Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [noun pl] [adv] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was on the dole in Sheffield once and I swore I 'd sweep streets rather than going back . ’ |
| 2 | Cyril Ramaphosa , president of the National Union of Mineworkers and one of the group who met Mr Mandela on Tuesday , said that after their release the ANC men would demand passports so as to visit ANC leaders abroad for consultations . |
| 3 | Darlington Ramblers spokesman Alan Hutchinson , who accused the committee of favouring landowners in rights of way issues , said the suggested change at Cleatlam which would skirt fields rather than cross them would offer inferior views and be longer . |
| 4 | A wide statutory definition would require exceptions so as to exclude tax avoidance ; a narrow definition would exclude many existing qualified worthy bodies , and hamper growth for the future . |
| 5 | Ear lobes , of course , on a whale would pose problems underwater where streamlining is so important and in any event , they would not perform as efficiently in water as they do in air . |
| 6 | A better piece of news for the Government yesterday came from Brussels , where there were indications that German and Spanish EC finance ministers were gradually swinging round to the Government 's view that the social chapter would lose jobs rather than protect them . |