Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [prep] a [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no way she 'd respond to a third degree , so I was hoping she 'd decide I was harmless . |
| 2 | If this chemical were released into the air surrounding the leaves , it would act as a first line of defence , repelling aphids with an eye on predation . |
| 3 | Mosley revolted over the wrong crisis , for he failed to see that considerable social and economic reform would result from a Second World War , a conflagration which he bitterly opposed and which led to his internment in 1940 . |
| 4 | Suharto 's pronouncements , although clouded in typical ambiguity , certainly gave the impression that he would stand for a sixth term . |
| 5 | This would allow for a second phase of gas generation and migration . |
| 6 | Mrs Thatcher expressed confidence that she would win and declared again , as she had at the outset , that even if she did not win outright she would continue to a second ballot no matter how narrow the margin of her majority over Heseltine . |