Example sentences of "but it would [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could n't know how tempting the thought of laying down her burden was , but it would mean admitting guilt where there was none — to a man who would as soon see her sink as swim . |
| 2 | Civil libertarians would be up in arms but it would mean fewer animals whose final romp is into a killing-room . |
| 3 | She did n't mind but it would put more pressure on her schedule . |
| 4 | can not be denied , but it would seem that man 's instinctive awareness of his mastery of his own destiny , is influenced by an equally instinctive awareness that he can not peacefully and successfully control that destiny unless he can locate , or himself create some supreme form of guiding influence which is recognised by all . |
| 5 | But it would take many years before Nordhausen became a green town , many years before it could even start to ease back on the pollution it coughed on to its inhabitants and the surrounds in which they existed . |
| 6 | I 'm quite happy to go into that , we have all the information here , we can do it but it would take some time I suspect . |
| 7 | That would be more expensive per aircraft , certainly , but it would recognise two realities . |
| 8 | ‘ It would be no trouble for us , maybe , but it 'd trouble those gorgios who pass along the road and they 'd start complaining about us . |