Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [pers pn] [pers pn] would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I have to say that they 've been the major percent of them er we think if only they would knuckle down to it they would do it . |
| 2 | If he came over to them she would have to introduce him , and that thought was enough to bring on near hysteria . |
| 3 | I told Debbie about the house because they 'd quarrelled , she and her father , and I was afraid that if she did n't try and make it up with him he would change his mind . |
| 4 | If you walked round the bishop 's wood shortly before you left Cuddesdon , you were likely to become aware of an elfin prelate hunting you through the shrubbery like a gaitered satyr ; and when he caught up with you he would say breathlessly , ‘ If you ever need a bed … ( panting ) … do n't forget I have fifteen spare bedrooms ’ . |
| 5 | He looked at his watch and said , " If it was up to me I would leave in ten minutes . " |
| 6 | My mum used to dress me up for church , but if it was up to me I would have wanted to wear something tatty . |
| 7 | ‘ He said if I did n't go out with him he would run me over , ’ she said . |
| 8 | Mm but I , I mean I can use it as it is now but anything else on to it I would find it difficult . |
| 9 | His restlessness permeated the entire house , and she felt guilty , certain that her presence was tying him to Gullholm , that if it were n't for her he would go home , or visit one or other of his sisters or his mother , all of whom made regular telephone calls . |
| 10 | If it was n't for him it would have been in bits . |
| 11 | If it was n't for us he would rob you , |
| 12 | If it was n't for us he would starve . |
| 13 | Then below it you would have da da , year and somehow the subject fitted in on a line across , below it ? |
| 14 | Only if Baker drops to 19th today will Feherty go past him , but David says : ‘ Even if Peter is still ahead of me I would like to think that winning would give me a good chance of a wild card . ’ |
| 15 | Only if Baker drops to 19th today will Feherty go past him , but David says : ‘ Even if Peter is still ahead of me I would like to think that winning would give me a good chance of a wild card . ’ |
| 16 | Had I not worked closely with him I would have seen little of this . |
| 17 | If they — whoever they might be — tried to take either from him he would kill them . |
| 18 | He must have felt it and he must have suffered afterwards from it I would imagine , but he had , he had those qualifications , he had those abilities and he used them for a . |