Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [noun prp] [pers pn] would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Kirsty had fallen ill once they were down in London she would have been forced to stay there until she 'd recovered — and then she would have been in serious trouble , not only with Jake but with the law as well . |
| 2 | Well , perhaps on Tuesday she would find out more about Robert 's wish for friendship . |
| 3 | Perhaps at Southampton she would bring the Credit to a specified bank who would pay her part of the proceeds , endorsing the credit with the amount utilised . |
| 4 | Like in Harray we would say , up to go up and er the Deerness folk then would say , up or something like that , up . |
| 5 | While still in London I would wake in the night to find the bed devoid of Nigel , whom I would find in the kitchen , drinking tea and pacing the floor . |
| 6 | After he got home to Scotland he would write about Elsie , perhaps not just for the paper but for himself too . |
| 7 | When he was working out of London she would join him . |
| 8 | I tell you , if she was out in Hollywood they would send her to one of those beauty farms , where they starve them and batter them about and knock them into shape ; then they would give her a plastic nose , or make the one she 's got more pointed , put false eyelashes on her , give her hair an expert cut , and walla ! she 'd be a sensation . |
| 9 | I now decided that before going back to Oxford I would spend a month in the Danakil country . |
| 10 | Then back to Cairo we would steer , |
| 11 | When Alain went back to Paris she would go with him and then fly home . |
| 12 | If he 'd gone back to Zimbala it would have brought disgrace on the family . |
| 13 | If it was n't for Margaret she would go mad . |
| 14 | He had two holidays a year : in May he usually went abroad for a fortnight , then in October he would have another fortnight somewhere in this country . ’ |
| 15 | Then on Friday they would stream back to Cork from all over the province of Munster to clean themselves up , don their best clothes , and go to synagogue to greet the Sabbath . |
| 16 | Apart from Ireland it would seem that the smaller European countries have contained the situation better than have the larger ones , but this is an artefact since other small countries such as Belgium , Netherlands and Denmark follow the same trend as the larger countries . |
| 17 | To visit London again from Swanage he would travel by boat for the first part of the journey or by carriage along the rough road to join the Emerald coach at Wareham , both taking a whole day . |