Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] would [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 She said she had held the document back for so long because she was afraid it would re-open old wounds for my mother and because she felt sure it was better for us not to know what it contained . ’
2 But after Richard III we would have second thoughts ; after Iago we might begin to doubt whether anyone could ever be trusted again .
3 Clearly at a basic level if you just gave someone a board and lake to practise on , apart from being dangerous it would take many months of frustration for them to work out what to do .
4 At best , he said , it was propaganda , at worst it would drive Conservative-minded passengers on to rival services and bankrupt the DTC .
5 ‘ Did you use tools and weapons ? ’ we asked , and were not sure she would understand those terms .
6 Were he alive today , and in any position to dictate on such matters , I 'm quite sure he would ban all detectorists from the environs of Harrogate , his favourite English watering place .
7 No doubt the threat of national paralysis seemed much worse than it was : after all it would take many weeks for the full effects of a national strike to have an impact .
8 I could n't , I , I would , if , if , if the company were n't so refined I would say other things about them but I do n't give a hoot .
9 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 !
10 It was therefore not possible to predict , on the basis of patient characteristics , those who would develop cardiac arrhythmias .
11 It 's one aspect to the hobby which spreads our good name around the area , thus counteracting the mud being thrown by those who would consider responsible detectorists in a different light .
12 There 's a very nice I would like crazy hats not plain
13 Diana had known she was marrying into a close family , but she was unprepared for how claustrophobic it would be , or how dull she would find long spells in their company , with their passion for dogs and horses .
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