Example sentences of "[coord] would [adv] [vb infin] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Usually he was in camouflage smock and holding an A.K. at the hip , and would probably have knocked half his pelvis off from the recoil if he had fired at that angle . |
| 2 | Dr Ting , who has won one Nobel prize ( for a particle he named after himself ) and would dearly like to win another , has something of a reputation . |
| 3 | This is partly because what might be called laws-of-war issues — to do with legitimacy in the use of force , proportionality , restraint and so on — invariably lurk in the shadows of all discussions about nuclear weaponry , and would inevitably return to haunt those who cavalierly denied the importance of such issues . |
| 4 | One such model , which would not only provide an insightful analysis of the story in its own terms but would also help clarify some of the reconstructions discussed earlier , is the framework of natural narrative proposed by the sociolinguist William Labov . |
| 5 | Gooch , now 38 , continues to hint that the end of his playing career may be round the corner but would dearly like to complete this summer the double of a Test series win over Pakistan and Essex 's sixth championship title , having been around when all the other five were won . |