Example sentences of "would [verb] [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | " I 'd like to sleep as much as anyone , but if we all sleep and something comes , who 's going to spot it ? " |
| 2 | Perhaps you 'd like to sit down rather than sort of hover at the back , it 's up to you entirely but you may feel that you 're slightly uncomfortable . |
| 3 | If we did go ahead , we 'd like to exchange as soon as possible . |
| 4 | Yeah but if you 'd like to come back though cos he 's at lunch at the moment . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd like to stay on here when it runs out , though , because I think of this as my home now . ’ |
| 6 | His Dad kept it hanging on a nail in the shed and he 'd have noticed right away if it was missing . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't suppose I 'd have done so well if Maggie had been in charge ’ he was a Minister in the Wilson government . |
| 8 | Well because you 'd have to pay even more if you did it privately . |
| 9 | They 'd have to try much harder than this . |
| 10 | Over all , you 'd have fared much better than keeping your money in a bank or building society . |
| 11 | As regards the timing of the announcement , the Directors , in consultation with Unions and personnel professionals , decided that those affected would want to know immediately rather than wait until after the Christmas holiday to be told . |
| 12 | The student would need to read as widely as possible in different kinds of poetry , to learn something about literary history , genre , and convention , and to acquire the practical-critical skills of close reading . |
| 13 | The Court also favoured the interpretation of Article 27(d) which would enable requesting as well as requested States to use domestic law procedures , but even on a narrower reading saw nothing in Article 27 to limit the power of a requesting State . |
| 14 | If not he would have to leave as soon as possible without arousing suspicion . |
| 15 | But another union blames bad management on Dowty 's part , and says Dowty Fuel Sytems would have shut down anyway if it had n't been sold . |
| 16 | If they 'd spent time doing that , once against the backs would have stood idly around until the forwards reckoned that they 'd got their act nicely in order . |
| 17 | He said that residents of the first floor flats , which had not been flooded had been told that they would have to return as soon as possible . |
| 18 | Son batted at least as well as Miandad and Mujtaba , and lasted longer than Malcolm or Ramiz , but it has to be admitted that with a fifth day available , his team would have lost as surely as England did . |
| 19 | Little as she relished the idea , she supposed she would have to go up there before the light went altogether — see if there was some kind of signal she could make to advertise her presence . |
| 20 | Well the insurance would have to go as well as I could n't afford to keep that going . |
| 21 | I would have to go as fast as I could while I could still see the way , and then rest for longer , and then probably crawl . |
| 22 | Those eggs that did survive would have done so only because they contained , as hang-overs from the species ' earlier aquatic way of life , genes pertinent to a more aqueous existence , including perhaps the genes for nuptial pads . |
| 23 | The author would have done better here if he had avoided the generalisations . |
| 24 | Even the pilgrims would have learned relatively little for they rarely strayed far from their fixed itinerary of shrines and hostels ; like tourists they saw nothing except monuments and hotels . |
| 25 | The embankments which he had vainly tried to have reinforced by the zemindars would now be brimming and beginning to overflow … within a few hours the country around the embankments would be flooded and ignorance , stupidity and superstition would have triumphed once more as they have triumphed again and again in human affairs since time began ! |
| 26 | Lloyd George received a hero 's welcome wherever he went , but then so did Churchill in 1945 , and it is impossible to tell now whether Lloyd George would have fared so well if he had had Liberals rather than Unionists at his back . |
| 27 | She would have backed out again if the mourners , disturbed by the noise of the door , had n't swivelled round to look at her . |
| 28 | ‘ But before that happened , it would have to get the permission of the panel which would have to consider very carefully if that affected the independence of the audit . ’ |
| 29 | He would have to cut back just when spending might be most needed . |
| 30 | ‘ When you would not dine with me on Tuesday , I drove that evening to my parents in Plzeň , but had I known you would sound so pleased to hear me , I would have driven back sooner than last night , ’ he lost no time in taking advantage . |