Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [noun sg] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well first of all I 'd go down Street and up Street West and up to the top of Street and there was some puddling furnaces , the new side iron works and I 'd watch those men they 'd produce wrought iron and during the process the metal boils up and I 'd have to get a big rubbling bar and rubble they 'd call rubble into a ball , there 's a little wagon put underneath the put under the wagon and off he goes to the steam hammer , now I used to be fascinated with this and Saturday after Saturday I used to go up there and watch one of the heats and as soon as they 'd finished doing they used to go into the Forge and Hammer for a drink , I mean it was such hard work so they 'd do a heat go up the Forge and Iron and come back and then do another heat when I 'd |
| 2 | I do n't think he conceived ‘ Ziggy Stardust ’ as a concept album , but the songs slotted together in a way that it became a concept , and the way he presented it on stage , how he wanted to look , how the boy 's costumes looked ( facsimiles of his — though his were patterned and theirs were simple ) meant that he 'd breathe life into a concept hero . |
| 3 | He would paint flames ; and she would paint fire in a brazier . |
| 4 | Cockburn would prefer appointment as a clerk of session , but failing that |
| 5 | It is hardly likely that a local authority would grant permission for a development against which it had served an enforcement notice , but it could , of course , attach conditions ; and for the owner there is the usual right of appeal . |
| 6 | I went back to court seven days after that , there was a bail application put forward and the magistrate said he would grant bail with a surety of £500 . |
| 7 | Under the scheme , a building society would lend money to a housing association at a low interest rate to buy homes , whose former owners would become tenants of the association . |
| 8 | After so many years , there was little about the game that he did not know , and tactically he was a highly skilled operator who , his players knew , would stay calm in a crisis . |
| 9 | McAllister could not but agree with him , and had to stifle a grin as he led them around , the women staring , and the men , manifestly bored , dragged along to accompany wives and girlfriends who would , that night , describe their visit to the East End in terms that would do justice to a journey up the Amazon . |
| 10 | To give this impression would ensure shipwreck on a reef which we shall in any case be lucky to avoid , the indifference of the reader who takes it for granted that we are trying to deduce imperatives from the facts of which one ought to be aware , and assumes in advance that there has to be a flaw somewhere , hardly worth the trouble of locating , as in a new proposal for a perpetual-motion machine . |
| 11 | He and Dinah together could make books that would be widely read in scholarly circles ; he would achieve recognition of a sort he had never had before ; in America they would know of no disgrace about him , and in any case he was now married . |
| 12 | In Genesis , Sarah 's reaction to the news that she would give birth to a son in her old age is a good example . |
| 13 | Societies in which people saw gold as precious would give gold as a gift to a loved person , and in our culture money is a substitute for gold , which is , in turn , a symbolic substitution for the first gift — faeces . |
| 14 | For this purpose , ‘ contingent liabilities ’ includes all transactions guaranteeing , underwriting , or pledging assets as collateral security for , obligations of a third party and ‘ commitments ’ includes every irrevocable commitment that would give rise to a credit risk . |
| 15 | Some drama excerpts would give rise to a lot of discussion about relationships between the characters . |
| 16 | If the land and buildings were sold at this value , it would give rise to a tax charge of £1,000,000 ( Company — £561,000 ) . |
| 17 | There is a presumption that amounts included in debt represent unconditional contractual obligations of the reporting entity and would give rise to a claim on a winding up for an amount similar to that at which they are stated in the financial statements . |
| 18 | It is also suggested that determination by the tenant would give rise to a breach , ie failure to carry out the tenant 's works . |
| 19 | Removal of the need for lawyers to attend court for unopposed adjournments in the Magistrates ' Court ; we believe this would give rise to a saving of about £8.6 million , with a saving on committal hearings of £2 million and a resultant saving in legal aid standard fees of £1 million . |
| 20 | It would give room for a washer and dryer to stand side by side under a convenient counter top . |
| 21 | The dam would deprive science of a number of unique biological and archaeological opportunities . |
| 22 | One polar craft would provide coverage of a spot on the Earth only every 12 hours , twice the period obtained with a two-satellite system . |
| 23 | In discussions prior to the final draft of the Treaty of Rome for example , the concept of a specific regional fund was considered , but rejected in favour of the European Investment Bank ( EIB ) which would provide finance for a range of activities including regional development activity . |
| 24 | This last feature is quite a nice touch , because it would enable control over a mono mix of your amp 's signal for monitoring purposes . |
| 25 | Sensors on the craft bound for Mars would detect light from a flare and the crew could take shelter in a shielded room before the slower protons arrive . |
| 26 | As I am unsure which department of the Borough Council would have responsibility for a matter like this I am addressing my letter to you and trust that you will pass it on to the appropriate office . |
| 27 | Debut-ing Producer Verity Lambert would have access to a pool of new and established Directors physically to make the shows , plus , in the office next door , her most valued asset of all — a resident Script-Editor . |
| 28 | The pipeline would take water from a gorge between the Victoria Falls and Lake Kariba on the northern border with Zambia and follow the route of a railway line south to Bulawayo , the country 's second city . |
| 29 | I would take part in a group which was run in a businesslike way , and which had realistic aims . |
| 30 | The ITGWU also intended doing its bit , announcing that 17 of its Cork branches would take part in a march from the National Monument to County Hall in support of Raybestos on the day the County Council was meeting there to decide on planning permission . |