Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] would [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Father Abbot , you were not with us in Gwytherin , or you would recognize this wonder . |
| 2 | on the release of a writer 's first album , it is unlikely that he or she would have enough qualifying works to become a publisher member of PRS ( see the ‘ Copyright and Performing Right ’ article for details on these qualifying requirements ) . |
| 3 | If for example the full time officers er negotiated with you know , for a district rate , erm Brothers and , and , and er er or whoever would concede that district rate . |
| 4 | However , a move to Besiktas , where he would earn big money , would prolong his Liverpool connection , for they are coached by ex-Reds midfielder Gordon Milne , who has been highly successful since joining the club . |
| 5 | The track 's existence came under threat — there was talk of it becoming a gravel pit and it was , after all , a prime industrial area — but in 1982 tobacco giant Gallagher purchased the site and handed the important sections over to the Brooklands Museum Trust , erecting its new headquarters building where it would create least damage . |
| 6 | Overall , it appeared by the middle of March that the Gulf environment was proving more resilient than had been feared , but environmentalists cautioned that the full extent of the damage would not be apparent for some time , particularly as the oil sank to the bed of the shallow Gulf , where it would damage vital food plants . |
| 7 | At one time I would have suggested that everyone would shed surplus fat on a ration of 1,500 calories daily . |
| 8 | On the day on which the Secretary of State gave a pledge to his party conference that everyone would have equal access to free health care , I was contacted by a constituent , Mr. Ronnie Watson , who had been waiting since September 1990 for an appointment with a consultant to discuss a possible hip operation and had just been told that he would have to wait until some unspecified date in 1992 . |
| 9 | Chris Goodenough , 19 , student ( above ) : ‘ I prefer the Seventies style , although I would wear this top . ’ |
| 10 | Was it right for me to assume that I would remain senior partner until retirement ? |
| 11 | He asked me why and I said I was reading a book called My Early Life by Winston Churchill and that I would want any son of mine to live that life . |
| 12 | There is only one thing to say about the Home Secretary 's speech : I have heard more intellectual contributions from Lord Waddington on the subject , and I never believed that I would make that statement about anyone holding the office of Home Secretary . |
| 13 | Eventually she believed my protests that I would prefer Filipino fare ; it appeared — embotedo , lumpia , bulabula — all in a toasted sandwich . |
| 14 | And I say to them ‘ Look , do n't start planning this whole thing on your own from the beginning , go round and talk to the various people you know that are interested and say to them ‘ Look , I 'm planning to try and do this work , or we agreed at such and such a meeting that I would do this work , but I do n't just want to do this on my own , I want to take into account other people 's views . |
| 15 | ‘ That I would have enough money to get started in anything I really wanted to do ; that he thought I had enough guts to be a success if I put my mind to it . |
| 16 | What on earth made me imagine for even one second that I would have enough strength to confront Luke ? |
| 17 | I knew before I went that I would cry that day , but I thought it would be because he was standing in front of me , not because he was n't standing in front of me . |
| 18 | You do have to compromise a fair bit and I suppose that I would like more freedom than I 've got . |
| 19 | I has taken me a while to figure out that ‘ we ai n't got Windows , we got DOS ’ so I would appreciate any advice in your columns on the basics — what sorts of programs are suitable for a simple soul like me who needs to knock out the odd poster , magazine or newsletter and something that will look more professional , from time to time . |
| 20 | The latest addition to Foula 's sparse crime statistics was the sort of incident that nobody would pay much regard to elsewhere . |
| 21 | Smarter people know that nobody would believe any yarn that came anywhere near the truth . |
| 22 | Dejection was again with her next morning , pressing heavily to remind her that she would face another day of visualising Doreen riding knee to knee beside Silas . |
| 23 | Mrs Lynda Chalker , who lost her Wallasey seat to Labour , said yesterday she was delighted that she would remain Overseas Development Minister . |
| 24 | Sally-Anne had one pain , one memory of which she dared not even think for fear that she would lose all command of herself , one memory which she always pushed away when it tried to attack her . |
| 25 | ‘ By stating that she would take sick time because her holiday request had been denied , she appeared to be abusing the company sick scheme , ’ said Mrs Proffitt . |
| 26 | In response the health secretary , Virginia Bottomley , promised that she would consider new legislation on compulsory supervision and treatment of mentally ill people in the community . |
| 27 | But today for the first time she was certain that even in Paul 's presence she would find the courage to say what she wanted , what she really wanted , in the depth of her soul ; she was certain that she would find this courage even at the price of ruining everything between them . |
| 28 | She could recall his hard masculine looks with such clarity of detail that she did n't think that she would have any problem in recreating the image on paper . |
| 29 | Larissa , 40 , became a teacher so that she would have more time with her children , but she spends most of her spare time in queues . |
| 30 | You actually have three children under the age of seven , and if your husband died while they were still young , still in education , heaven forbid , but these things still do happen , it might be that you think that you would need more cover at that point in time , than later on , maybe when the children have left home . |