Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you have a problem , or simply feel you would like additional information on a topic , write to Sarah Heeps , c/o Supplements Department , The Scotsman , 20 North Bridge , Edinburgh , EH1 1YT . |
| 2 | ‘ I did n't plan what to shoot , if something struck me as beautiful or aesthetically striking I would snap it . |
| 3 | ‘ I did n't plan what to shot , if something struck me as beautiful or aesthetically striking I would snap it . |
| 4 | Hopefuls who wanted to be journalists promised bounds of enthusiasm , and optimistically said they would learn the rest . |
| 5 | I wish him and his friends no evil , ’ said Bishop Jon , shaking down his book-satchel and peering into it , ‘ but it 's a difficult thing to make plans for your country with them sitting there , their heads switching from this shoulder to the other , and so sleek you would think it was a cow that licked them all . |
| 6 | Other navies might stick to the old tactics of trying to board enemy ships and capture them , or concentrate on firing at the masts and rigging in the hope that successful shooting would disable the other side , but the English preferred to shoot into the hulls of their enemies because they knew that with enough time and enough shot they would destroy their opponents . |
| 7 | If Carson had been predictably agreeable and obviously interested she would have accepted the lift and that , apart perhaps from the promise of a follow-up lunch some time , would have been the end of it . |
| 8 | But Polybius would of course have had to jettison his pet idea of the mixed constitution , and generally speaking he would have had to admit that those Romans whose minds appeared so transparent to him were in fact much more mysterious creatures . |
| 9 | In rare moments of leisure he liked to potter around the garden , and always said he would take up farming when he retired . |
| 10 | He comforted himself with the fleeting thought that at least he had met Sir James Selkirk , who had found Alexander III 's corpse , and wryly concluded he would question him if the opportunity presented itself . |
| 11 | She knew what he wanted before he spoke , and also knew she would have to give it to him . |
| 12 | I passed a church on the way and really believe I would have gone in to sprinkle myself with holy water — but it was locked , as churches are , these days , against vandals . |
| 13 | Hence , to issue new shares at a substantial discount to the market price and then underwrite it would appear to be a case of double indemnity in which the primary insurer is assured of a very small probability of having to make a compensation payment . |
| 14 | One of the ladies taking part in the ‘ Patterning Course ’ was making a Fair Isle garment and knitted the front and back in pattern and then decided she would knit the sleeves in stocking stitch . |
| 15 | Steve Cauthen , who rode Twist And Turn , partnered Geoff Wragg 's Marling in a six-furlong gallop with Dorset Duke after racing and then confirmed he would ride the unbeaten filly in the 1,000 Guineas . |
| 16 | The Bank was tipped off by the West Germans shortly before the decision was announced , and evidently decided it would have to follow suit or risk a damaging run on the pound . |
| 17 | Two days later , following further investigations by the ANC , NOSC and SARFU into the Ellis Park controversy , the ANC formally and publicly stated it would continue to support the tour and the test between South Africa and the Wallabies at Cape Town . |
| 18 | When this assignment was well and truly nailed he would ask Jo , long chance , if she could get over here . |
| 19 | He toyed with telling her a few home truths , but then decided it would do no good . |