Example sentences of "would [vb infin] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | How grandly I would inscribe it … |
| 2 | Every hour the assistant on duty had to read the instruments , make a note of the wind speed and direction , the visibility , the cloud , precipitation ( if any ) , and whether the barometer was rising or falling , and then stand by to teletype the details in code to Group Headquarters , who in turn would transmit it to Bomber Command . |
| 3 | He knew this was something that had been happening slowly for a long time , something that had to happen or he was lost , but it was such a brittle structure they were building , one word would topple it , shatter it , one word would be enough to jerk them back into that ordinary daylight where nothing could be changed or righted , nothing could unravel . |
| 4 | He always stored it behind the pipe and when Uncle Philip found it , he would throw it out onto the landing and jump up and down on it . |
| 5 | The poor little thing ’ , and he would laugh , and sometimes he would skin it himself and sometimes he would throw it away , but now she says , ‘ I am not going to skin that rabbit , Hywel , so do n't imagine I am ’ , and sometimes he skins it himself and sometimes he throws it away . |
| 6 | He walked with a stick , but sometimes he would throw it away and skip . |
| 7 | BGS is making geochemical tests on material from two deep boreholes at Dounreay , and investigating potential interactions between the alkali-rich cementitious material used in the construction of the repository and the saturated groundwater that would bathe it . |
| 8 | Few academics would think it proper to bring themselves before the reader in this way , particularly in a work of learning . |
| 9 | ‘ I would think it 's been here for several days , sir . |
| 10 | With any luck Emily would think it was from their previous ride . |
| 11 | ‘ From the way Himself carried on you would think it was all our fault , ’ Bob Merryfield grumbled . |
| 12 | He 's drunk enough to float the Mauretania , and left me to drive him home that 's had so little over me lips you would think it was Lent . ’ |
| 13 | Buchan said he would think it over , and agreed to the move when Chapman called back again next day . |
| 14 | By contrast , anyone looking at the record of a computer attack would think it had been managed by a sadist wishing to extract the last possible drop of pain our of the victory . |
| 15 | In a region of high rolling hills , the wall is like a gigantic roller-coaster extending as far as the eye can see to east and west ; Garvine wrote of the wall that it ‘ is built on such a scale that you would think it was the work of Gods rather than men ’ . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Those familiar with piston singles would think it not possible to slow down a sleek aircraft that fast , because even airbrakes can not provide such deceleration . |
| 18 | He had tackled her about Pascoe and , although she had reacted much as he 'd expected , perhaps she would think it over and do what he advised . |
| 19 | That young man sitting on an old man 's knee ; some people would think it improper . ’ ‘ |
| 20 | Who would think it sane to use nuclear weapons against a new Hitler ? |
| 21 | You would think it was cause for a massive celebration . |
| 22 | Perhaps if he wrecked the thermostat , someone would think it worth putting a little pressure on their British friends . |
| 23 | I did n't want to but I was frightened they would think it was true , so I let them do it . |
| 24 | Many would think it quite appropriate for government to perform these regulatory functions , and if these non-governmental bodies did not perform them , government would almost certainly step in to fill the gap . |
| 25 | I had doubts about that cover when I saw it because someone on seeing the flag would think it 's a political novel , whereas it 's not . |
| 26 | 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 . " |
| 27 | He drove about in a horse and cart and one of his tricks was to whip the horse up into a canter and crouch down behind the seat so people would think it had bolted . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Er I I would think it very little advantage in actually reading all of this aloud now , unless you feel it is going to be some great advantage . |
| 30 | 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 . |