Example sentences of "it would [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Monster continues to scream as if it would blast me from the cosmos . |
| 2 | She had n't guessed it would land her in the thick of a family feud . |
| 3 | The dark hair inherited from her father was streaked with grey now , and when she wept , it would loosen itself from the neat coils in which she pinned it over pads called ‘ rats ’ every morning , as if in sympathy , and strands would creep down over her hands and cheeks . |
| 4 | We still have our two traditional enemies , but now a third looms an enemy in the Labour Party an enemy supporting the now ancient cry of the Tories and the Tory national press , for one man one vote replacing the vote in the trade unions a distancing of the Labour Party from the unions if we let them get away with this , it would mean none of the established political parties represent the interests of ordinary working people the people who I 've always represented , that 's what I think about , just them ! |
| 5 | It would relieve us of the burden of suppressed emotion . |
| 6 | It would remind us of the days of our youth mixing with Greeks and Arabs and Armenians in strange corners of the world . ’ |
| 7 | In London during the Great Plague people chewed on the root , believing that it would protect them from the disease . |
| 8 | He says that there should be an increased capital allowance for this year , cunningly saying that it would cost nothing in the first year ; that is equivalent to saying that the bill is in the post , as we all know that it is paid after 12 months . |
| 9 | ‘ If you found someone such as I have just described it would let you off the hook . ’ |
| 10 | If I was her , it would drive me up the wall . ’ |
| 11 | If she got another regular customer it would keep her off the streets for a bit . |
| 12 | In fact technically I ought to have someone else here as well , but I thought that as the sergeant knew the facts of the enquiry ( in fact he was instrumental in getting the information we 'd like to question you about ) , it would keep it in the family so to speak if he acted as my amanuensis , that 's the word , is n't it , Sergeant Pascoe ? ’ |
| 13 | Smiling a little ruefully at her own foolishness , she walked down the lane , guessing rightly that it would take her to the back of the cottage . |
| 14 | Fitted to give you a flattering silhouette , with bold accessories it would take you to the smartest occasion in style . |
| 15 | Locke replied that he could not do it ; it would take someone of the intellectual stature of Newton . |
| 16 | At best it would provide him with the opportunity to strike elsewhere while my back was turned , and at worst — and he 'd see it plain enough — with an excuse to raise the whole royal power against me . |
| 17 | Next time he would not only miss it but it would hit him on the leg . |
| 18 | Maybe , if she could squeeze a mink coat out of Maxie , it would help her towards the membership which always seemed to elude her by a vote or two , a vote strongly influenced , she feared , by Olga Stych . |
| 19 | That 's probably why she sent him — she knew it would cut him to the quick . |