Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] would [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 At the least , the seller should agree to ensure that the business of the offeree group is carried on in the ordinary and usual course so as to maintain the same as a going concern ; and that nothing is voluntarily done or omitted which would result in a material inaccuracy in the warranties if they were repeated on , and as at , completion .
2 But Richard Ingham , managing director of Beacham Peplow Noakes Advertising says he would opt for a more down-to-earth approach .
3 You would think she would put on a lot of weight would n't you ?
4 You would think she would put on a lot of weight , would n't you ?
5 I do n't think you would go on a Sunday at .
6 All equipped with a full suit of sails , including optional tri-radial spinnakers , plus the creature comforts you would expect from a Swan .
7 When she arrived they would clamber in a body on top of the nursery table and standing there , hands on hearts , would chant to her — ;
8 Yesterday , the Latvian parliament confirmed it would stick to a plan to introduce minimum five and 10-year residence requirements for candidates wishing to stand in local and republican elections .
9 Yesterday , the Latvian parliament confirmed it would stick to a plan to introduce minimum five and 10-year residence requirements for candidates wishing to stand in local and republican elections .
10 Sadly Mr McLean , who had always promised he would retire with a final Conservative win after his successful opening in 1951 , was to be proved wrong .
11 With my family growing up I was needing more money and er that 's when I decided I would apply for a foreman 's job at .
12 Johnson referred , characteristically , to ‘ the sort of bounce you would expect from a Scotch egg landing in a bowl of porridge ’ .
13 His co-star , actress Audrey Jenkinson , apprentice jockey Mo in the series , was there to say goodbye to her favourite horse , and to ensure he would go to a good home .
14 Yet in the 1960S some members of the credit industry had feared it would grind to a halt unless they could threaten promise-breakers with prison .
15 He said she feared she would look like a money-grabber if she went to court to get the possessions after the divorce so he agreed to sign them over .
16 His hand curled around the back of her neck , slipping under the heavy weight of her hair , and she shuddered violently , her whole body so tense that she felt she would shatter into a thousand tiny pieces .
17 She had hoped he would stay for a chat with her parents , but he was making it very obvious that that was n't part of his plan .
18 Several people have been whispering in my ear lately about Michael 's drug-taking ; I knew it would come to a head sooner or later . ’
19 Either because he had the hump or because he thought it would make for a good show he started smashing the footlights one by one .
20 Willis struggled to make his mark in a higher division and manager Brian Little thought he would benefit from a loan spell at Bradford .
21 Do they not realise what would happen to a young couple who bought a terraced cottage that had a traditionally low rateable value ?
22 They hope to sell the house as soon as possible but did not think it would go to a Vic Reeves fan .
23 There are many good makes of boots in this category though I think I would opt for a pair of Scarpa boots because they will accept the wonderful Yeti gaiters ( £50 ) and are excellent in their own right .
24 Ironically it was the former Labour prime minister Clement Attlee who persuaded Parliament to spend £2 million for a new royal yacht , claiming it would double as a hospital ship in war time .
25 Many of those who constitute it would adhere to a world-renouncing ethnic based on a doctrine of separation from the world .
26 In the former , the data are held as coded characters exactly reflecting what would appear on a printed page .
27 She wandered into the study , thinking she would work on a poem , whose first line would be , ‘ Yes , I remember the Stockhausen ’ .
28 And it had a stain on the shoulder which she said she would hide with a gold rose .
29 Krabbe 's manager , Jos Hermens , said she would run at a meeting in Jena on May 28 .
30 She said she would shop for a couple of hours on her own , that she did n't want him with her while she mooched around dress departments .
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