Example sentences of "[that] it would [verb] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd share your gin , ’ the Bishop 's wife said , ‘ except that it would make me further inclined to cry . ’ |
| 2 | Among the birds , body-armour is absent for the obvious reason that it would make them too heavy to fly . |
| 3 | Although revised , in its final form the bill did not assuage White House misgivings that it would make it too easy for plaintiffs to prove discrimination , and would force employers to impose hiring and promotion quotas based on race and sex in order to avoid expensive law suits . |
| 4 | I 'm sure that it would make us more careful the months before . |
| 5 | She had assumed all along that the only reason her father could possibly have for even considering selling the club was concern that she , Rory , could n't cope with running it , that it would prove too much of a burden for her — that it would hold her back from her own career . |
| 6 | Satisfied that it would bring them exactly down to the point he wanted on the starboard side of Lord Jim , he asked — " How do you feel about your husband ? " |
| 7 | Bina who never dreamed — Bina whose moods they all dismissed as ‘ adolescence ’ — Bina who they 'd trained not to let on what she really felt , who did n't even know what she did feel — that same Bina had a dream each night , and she wrote down every single word of it so that it would tell her how to be different , be real , really be . |
| 8 | No need to stiffen up like that — you must see that it would affect me professionally . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ The way I left was very , very frustrating and a lot of my friends concluded that it would finish me forever in management . |
| 10 | ‘ The way I left wasvery , very frustrating and a lot of my friends concluded that it would finish me forever in management . |
| 11 | Elrond 's adamant refusal to take the Ring is because he has considered its advantages but is wise enough to see that it would ruin him utterly . |
| 12 | It is tempting to delve further into the subject ; but I am afraid that it would take me far outside my main theme , and so , reluctantly , we must leave matters there . |
| 13 | Iran has made it plain that it would take it amiss if it were left out of any post-war security arrangements for the Gulf — but even more amiss if outsiders ( read Americans ) were to stay on . |
| 14 | Not that it would trouble her overmuch with guilt . |
| 15 | The question was designed to establish the level of public concern over this development , so there were no positive suggestions , but the low concern rate for most of the problems posed suggested that the majority of people were not worried about this prospect , nor that it would trouble them personally , socially or financially to any great extent . |
| 16 | Neutral commentators may disagree about exactly how much a statutory minimum wage would increase unemployment , but they all agree that it would increase it by between 64,000 and 500,000 . |
| 17 | Meanwhile , the unruly people of Rome , currently opposed to the Pope , suggested that it would suit them better to confirm the imperial crown upon Barbarossa . |
| 18 | ‘ Creeping up to 40 was n't the main reason I wanted a third child , ’ says Saskia , ‘ but I was certainly aware that it would keep me back in the young-mum sphere along with the 25-year-olds . ’ |