight man of the act — always mending things . |
| 7 | It is n't every comic genius who would undertake to send his talent into such painful places . |
| 8 | Who would believe me ? |
| 9 | Keep shit at bay , keep warmth at bay , those maggots of feeling , breeding in the shit , sooner or later it gets to them all , even Hilda , love at last , her very words , who would have thought it . |
| 10 | Yet who would have thought I would talk to myself in this way in these notes ? he wrote . |
| 11 | His words were taken up by many who would not have dreamed of opening any of his more technical works , and he came to be in great demand as a speaker at rallies and at the numerous conferences and seminars on the death of images organized by the Universities , the Churches and the innumerable Humanist organizations which had mushroomed in the immediately preceding decades . |
| 12 | Who would not ? |
| 13 | Phoned Moira and told her I wanted it out as soon as possible ; if she would n't have it I would find someone who would . |
| 14 | There will be some differences , but they may be too slight to be noticed by the customers , who would normally see only one piece of each item in any case . |
| 15 | Peggy thought she knew of at least another ten people who would not really be mourning the death of Henry Phipps . |
| 16 | Though if you ask me he 's a nasty piece of work who would n't bat an eyelid whatever she might do … |
| 17 | ‘ That would have meant , ’ said the inspector alertly , ‘ that anyone who knew where you were all sitting would have been able work out who would get which plate in the pile . ’ |
| 18 | I remember trying to think of all the troops who would line up behind me , and realizing that there was only Anne . |
| 19 | ‘ Our boys ’ were being nurtured in the belief that they were the leaders of tomorrow , the ‘ happy few ’ who would one day be running whatever had now taken the place of the Empire . |
| 20 | Throughout history you come across stacks of politicians who would rather let any number of people suffer than admit to one lousy mistake of their own — they 're in all parties , not just our current lot . ’ |
| 21 | Could you suggest some helpful books for a keen amateur gardener who would like to know more about plants ? |
| 22 | In order that as many people as possible may benefit from the information please take a copy if you know of someone else who would find the booklet helpful . |
| 23 | If you would like to know more about O.C.D.P. they have a development co-ordinator who would be pleased for you to make contact . |
| 24 | To a less immediately visible extent the institution of policing is also set up to control those who would publicly demonstrate against the state and its executive powers . |
| 25 | Where there does exist a genuine public expression of concern about the way the police operate this can not just be dismissed as a matter of misunderstanding or be written off as the foolish ramblings of that police ‘ folk devil ’ the ‘ loony left ’ , who would dismantle the system for their own political ends . |
| 26 | The need to get the retiring member to sign such a document indicates the institutional fear of the outside lying behind the threats which Sir Peter Imbert issued to those who would write controversial memoirs ( Police Review , 26 August 1988 ) ; for the ‘ family ’ demands silence unto death from its members ! |
| 27 | In a game similar to that devised for the radio show Desert Island Discs , we listed those who would get one bullet from a six-gun , and placed them in order of preference , much in the way the FBI listed the top wanted men in the USA . |
| 28 | Many of these have since been taken on by the wider society and are to be found in all its corners influencing even those who would now deny them any real significance and tend to look back on the decade as only times of silliness and self-indulgence . |
| 29 | He 's one of them educated bastards who would n't know his arse from his elbow on a Friday night in the Bigg Market … |
| 30 | She felt like a bad child , a bad little girl who would n't give up . |