Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 31 | When he crossed the Glen it would be in his own good time , and with an eye to what prizes were left alive for the taking , and for them he would fight as doughtily as any man if he must . |
| 32 | ‘ I do n't have asparagus , ’ he would say as loudly as the way he had greeted the waiter , ‘ it 'll make my pee smell . ’ |
| 33 | Again , it would adapt much faster than a legal body . |
| 34 | It would end up longer than when it started , right ? |
| 35 | I thumbed through the aeroplane magazine looking for articles on pre-ski protuberances — curiously there were none , and we decided to ignore it in the hope that it would go down roughly when the plane did . |
| 36 | Many people expected that , if war broke out , it would rise further still as investors sought safe havens . |
| 37 | The karkadann , despite the violence of its temper , could be seduced by the gentle song of a ringdove , and it would lie perfectly still when this music was heard . |
| 38 | Oh well that 's really turning it round , is n't it ? erm My feeling is that it would work very well provided there was a , a safeguard , and that is that if you wanted to argue you could . |