Example sentences of "[pron] would [vb infin] us [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In addition to doublle-digit growth for use in bottling , I can see a market for 50-70kta of polyethylene terephthalate in Europe in these new applications by 1990 , ’ says Bruce , ‘ And as a successful outcome of the research we are doing to produce materials of high-temperature resistance [ which would take us into the hot-fill container market ] and materials of improved gas barrier properties could add considerably to that . ’ |
| 2 | Their names were Donald , Ian and Hugo , and they told us that they were extremely grateful for all the food but that the last thing they wanted was to put us in any danger : they begged us not to come again because there would almost certainly be someone in the village who would denounce us to the Germans or the Fascists . |
| 3 | Frequently they would meet us at the Sunday-school gate , and we would go for a walk before tea . |
| 4 | Harmless in himself — we thought — he would lead us to the dangerous ones if there were any . |
| 5 | A man was unfurling a sail on one of the feluccas , and we ran along the bank and asked him if he would take us across the river . |
| 6 | It would relieve us of the burden of suppressed emotion . |
| 7 | It would remind us of the days of our youth mixing with Greeks and Arabs and Armenians in strange corners of the world . ’ |