Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [to-vb] the [noun prp] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Laing wanted to make such a good job of the London factory that the reverse would be the case — that the Americans would want to cross the Atlantic to inspect the exemplary way the British ran things . |
| 2 | It would only be a matter of time before the strong-willed de Gaulle would seek to reshape the EEC according to his own conceptions . |
| 3 | The ruling would appear to permit the FBI to go into Panama and kidnap General Noriega , but when reporters asked President Bush yesterday morning if that was the case , he said : ‘ I 'm embarrassed to say I do n't know what ( the answer ) is . ’ |
| 4 | I told Fred that I would like to get the Otago playing side . |
| 5 | Barfield feared it would have to close the ER scheme this week — ironically , just as Hertfordshire was inquiring about joining it . |
| 6 | Two years before , in BBC v. Hearn ( 1977 ) , trade union officials had threatened that their workers would refuse to allow the BBC to televise the cup final so that it could be seen in South Africa , because of the union 's disapproval of the racial policies of the government of that country . |