Example sentences of "[noun sg] would [vb infin] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This course of action would expose them to the prospect of mounting fines and eventual seizure of assets . |
| 2 | When he was ready , the wind would take him off the beach . |
| 3 | She would run around her pen at such speed that the centrifugal force would keep her on the vertical walls like a Wall of Death rider . |
| 4 | Once I tied a wasp to the striking-surface of each of the copper-coloured bells on the top , where the little hammer would hit them in the morning when the alarm went off . |
| 5 | Joyce did not suppose that German nationality would protect him in the event of a Nazi defeat . |
| 6 | They would become subject to the same conditions of claiming benefit as men : for example , it would be a matter of discretionary decision on the part of the allocators of SB as to whether the existence of children or other dependants at home would relieve them of the need to register for work ( DHSS , 1978a , p.95 ) . |
| 7 | Some aircraft were prevented from appearing the ‘ pans ’ on the crowd-side of the airfields , because their turning circle would place them on the grass and at risk of bogging . |
| 8 | Western strategists maintained that the proposal not to deploy nuclear weapons in the Persian Gulf would leave it under the umbrella of Soviet nuclear weapons deployed in the Soviet Union . |
| 9 | He was more confident than his first ‘ angel ’ that heaven would provide him with the best of both worlds , and he wrote jauntily to his second wife that he had prayed that |
| 10 | And if a developer could not immediately secure rent from premises it builds at the dock , the Private Finance Initiative would provide it in the short-term , until the property market improves . |
| 11 | Melts that had frozen within this subconscious lithosphere would enrich it in the same elements that are enriched in the crust , so it has not been possible to distinguish between these theories . |
| 12 | After a while , though , I started receiving letters from her , and on Sunday evenings my Pop would take me to the phone booth , where at a prearranged time I would ring a phone booth in Scotland and talk to her for 3 minutes . |
| 13 | It is not far away ; an hour 's journey through the Forest would bring us to the shore from which it can be seen . |
| 14 | There were times when his grandma or his aunties made trouble for him behind his back , or when someone would comment on his lack of height and Sweetheart would punish him for the embarrassment he caused her . |
| 15 | This was discussed at length with Janet , after which it was agreed that the therapist would see her for the next 2 months at fortnightly intervals and that no more than one telephone call per week would be acceptable . |
| 16 | Nuadu knew that the Robemaker would put him to the treadmills ; that he would be forced to work at powering the Silver Looms to weave the Robemaker 's enchantments . |
| 17 | Her brain raced over and over what her mother would say , how awful she would feel , what she ought to do , until she felt that the movement in her head would spin her off the bed and send her whirling round the room . |
| 18 | No , indeed , and in many cases people erm if the case is relatively straightforward , an ordinary moating case , they do perfectly well doing it themselves because the Court would assist them with the procedure , the Clerk of the Court would assist them with the procedure , and every effort would be made to assist an unrepresented defendant with the procedure as it goes along . |
| 19 | No , indeed , and in many cases people erm if the case is relatively straightforward , an ordinary moating case , they do perfectly well doing it themselves because the Court would assist them with the procedure , the Clerk of the Court would assist them with the procedure , and every effort would be made to assist an unrepresented defendant with the procedure as it goes along . |
| 20 | If Tamar tried to sit up until her mother-in-law had retired to her bed , the other woman seemed determined that husband and wife should not be alone together , and Tamar 's aching back would drive her up the stairs , miserably leaving Stephen and his mother chatting by the fire . |
| 21 | However , the Law Commission expressed the hope that if the practice became widespread , the Office of Fair Trading would prevent it under the powers granted by the Fair Trading Act 1973 . |
| 22 | In that case , I argued that Darwin 's idea of natural selection would lead us to the correct answer . |
| 23 | If there were some point under heated discussion , either he or I would write a letter to our own newspaper , using a Burmese pseudonym , and the other would answer it in the name of government . |
| 24 | Naas trainer Arthur Moore and Yorkshire-based Jimmy FitzGerald entered their star novice chasers to see what chance the handicapper would give them against the established performers in next month 's £32,000-added showpiece . |
| 25 | Either Mr Putt settle his long-standing and substantial account , or the tailor would take him to the debtor 's court . |
| 26 | They provided a bus , you had a bus ride and you picked up a couple of guides er , who during the night would take you over the er take you over the er Pyrenees , er over the mountains er , the Pyrenees , you see becau er you 're in need of a guide because the er the frontier posts etcetera etcetera were shut , were closed . |
| 27 | Hopes that a woman would make it to the last hurdle are receding as the Soviets have made it clear they would like the two candidates to be of the same sex . |
| 28 | ‘ My father would lift me over the turnstile at the Brandywell , with me decked out in a red and white scarf and hat . ’ |
| 29 | The arrangement would bring him into the same stable as Hackett menswear , and people who mix in such circles believe that Lagerfeld , who designs for Chanel and Fendi , will also work for Chloe , Dunhill 's fashion label . |
| 30 | He was pessimistic about Britain 's economic prospects and felt that a free-trade policy would leave her at the mercy of economic storms like that of 1931 . |