Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [subord] [pron] would [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They behaved towards me as they would to anyone else and I found it a very valuable exposure . |
| 2 | They do n't get much more out of it than they would from reading a James Bond paperback , but it makes them understand a few of the problems the field men face . |
| 3 | Being told in a spiteful , truculent way that you 're not perfect rings louder bells for you than it would for most . |
| 4 | Contributors invested in them as they would in any commercial building company and their philanthropy lay in accepting a return which , at 5 per cent , was lower than they would expect on the free market . |
| 5 | Mr Bruce Napier , a chartered clinical psychologist once in charge of the society 's disciplinary procedures , said : ‘ If you go to see a therapist for an hour a week to talk about your most intimate feelings , it is understandable you may develop more powerful feelings for him than you would for your bank manager or solicitor . ’ |
| 6 | It looks a lot better on me than it would on you . |
| 7 | He spoke to him as he would to his own son , undeferentially , as one adult to another . |
| 8 | Bingham ca n't take his eyes off Ali ; the still life of his friend , tethered so completely , seems as incomprehensible to him as it would to others who followed the radiated glow of Ali 's invulnerability . |
| 9 | Other mares will tolerate , boss , or defer to it as they would to the mother herself . |
| 10 | The wheelchair provides the ideal type of support , as the patient can not lean on it as he would on a walking frame , because the chair would tip up . |
| 11 | This , in most cases , is all the protection the company needs , but it will pay much less for it than it would for a standard policy . |