Example sentences of "[noun] would [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Laertes would surely have killed him . |
| 2 | The ‘ profiles ’ school-leaver would thus take his place among the list of the failures , whether designated as ‘ secondary modern ’ school-leavers , the educationally subnormal , the ‘ bottom 40 per cent ’ , or by whatever other title the no-hopers are characterized . |
| 3 | ‘ But this might be an adventure , and further revelations from the lips of the Lady Lina would not be without reward ! |
| 4 | Earlier , on Feb. 7 , up to 70,000 people had protested in Garankuwa , in eastern Bophuthatswana , demanding that their South African citizenship be restored , but Mangope had reaffirmed on Feb. 18 that the homeland would never be reincorporated into South Africa . |
| 5 | One critic thought it ironic that this building ‘ of which the aim was so obviously beauty , should have achieved so startling an ugliness ’ , but after more than a century Swanage would hardly seem the same place without it . |
| 6 | The growing strength of such a new religion would gradually undermine the power of warmongering leaders , who so frequently use entrenched religious beliefs to instil into their sometimes reluctant followers , the will to continue a conflict . |
| 7 | S 72(4) could be read as including the limitation , ‘ in a case in which the amount distributed was small compared with the value of the shares in respect of which it was distributed ’ , and none of its express words would thereby be distorted . |
| 8 | She doubted the words would even be able to leave her mouth . |
| 9 | Such wormy words would surely make an eagle back away in fear . |
| 10 | Them 's Germans , Dot wanted to say but the words would n't come out . |
| 11 | She knew exactly what she wanted to say but the words would n't come . |
| 12 | ’ Yet I was paralysed with fear and the words would n't come out . |
| 13 | I would n't describe anything that was not what I had gone through and understood myself — in my experience or out of my imagination and other people 's words would n't do . |
| 14 | She tried to raise her hands , tried to surrender , but she could n't move , words would n't shake loose of her mouth . |
| 15 | The words would n't reach his lips . |
| 16 | She wanted to pray , but she was so exhausted , the words would n't come out right . |
| 17 | She tried to speak to him , but the words would n't come . |
| 18 | But the words would n't come . |
| 19 | Startled by the swiftness with which he had released her , Polly moistened lips that felt swollen , but the words would n't come . |
| 20 | But although she opened her mouth to make it quite clear to her infuriating parent that she was not , never would be , and never wanted to even think about being in love with Luke Hunter , somehow the words would n't come . |
| 21 | But the words would n't come . |
| 22 | Belinda wanted to tell him not to worry about waiting for her if he wanted to return to Labour and Delivery , but somehow the words would n't come . |
| 23 | She frowned slightly , and he raised a finger to his lips , closing the kitchen door to , so that their words would not be heard by the woman m the other room . |
| 24 | She wanted to thank him for his kindness , to tell him how grateful she was that he had offered to help but the words would not come . |
| 25 | The task was to repeat the words " double , double , double " over and over again , and it was used on the assumption that , while vocalising , judgements about words would not be made on the basis of their phonological codes . |
| 26 | The boy sniffled and stammered to say something , but the words would not come . |
| 27 | He returned via London and sought to make his case to the British people in a BBC broadcast ; he suffered the humiliation of being told by Sir John ( later Baron ) Reith [ q.v. ] that his words would not be welcome . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's not true , ’ Davide began , but words would not come to his help . |
| 29 | Words would not be necessary . |
| 30 | FIFTY WORDS WOULD NOT BE ENOUGH to tell you about myself . |