Example sentences of "[noun] would [vb infin] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This course of action would expose them to the prospect of mounting fines and eventual seizure of assets . |
| 2 | Any story which carries the imputation of discreditable conduct by somebody will be actionable by a plaintiff who can show that at least some readers would recognise him as the person being criticised , or that the facts in the story necessarily imply such an allegation against him . |
| 3 | Mrs Castle , as it turned out , had opposed this allowance , again on the characteristically doctrinaire grounds that an allowance which made it necessary for the disabled to purchase motor cars would place them at the mercy of the commercial interests of motor manufacturers . |
| 4 | When he was ready , the wind would take him off the beach . |
| 5 | She would run around her pen at such speed that the centrifugal force would keep her on the vertical walls like a Wall of Death rider . |
| 6 | Once I tied a wasp to the striking-surface of each of the copper-coloured bells on the top , where the little hammer would hit them in the morning when the alarm went off . |
| 7 | I always wanted to be an actor since I was about five and my parents would take me to the cinema and theatre . |
| 8 | The three of us would chat about anything and everything for a while then Alan would take him into the surgery so that they could be private . ’ |
| 9 | I myself would I am sure hereafter regret not visiting this part of V. D. L. , and under all circumstances I have agreed with Lady Franklin to wait one week longer after which to return if the wind should not come round to the eastward or northeast , either of these winds would take us to the desired place in a few hours . |
| 10 | Joyce did not suppose that German nationality would protect him in the event of a Nazi defeat . |
| 11 | Several meetings were held with Mr Smith who explained how Wilgro would train him in the art of mushroom growing and then market the produce to the supermarkets where top prices are paid for the quality crops small growers can harvest . |
| 12 | They would become subject to the same conditions of claiming benefit as men : for example , it would be a matter of discretionary decision on the part of the allocators of SB as to whether the existence of children or other dependants at home would relieve them of the need to register for work ( DHSS , 1978a , p.95 ) . |
| 13 | ‘ And that actually created some problems for me , because guitarists would call me from the States or Britain and say , ‘ I want the sound that George Lynch gets on ‘ Lock And Key ’ . |
| 14 | We envisage that the path would be mainly used for recreational cycling at weekends and by touring cyclists during the season , but it is also possible that a few commuters from Kirkliston would use it during the week . |
| 15 | We envisage that the path would be mainly used for recreational cycling at weekends and by touring cyclists during the season , but it is also possible that a few commuters from Kirkliston would use it during the week . |
| 16 | Some aircraft were prevented from appearing the ‘ pans ’ on the crowd-side of the airfields , because their turning circle would place them on the grass and at risk of bogging . |
| 17 | Western strategists maintained that the proposal not to deploy nuclear weapons in the Persian Gulf would leave it under the umbrella of Soviet nuclear weapons deployed in the Soviet Union . |
| 18 | He was more confident than his first ‘ angel ’ that heaven would provide him with the best of both worlds , and he wrote jauntily to his second wife that he had prayed that |
| 19 | And if a developer could not immediately secure rent from premises it builds at the dock , the Private Finance Initiative would provide it in the short-term , until the property market improves . |
| 20 | Melts that had frozen within this subconscious lithosphere would enrich it in the same elements that are enriched in the crust , so it has not been possible to distinguish between these theories . |
| 21 | After a while , though , I started receiving letters from her , and on Sunday evenings my Pop would take me to the phone booth , where at a prearranged time I would ring a phone booth in Scotland and talk to her for 3 minutes . |
| 22 | Whenever she was not working in the house or on the vegetable patch , Endill would find her in the rickety old shed beside the wall he sometimes climbed to hunt for nests in the trees above . |
| 23 | It is not far away ; an hour 's journey through the Forest would bring us to the shore from which it can be seen . |
| 24 | There were times when his grandma or his aunties made trouble for him behind his back , or when someone would comment on his lack of height and Sweetheart would punish him for the embarrassment he caused her . |
| 25 | This was discussed at length with Janet , after which it was agreed that the therapist would see her for the next 2 months at fortnightly intervals and that no more than one telephone call per week would be acceptable . |
| 26 | Nuadu knew that the Robemaker would put him to the treadmills ; that he would be forced to work at powering the Silver Looms to weave the Robemaker 's enchantments . |
| 27 | Her brain raced over and over what her mother would say , how awful she would feel , what she ought to do , until she felt that the movement in her head would spin her off the bed and send her whirling round the room . |
| 28 | No , indeed , and in many cases people erm if the case is relatively straightforward , an ordinary moating case , they do perfectly well doing it themselves because the Court would assist them with the procedure , the Clerk of the Court would assist them with the procedure , and every effort would be made to assist an unrepresented defendant with the procedure as it goes along . |
| 29 | No , indeed , and in many cases people erm if the case is relatively straightforward , an ordinary moating case , they do perfectly well doing it themselves because the Court would assist them with the procedure , the Clerk of the Court would assist them with the procedure , and every effort would be made to assist an unrepresented defendant with the procedure as it goes along . |
| 30 | If Tamar tried to sit up until her mother-in-law had retired to her bed , the other woman seemed determined that husband and wife should not be alone together , and Tamar 's aching back would drive her up the stairs , miserably leaving Stephen and his mother chatting by the fire . |