Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [pron] would [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew he could succeed where perhaps you would not believe me . ’ |
| 2 | Since we could barely stand up or speak there was little point in dropping in on Ted and Theresia , although perhaps they would n't have noticed much difference in my case , given as they are to ply me with drink . |
| 3 | Well my question was to be erm would your guests be happy to return to a Kuwait the same as it was before , but having listened I feel somewhat enlightened , although perhaps they 'd still like to answer the question in that form . |
| 4 | ‘ If only she would not go on about Cambridge so , ’ Miss Waters regretted . |
| 5 | If only he would n't scratch , thought his superior . |
| 6 | Oh , if only he would just tell her what he was thinking , what he was feeling , what his plans were . |
| 7 | As for Edmund , the Danes themselves may have supported his cult , as the Danish rulers of East Anglia came to do in the ninth century , and if so he would eventually have become a means of reconciliation between the two peoples . |
| 8 | No cos then you would n't have enough space . |
| 9 | Cos otherwise they 'd never have been able to afford to go , so |
| 10 | Well she 's because like we 'd just like |
| 11 | Knowledge had betrayed her , because now she would always know what she was missing , and she would never be free again . |
| 12 | I knew the Emissary would n't cheat me , because then I would n't deliver . |
| 13 | I did n't want the other boys to view us as being mates because then I would probably come in for abuse too . |
| 14 | You must have decided to follow her before she went into the school grounds , because otherwise you would n't have opted out of the swimming . |
| 15 | The book is intended for undergraduates in their second or third year of a philosophy degree , but this need not necessarily deter readers with other backgrounds ; e.g. , my father claims to be able to understand it , though perhaps he would not thank me for the suggestion that he is representative . |
| 16 | Here she was , throwing all her professional energies into promoting Romano de Sciorto and his company , when personally she would n't mind if he went out of business tomorrow … |
| 17 | Particularly as normally he 'd rather run that mile than chat up a nurse ! |
| 18 | She missed Maggie , though once she would never have believed it possible . |
| 19 | It seems you 've survived , goodness knows how , for really it would not matter if you did not . |