Example sentences of "[subord] they [verb] [pers pn] would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When consulted on the alterations , the ladies considered that it was wiser to spend on greens and approaches but ‘ if on the clubhouse then for the caretaker ’ — i.e. a larger kitchen and scullery ’ , although they admitted they would like more basins and another w.c . |
| 2 | Immediately they thought they would make a fortune if they were able to sell this food in shops . |
| 3 | Ten teams took part in the first race in 1975 , and they all enjoyed themselves so they thought they would do it again the following year . |
| 4 | he had , he had a definite attitude problem so they said they would relieve him of his contract oh that 's fair enough , they 're paying you good money and they expect you to work hard and that 's it but we finish at one o'clock next term |
| 5 | But it was so costly so they said they 'd get a second hand one . |
| 6 | Lord — was a harmless man , with hardly any land , so they decided it would have to be him . |
| 7 | Soon Alison would know , the Carters would know , everyone would know , and once they knew they would cut me dead . |
| 8 | Once they 've I 'd get a little tray in here overnight , I reckon . |
| 9 | Well , if they said they 'd cancel it anyway . |
| 10 | The little ones would giggle at that if they noticed , and if they giggled she 'd know what about , he was sure . |
| 11 | No one quite ascended to poster cliché heaven and declared that ‘ Michelle Pfeiffer is so sexy it 's a crime ’ , but if they had it would have emphasised some of the ironies that underly Michelle Pfeiffer 's striking star profile . |
| 12 | Perhaps if they had he would have been trying just a little harder and not preparing himself , as he was , for a long night of fornication . |
| 13 | " I was on teams with older girls and if they drank I would follow suit , " she explained . |
| 14 | They were always having a go , the hard men , those who 'd blow up the Pope if they thought it would help the cause . |
| 15 | Next day a newspaper reporter asked the young men if they thought it would have been fair for the crowd to kill them . |
| 16 | It is however not at all obvious that the results yield the conclusion that Griffin draws , nor is it clear that even if they did we would have evidence for saying more than that the creatures recognise their own bodies . |
| 17 | Some might choose to describe these persons as " temporary workers " , but if they did they would have to recognise that they are also " voluntary " temporary workers . |
| 18 | I stayed still , hoping desperately that they would not see me , for I knew that if they did they would lose no time in tormenting me and finally killing me . |
| 19 | But surely if they did they would find it easily enough . |
| 20 | Er if they did they 'd find erm quite spotlessly clean interiors of the caravans but , in an area where there 's all sorts of that a few yards away and quite carelessly dumped and left around . |
| 21 | ‘ If they did you 'd hate her for what she did to Grandfather . ’ |
| 22 | people have been treated quicker , so that per cent no its not how can they say no its not ? , they would n't lie because if they lie they 'd get really done would n't they ? |
| 23 | We will never know how that would develop because community charge has been abolished but anyway You will note of course as well that last year in nineteen ninety one , the Conservative Party managers looked at the local election result and decided not to go in June ninety one , cos they figured they would get beaten . |
| 24 | Why should Billy 's Action Man friends take it out on him — unless they thought he 'd set them up ? ’ |
| 25 | Behind Psychic TV exists an occult , disparate breed of hipsters heavily into Gary Glitter , early Sabbath , Arthur Brown , Grateful Dead just because they know it would scandalize the prevailing arbiters of taste . |
| 26 | The couple , who live in a village in the New Forest , took the baby back to the hospital because they feared they would become too fond of her , but have now taken her back . |
| 27 | so we 've got one or two people because they thought they 'd do a duo on design and print buying from them |
| 28 | stocking up again because they thought they 'd have to go in |
| 29 | I talked them into it because at first they were scared , one because they thought they 'd get docked for it — but they said we could have half a day off for it and not get docked — and also because they thought Ros and Maureen were going to be looking down on them , " Oh , you 're only young girls ' , things like that . |
| 30 | Some of the crew were against this because they thought they 'd get their watches stolen ( I ask you ) and some in favour so that they could get a closer look at the women ( I ask you ) . |