Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [pron] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What they 're saying in effect is that they 're not going to entrust their latest toy to their closest ally because we 'd flog it to the first Russian we came across . ’ |
| 2 | If the authorities read that they 'd put me on the next bus to [ name of border area ] and keep me there . |
| 3 | Hopes that a woman would make it to the last hurdle are receding as the Soviets have made it clear they would like the two candidates to be of the same sex . |
| 4 | Lesley 's family , colleagues and friends were praying she would make it through the first critical hours . |
| 5 | Mariscotti is a professor of physics at the University of Buenos Aires where he had become intrigued by the fact that the university had an old cyclotron , a primitive atom smasher built in the early 1950s , which would make it among the first half-dozen to have been built in the world . |
| 6 | The word processor is a very powerful tool for the transfer of thought from brain to paper ; probably most IT teachers would use it as the first introduction to practical computing , at least with literate students . |
| 7 | One day soon she would see him for the last time . |
| 8 | This was discussed at length with Janet , after which it was agreed that the therapist would see her for the next 2 months at fortnightly intervals and that no more than one telephone call per week would be acceptable . |
| 9 | He would meet me off the last train … . |
| 10 | I should have realized that Clive would dump me at the first opportunity , that he had in fact been looking for an excuse to do so . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | There they would meet some others , who would join them for the next stage . |
| 13 | Nor was there any reason to believe they would get it over the next thirty years , either . |
| 14 | He would instruct them in the first instance to threaten to seize the man 's belongings to the value of the money owed . |