Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] would [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Father Abbot , you were not with us in Gwytherin , or you would recognize this wonder . |
2 | on the release of a writer 's first album , it is unlikely that he or she would have enough qualifying works to become a publisher member of PRS ( see the ‘ Copyright and Performing Right ’ article for details on these qualifying requirements ) . |
3 | The track 's existence came under threat — there was talk of it becoming a gravel pit and it was , after all , a prime industrial area — but in 1982 tobacco giant Gallagher purchased the site and handed the important sections over to the Brooklands Museum Trust , erecting its new headquarters building where it would create least damage . |
4 | Chris Goodenough , 19 , student ( above ) : ‘ I prefer the Seventies style , although I would wear this top . ’ |
5 | He asked me why and I said I was reading a book called My Early Life by Winston Churchill and that I would want any son of mine to live that life . |
6 | There is only one thing to say about the Home Secretary 's speech : I have heard more intellectual contributions from Lord Waddington on the subject , and I never believed that I would make that statement about anyone holding the office of Home Secretary . |
7 | And I say to them ‘ Look , do n't start planning this whole thing on your own from the beginning , go round and talk to the various people you know that are interested and say to them ‘ Look , I 'm planning to try and do this work , or we agreed at such and such a meeting that I would do this work , but I do n't just want to do this on my own , I want to take into account other people 's views . |
8 | ‘ That I would have enough money to get started in anything I really wanted to do ; that he thought I had enough guts to be a success if I put my mind to it . |
9 | What on earth made me imagine for even one second that I would have enough strength to confront Luke ? |
10 | I knew before I went that I would cry that day , but I thought it would be because he was standing in front of me , not because he was n't standing in front of me . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | You do have to compromise a fair bit and I suppose that I would like more freedom than I 've got . |
13 | You 'd think with my connections at the National Gallery , Washington , and the Virginia Museum and Yale that I would know more people in the field , but I just do n't . |
14 | I has taken me a while to figure out that ‘ we ai n't got Windows , we got DOS ’ so I would appreciate any advice in your columns on the basics — what sorts of programs are suitable for a simple soul like me who needs to knock out the odd poster , magazine or newsletter and something that will look more professional , from time to time . |
15 | 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 ’ . |
16 | Dejection was again with her next morning , pressing heavily to remind her that she would face another day of visualising Doreen riding knee to knee beside Silas . |
17 | Sally-Anne had one pain , one memory of which she dared not even think for fear that she would lose all command of herself , one memory which she always pushed away when it tried to attack her . |
18 | But today for the first time she was certain that even in Paul 's presence she would find the courage to say what she wanted , what she really wanted , in the depth of her soul ; she was certain that she would find this courage even at the price of ruining everything between them . |
19 | She could recall his hard masculine looks with such clarity of detail that she did n't think that she would have any problem in recreating the image on paper . |
20 | Larissa , 40 , became a teacher so that she would have more time with her children , but she spends most of her spare time in queues . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | Matron told me that you would have both legs removed . |
23 | You actually have three children under the age of seven , and if your husband died while they were still young , still in education , heaven forbid , but these things still do happen , it might be that you think that you would need more cover at that point in time , than later on , maybe when the children have left home . |
24 | ‘ The general expectation in the MoD at that time was that you would get another round of discussions with Argentina at a political level , and that the real difficulties were more likely to occur in the summer than at the time they did . ’ |
25 | What would be the priorities that you would put these war aims ? |
26 | Can I take it from what you said Professor Lock that you would envisage this policy as providing for B one B two and B eight development ? |
27 | I felt on top of things , and Marius and I had agreed that we would accompany each other to our respective regiments . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | We had the opportunity to make a fundamental change , and I could not believe that we would allow that opportunity to slip away . |
30 | It is unlikely that we would get such authority at the moment . |