Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [adv] [subord] they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd stay there until they docked in Ibiza if necessary . |
| 2 | Probably some , who considered the idea of Making Ends Meet unacceptable and unbecoming , i.e. those enjoying the thrusting Live-Now-Pay-Later lifestyle of the 1990s , would think differently if they knew that the cost of borrowing the £5,000 that would extricate them from the consequences of their cavalier attitude would cost them almost another £5,000 . |
| 3 | For many disabled people , unwanted dependence on others would disappear overnight if they lived in a physical environment which did not handicap them . |
| 4 | They would know more when they had the report from Ballistics . |
| 5 | Their choices follow : Lunn Poly 's marketing director Peter Rothwell observed that as a rule the staff in their 505 shops base their selling on the answers given by the customer in a questionnaire , to prevent mismatches between customers and the holidays they took , but he nevertheless felt safe in saying that two young couples , a bit adventurous , would do well if they invested in an ILG Drive Europe holiday along the west coast of France to Biarritz , good countryside and a nice old town , accommodation at the Mer et Golf apartments , two weeks in all with ferry and accommodation included for £255 each . |
| 6 | Up there she 's got no disrespect , somebody who 's not quite as bright as they might be er and she 's not working overtime as they would do here if they got behind , they 're working half eight to half four is it Ray ? |
| 7 | And in an oblique swipe at her critics in the Bush Administration she added : ‘ Those countries protesting at their return would do better if they offered to take some of them . ’ |
| 8 | They would do so because they receive convergent input from cells at the lower levels of the system that represent the defining properties of that object . |
| 9 | The RCM tried hard to play down the issue , arguing that all those working for refugees would achieve most if they cooperated . |
| 10 | But it may be additional in the same way as the government argues EEC money to the North is — that is , they argue that they plan their spending in the expectation that they will get the EEC money and would plan differently if they did not expect to get it . |
| 11 | Clients would fare better if they examined profit figures , checked track records . |
| 12 | The company says the attempt at a buyout failed because the managers realised that it would take longer than they had planned to develop a new generation of the 50 Series minicomputer line . |
| 13 | The victims would resist more if they knew the limits of ill-treatment to which they might be subjected . |
| 14 | In the council chamber quite recently one of the Socialists supported the position taken up by the Soviet Government in Russia in a way that showed what would happen here if they got the power in their hands . |
| 15 | The Assembly had 386 seats and under the country 's complex electoral system ( approved in October 1989 — see p. 36961 ) , there were 176 single-member constituencies , where results were decided either by overall majority in the first round , or in a second round to which candidates would go forward if they finished in the top three or obtained over 15 per cent of the vote . |
| 16 | I suppose ROI would go there if they get through ! ! |
| 17 | ‘ Our horse would get there before they do . ’ |
| 18 | They would live here while they gathered the leafless branches of the surrounding trees and prepared their charcoal for winter use in the local castle or town . |
| 19 | Both babies would smile stickily when they saw me over the edge of the cot , which was gratifying in a way , but I knew it was only because they were programmed that way , like public relations men . |
| 20 | ‘ But , if I were he , I would worry most if they sought to reassure me . |
| 21 | ‘ But , if I were he , I would worry most if they sought to reassure me . |
| 22 | He decided that the animals would fatten quickly once they completed their growth , that is reached maturity , and ‘ fatten ’ was the apposite word . |
| 23 | Programmes would wither away if they did not command sufficient local support . |