Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] they would [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought they 'd probably want to see the video I was splicing together from the footage we were getting on opium growing in the Bekaa Valley , but these were cops on a government-paid vacation . |
| 2 | All the other applicants seemed so highly qualified , I thought they 'd probably turn up their noses at what — between ourselves , Ianthe — is really rather a stooge 's job . |
| 3 | All the way back I hoped they would still have the odd one to enable me to complete the suit and happily luck was with me . |
| 4 | She prayed they would not think of looking under the bed . |
| 5 | She was ‘ extremely upset ’ and shouted that she knew they would not believe her and left the workshop . |
| 6 | You knew they would n't fight . ’ |
| 7 | She would n't he had some lovely irises but she would n't buy them cos she said they would n't last . |
| 8 | Erm they began the union just before I left Bellany and of course it was cried down and erm they had meetings and the lot , and then all the miners were on strike at the time , and er my father and brother were both miners and er my brother was very friendly with Mr and Mr next door and er anyway er we decided to come out on strike for Bellany 's union and of course erm they , the , one , I think it was Mr said Joey he said er did you know we 're out on strike here and my brother said it seemed to be catching does n't it he did n't say he could n't say I worked there you see but erm it , it caused an upset but still up to a point the unions were good because we 're all badly underpaid for what we did , and the hours we worked they would n't tolerate it nowadays , but erm I forget er I joined the union and if you did n't you were a blackleg you know you , they wanted you to join the union from then I 've been in the union all , until I finished work but erm they , they got us our rises and er as I say the , the money was n't er very good and then the union did fight for the rises and they 'd got to pay it or lose all the er employees but erm I was , I was satisfied with without it , I 've been satisfied with my life you know I 've had , there 's been humorous there 's been sad but erm I 'm still able to get around and that 's the main thing . |
| 9 | In this way , people lose their virginity , experiment with drink or drugs , run up debts , consider divorce and even vote for political parties they swore they would never support . |
| 10 | Our doctors were delighted for they knew they would soon need expert surgical help , but secretly they enjoyed showing the ‘ greats ’ who had little rooms adjoining each other on that top floor , the good work that had been done in ‘ the acute exanthemata . ’ |
| 11 | Although they knew they would never forget Jennie , the Girls wanted her to have a permanent memorial so they had a collection and made a most practical and fitting choice : a marble floor for the church of St Stephen on the Cliffs , Blackpool . |
| 12 | ‘ If they knew they 'd never leave me in peace . |
| 13 | If they knew they 'd never try to find out why , but would drive her out there and then . |
| 14 | So convinced were the farmers that in July they delayed the trebbiatura , the threshing of the grain , hoping that they could do it under Allied administration ; they thought they would probably get 700 lire more for each sack . |
| 15 | But , they , they thought they 'd probably struggle . |
| 16 | And as they marched they 'd joyously sing , |
| 17 | They said they would rather have the cash . |
| 18 | They said they would not let my back into the village until I got them a ration card and some wheat . |
| 19 | ‘ They said they would not allow him to come otherwise so here I am , ’ says Marci . |
| 20 | He hung onto me and started crying , so they said they would only take Antonio to make a statement . |
| 21 | He offered to buy them a tin of beer each , but they said they 'd rather have Coca-Cola . |
| 22 | They said they 'd never go away and leave her again . |
| 23 | The Police have so far adopted a watching waiting game … vastly outnumbered … they hoped they would gradually leave of their own accord … earlier this month … |
| 24 | Of course , when he got home he found they would n't fit into his console ! |
| 25 | Emily hesitated then moved to the scrubbed table and sat down abruptly , her legs shaking so badly it seemed they would n't support her . |
| 26 | He built his dragons a garden , the most beautiful garden in the world , and although he surrounded it with an iron wall which he believed they would not cross , he made the wall beautiful for them , lavish with filigree work and sweet with hanging plants . |
| 27 | I presume he believed they would never hear of the second marriage . |
| 28 | So did Jim , although he said they 'd never get a word in if he came . |
| 29 | Sometimes he had to admit , he wished they would just leave him alone and let him live out this petty , pointless . |
| 30 | He hoped they would n't come back outside . |