Example sentences of "that [pers pn] would [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was also the chance that I would recover from the madness . ’ |
| 2 | Basil might say , " If a child cries for gold , give it a yellow leaf " — and it is precisely this metaphoric quality that I would emphasise against the purely observational . |
| 3 | That I would step into the gap maybe . |
| 4 | I think that one of the outstanding erm criticisms that I would make of the whole programme , in research with animals , is the fact that only two licences have been revoked I think you said |
| 5 | ‘ The odds were 7–2 that I would disappear with the money before we even started , even money that I 'd wait until the houses were built and leg it with the money , ’ recalls the London born-and-bred ‘ community builder ’ , with all the relish of a man who beat the bookies . |
| 6 | I had to agree to do so , and it was arranged that I would go to the Taibach house the following Sunday afternoon . |
| 7 | I explained that I would go to the Lyceum today . |
| 8 | ‘ It also made a lot of sense that part of the service Metaltronix offered was that I would go into the studio and tweak the gear while these guys were recording , and that 's what happened . |
| 9 | There was therefore no longer any reason for or point in hesitation ; and I said that if I were the choice that I would respond to the best of my ability … |
| 10 | When he came to see me , I said that I would write to the chairlady of the health authority , who replied that she was very sorry that this had happened but asked whether the gentleman could prove that the burn marks had been caused by the deposit from the hospital chimney . |
| 11 | We arranged that I 'd go for the weekend , but I would n't leave my sister . |
| 12 | However , I imagined that the praise I received that night was merely to be a preview of the steaming sauna of appreciation that I 'd receive after the first night . |
| 13 | ‘ That I 'd jump at the chance of marrying you . |
| 14 | Sometimes I was so affected by a particular view or landscape that I 'd wait for the athletes to run into it before taking a photo . |
| 15 | I thought first of all that I 'd wait for the newspaper reports of the killing and use those as an excuse . |
| 16 | When her morning 's work was finished she thought , as she thought every day , that she would walk along the Mootwalk to Bale 's and at last set her mind at rest . |
| 17 | The fact that she would return to the same workhouse 10 years later was in itself not untypical ; many genuine helpers in such institutions may have had it in the back of their minds that one day they would become the cared for , rather than the person doing the caring , as old age took its toll . |
| 18 | As she was drinking it , she decided that she would go into the hospital , on her way to the office . |
| 19 | Her mother was killed in a train accident and her father , without looking at her , for he very rarely looked at her , told her that she would continue at the local school . |
| 20 | In March 1918 Nina Boyle , offering herself as a test case , announced that she would stand in the Keighley by-election . |
| 21 | She said that she would travel by the next one and should be at the hotel about eight clock . |
| 22 | She swore — yet again — that she would leave off the rich food , forget the drink , but even as she making the promise , she knew she would not be able to keep to it . |
| 23 | You think that she would manage as the wife of a struggling doctor , be able to cope with the work and the responsibility ? ’ |
| 24 | The right hon. Member for Finchley said yesterday that she would vote for the Government because they were following a path that she favoured — in precisely the opposite direction . |
| 25 | Fears that she would interfere with the Kunsthalle or the Museum für Stadtgeschichte have proved groundless . |
| 26 | He had never , before , seriously thought that she would get beyond the occasional sisterly peck on the cheek , or allowing him the privilege of listening to her troubles . |
| 27 | My mother , who came from a staunchly ‘ church ’ family , used to express her antipathy when she often declared , ‘ He 's nothing but a chapel dodger , ’ and it 's difficult to describe the scorn that she would put into the phrase . |
| 28 | Two-Dogs said the One-Eyed White Girl would have steel in her muscles and fire in her empty eye , and that she would come to the Navaho — to the family of Armijas — or her education . |
| 29 | She had been on the prowl for days , though it seemed highly unlikely , to say the least , that she would come across the Harlequin man by chance … |
| 30 | Charles explained that he 'd come round in answer to a complaint and rather thankfully began to pass on apologies on behalf of the Regiment for transmission to Lord Southdown later , but the butler shook his head regretfully once more , indicated that Lady Charity was at home , and felt certain that she would deal with the matter . |