Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [pron] [noun sg] would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Far from hailing Lineker as England 's saviour , Taylor was dismissive , suggesting that any other striker worth his salt would have done what Lineker did . |
| 2 | This is where this fallacy about their squad would have been completely exposed . |
| 3 | In view of this dichotomy of opinion it is surprising that there is little , if any , objective evidence to support or refute the rather paternalistic British view that allowing patients to make a fully informed decision about their treatment would generate an unnecessary and harmful degree of anxiety . |
| 4 | No Highlander worth his salt would cut one down , nor will he allow his son to do so , even if it means walking many a long stretch to fetch home firewood . |
| 5 | Any journalist worth her salt would have got scads more out of the tall Czechoslovakian than she had , she thought glumly . |
| 6 | She flung herself across the room , beating helplessly on the door , whispering his name over and over as if the force of her desire would bring him back . |
| 7 | While it freed him from a form of dependency — his succession to the LDP leadership had been achieved with the faction 's support — it also meant that the future of his premiership would depend on the skill with which he was able to balance the party 's competing factions — including his own — all of which were of roughly equal strength . |
| 8 | In a piece of fancy footwork of which Gekko would have been proud , America 's fat cats have capped a record year by undermining President-Elect Bill Clinton 's plans to soak the rich , before he has even set foot in the White House . |
| 9 | Any matter that fell into the hole would be destroyed at the singularity , and only the gravitational effect of its mass would continue to be felt outside . |
| 10 | The chief effect of his Bill would have been the banning of almost all images of homosexuality from the small screen . |
| 11 | up until just six years ago crews unhappy about the weight of their cox would bring them down into the brewery for a spot of heavy labour — shovelling mash , to get their weight down . |
| 12 | Henry Ii planned to provide a legal framework for the continuance of his empire by asking both Richard and Geoffrey to do homage to their elder brother ; doubtless he also hoped that this clear recognition of his seniority would do something to allay the Young King 's sense of frustration . |
| 13 | She was delighted when the story of Hank fell into her lap ; an interview with his mother would fill half a column nicely . |
| 14 | The void in my life would remain during Sam 's absence . |
| 15 | Goodness knows , I 've never liked the woman — but I 'd no idea just how awful living in her house would turn out to be . |
| 16 | Instead of having to prove substantial fettering of competition , it may now be enough for the Commission to show that competition has already been weakened by the presence of the dominant undertaking and that some further action on its part would impede the maintenance or development of effective competition in ( or in a substantial part of the Common Market . |
| 17 | The visitor left , forgetting to take her sewing machine , and I left with her , knowing full well that I would never see Aisha again and that news of my forcing the lock on her cupboard would reach my family and the whole village well amplified , so that I 'd end up accused of stealing all of Aisha 's possessions . |
| 18 | Often the horror and humility of her widowhood would drive a young widow to follow her husband on his burning pyre . |
| 19 | Being able to capitalize part of her pension would allow her to present herself at one of the main building societies with a deposit , to halve her housing costs , and begin acquiring a capital asset that would last with her into old age . |
| 20 | If they were lost an important part of our heritage would disappear , ’ Mr Rowney added . |
| 21 | A princess fair , the whiteness of whose skin would shame th ’ Arctic snows to a blush , the brightness of whose hair would provoke fabl 'd Helen to a fit of the envious humours … ’ |
| 22 | Is it not a tidy state of affairs when the best that the 370-odd Tory Members can deliver in this place every Tuesday and Thursday and at other Question Times is a tirade of abuse about what Labour would do ? |
| 23 | A princess fair , the whiteness of whose skin would shame th ’ Arctic snows to a blush , the brightness of whose hair would provoke fabl 'd Helen to a fit of the envious humours … ’ |
| 24 | Held , granting the petition , that where the hearing of an action was divided into two parts and there was an appeal to the Court of Appeal of New Zealand after the determination on the first part , justice required that an appeal therefrom to the Privy Council should lie if such an appeal would have lain had all the issues been determined prior to the appeal to the Court of Appeal ; that , accordingly , the judgment of the Court of Appeal deciding the compromise and cancellation issues in the respondents ' favour and dismissing the petitioner 's action was a final judgment for the purposes of rule 2 ( a ) of the New Zealand ( Appeals to the Privy Council ) Order 1910 entitling the petitioner to appeal as of right to the Privy Council ; and that , therefore , the Court of Appeal had erred in refusing to grant the petitioner leave to appeal and the Board in the exercise of its discretion would grant the petitioner special leave to appeal ( post , pp. 6G , 8B , D , F ) . |
| 25 | It was a question of which faction would win , that which was at least potentially pro-English and Protestant , or that which wanted to maintain the status quo , pro-French and Catholic . |
| 26 | The Duke had to appear confident of victory or else every waverer in his army would run to be with the Emperor and the winning side . |
| 27 | But the cost of replacing a single architect-designed window in his school would pay for dozens of panes of glass in a more typical building . |
| 28 | The idea was revived in 1984 by a Thames planning department report , which forecast that water consumption in its area would rise by 15 per cent between 1988 and 2006 . |
| 29 | A reference to its dictionary would help it realise that it is unlikely a word would begin with the character ‘ 5″ , but , in all probability should read ‘ Singing ’ . |
| 30 | Although breechloading weapons had been generally adopted , the small-bore rifle , the machine-gun , and the quick-firing fieldgun had not yet altered military thinking ; they had only increased the range at which fighting would take place . |