Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] would [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually , Sabine had been glad to escape altogether to university , where she 'd read Modern Languages . |
| 2 | But after they had eaten she would take his head in her lap and comb his hair , or she would play sweet tunes on her pair of bone pipes . |
| 3 | As well as challenging the justification for piecemeal projects at a local level , especially where they would affect designated landscapes , we believe we need to develop a strategic overview of transport policy in Wales , questioning the present approach and proposing less environmentally damaging alternatives . |
| 4 | I think that I would like those considerations borne in mind by Mr when he 's doing his report , and I 'd like us to have a very open view about what we do with the County Farms . |
| 5 | ‘ I told him this was a murder investigation , that I 'd adopt other methods to trace his employer . |
| 6 | William Bowles , ( 1705–1780 ) an Irishman who became superintendent of mines in Spain , was dismayed by the lack of unusual plants in the area and wrote to Peter Collinson from Bilbao in 1733 asking for packets of seeds and bulbous plants and continued : ‘ There is a Miller 's Dictionary in Town , so I would take some pains to give the Spaniards a taste … you know what best to send ’ . |
| 7 | It was , I thought , the last time that she would make sarky remarks about a fellow medium 's performance . |
| 8 | He said the terms should run concurrently so that she would serve four years . |
| 9 | Again we assume that she would have young children , children who would normally be expected to be living with her . |
| 10 | She remembered the doctor telling her , as gently as he could , that it was unlikely that she would have more children , and the shocked look on her husband 's face when he heard the news . |
| 11 | Yes , I heard you , yes , I heard you say the other day , and also did read in the press , where you 've been quoted , Councillor Warby , that you would build various by-passes and no doubt you will be putting , I have n't yet heard any amendments to the capital goal . |
| 12 | Matron told me that you would have both legs removed . |
| 13 | You kindly said that you would call hon. Members next week who had been rising . |
| 14 | On their upper-range models at least , Mazda assume that you 'd like those things . |
| 15 | But her remarks in America would subsequently be picked up by the papers here — so she would have two platforms . |
| 16 | Seven foot six by seven kitchen , plus units so you would get two metres it 's not very much at all |
| 17 | Only that we would want all students to experience these things to the fullest , so that they all have varied and rich experiences in all these spheres , and that we make special efforts to provide the time and space for the students to explore and develop their abilities and inclinations to learn and develop personal qualities without being directed . |
| 18 | Er , in the light of the information at that time and the options I had already considered erm I thought it was likely that we would need armed police officers . |
| 19 | They did all that so that we would have better opportunities , and they expected us to grab them when they came along . |
| 20 | we would update so that we would have current figures in the brochure , yes |
| 21 | ‘ But if Mellor had not disputed our bill we could have survived a few more months in the hope that we would sell several houses on our books . ’ |
| 22 | Well I , I think they will give it to us , cos er , Martin what 's his name said that we 'd get complimentary copies , yeah you must n't touch those Tim cos those are matches and children never , never touch matches do they ? |
| 23 | We would not be likely to teach these in an ordered way any more than we would teach idiosyncratic features of individuals ' speech patterns which are not typical of the speech community as a whole . |
| 24 | We 'd go in and maybe Elvis would have a couple of tunes he 'd want to try , or maybe Sam would have some ideas , so we 'd try different things and finally just lock into one of them . ’ |
| 25 | One point on which all the above theories agree , although they would put different degrees of explicit emphasis upon it , is that ‘ space is socially produced ’ . |
| 26 | I mean , I think , I had n't realized that they would make different decisions on medical grounds . |
| 27 | Indeed 35 per cent of people currently repaying on a weekly basis said that they would prefer monthly repayments ( against only nine per cent of those currently paying monthly who said that they would prefer weekly repayments ) . |
| 28 | Indeed 35 per cent of people currently repaying on a weekly basis said that they would prefer monthly repayments ( against only nine per cent of those currently paying monthly who said that they would prefer weekly repayments ) . |
| 29 | In the following weeks , readers were told that Diana was reconciled to the fact she would remain married to Charles , but that they would lead separate lives . |
| 30 | The market mechanism fails to provide a means whereby workers can signal to firms that they would demand more goods and services if only they could get jobs and so have more money to spend . |