Example sentences of "[pron] would [verb] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would dip blanket after blanket in boiling water , wring them out almost without realising that I was scalding myself , take off the old strips of saturated cloth , wrap the new ones round each leg and tuck them into the corners of affected muscles , but half the time not really knowing what I was doing . |
| 2 | I could not finish them until after Dana had left for the States , when I would sit day after day beside my desk , trying to write , while on the other side of Avondale Buildings the children screamed and shrieked in the playground . |
| 3 | I would walk north to south , with the wind on my back , and raise sponsorship for the sort of people I had met in Nigeria . |
| 4 | Having now met each other , it seemed that everywhere I went on camp I would come face to face with him , usually with his entourage of armourers fanning out behind him . |
| 5 | However , firms already have to face uncertainty in the context of UCTA and the criteria used to assess whether a duty of care which would give rise to liability in tort is owed . |
| 6 | A working group of senior parliamentarians broke the deadlock at the talks by endorsing a charter which would give equality in parliament to the majority Muslim population and transfer powers now enjoyed by the Maronite presidency to a cabinet headed by a Sunni Muslim . |
| 7 | A simple but far-reaching reform in libel law which would enhance freedom of expression would be to reverse this burden : to oblige the plaintiff to prove , on balance , the falsity or unfairness of the criticism . |
| 8 | Although further research would be necessary to establish the extent to which sexual practices which limit the risk of HIV transmission overlap with those which would prevent transmission of hepatitis B virus , the rise in hepatitis B infection reported in homosexual men is also suggestive of increased unsafe sex in this group . |
| 9 | Proving that Yeltsin had lost little by the forced resignations of some of his closest ministers during recent months , it was announced on Dec. 29 that Mikhail Poltoranin , until late November Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Press and Information [ see p. 39202 ] , was to become the head of a new Federal Information Service , which would distribute information about government policy . |
| 10 | Answer guide : Here the question moves the student into a senior management position which would need information for control purposes , such as profitability by branch , turnover by branch , branch cash flows etc . |
| 11 | Mention has been made as to the nonexistence of an allocation for housing and as to the suitability of this forum for consideration of the effect which would take place of development with or without the existing allocation . |
| 12 | The death-bed thus prefigured the decisive struggle for possession of the soul , which would take place on Judgement Day and which had been so vividly depicted in mediaeval murals and missals . |
| 13 | For the reverse engineering provisions to have any real effect , the word " substantial " would have to be interpreted in a quantitative sense which would run counter to copyright law . |
| 14 | There was a danger that the blood would become poisoned by pus or by some other morbid agent which would render death by pyaemia inevitable . |
| 15 | The European Council approved a growth initiative , with new lending by the European Investment Bank ( EIB ) for infrastructure projects and the creation of a new European Investment Fund , which would direct money towards loan guarantees rather than loans . |
| 16 | She would probably have the right to do so in the court in Germany which would have jurisdiction in relation to the place where the events happened , assuming that German law recognises the ground of action contemplated . |
| 17 | Delegates endorsed wide-ranging changes , including the replacement of the party 's Marxist ideology by a commitment to " democratic socialism " , and plans for the president and legislature to be directly elected by universal secret ballot , and for a revised constitution which would guarantee freedom of expression , permit the formation of political parties , and end the MPLA-PT 's control over the armed forces . |
| 18 | The announcement in the Medium Term Financial Strategy ( MTFS ) in the 1980 budget of monetary targets — which would fall year by year ( see Table 8.3 ) — was also regarded as a means of lowering the expectations of wage bargainers . |
| 19 | It is submitted on behalf of the father and the grandmother that , if an order were not made , C. would go to the grandmother and the care which would then be given to him would not be care which would cause suffering of harm and that , therefore , the second limb of the threshold condition is not made out . |
| 20 | The Belgian presidency of the Community suggested a compromise which would allow recovery of waste through incineration , and the setting of an overall target of 40 per cent for the recovery of all forms of waste . |
| 21 | Writing later on ‘ models of socialism ’ , Kurashvili looked forward to a further stage of ‘ democratic socialism ’ which would include respect for minority rights , a separation of powers , genuine federalism and a ‘ socialist multiparty system ’ . |
| 22 | From there she would stare hour after hour through the branches of the trees above as they swayed against the ever-changing sky , as if she was waiting to catch a glimpse of something precious she had lost a lifetime before . |
| 23 | The sensitive nature of the case was further inflamed by the woman 's near-complete recovery — after an initial medical prognosis had suggested that she would remain brain-damaged for life — a development which led some members of the black community , including Rev. Sharpton , to suggest that aspects of the attack had been fabricated . |
| 24 | If a girl married without her parents ' consent , she would risk abandonment by family and tribe . |
| 25 | But she could not see all the way , it was feasible that he was on a lower flight and she would come face to face with him . |
| 26 | In a few hours she would come face to face once more with that same man who was responsible for his death and this time she was intent on making absolutely sure that what had been a teenage crush on her part remained just that . |
| 27 | If you would like information on Feature You , you can contact David Barron on or call in at one of his salons . |
| 28 | If you would like advice on contraception , talk to your doctor or local family planning clinic . |
| 29 | If you would like advice on contraception , talk to your doctor or local family planning clinic . |
| 30 | We would sit hour after hour on either side of my table , exchanging glances , kisses , embraces , smiles — and the words of our poems . |