Example sentences of "would [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] [Wh adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'd go to a school where they 'd been doing French or Latin for two or three years and you had n't done any at all . |
| 2 | I , I , I mean I do think that w what we would have to do is , is if people started making inroads into two via this route , it might mean then we 'd get to the point where it was n't going to cost that much more to enable other scale one people |
| 3 | In addition , the economies of the most advanced capitalist nations would advance to a point where any further development of production would be held back by the crises of capitalism and by the desire to produce for profit rather than the general good . |
| 4 | There was some slight discussion whether the British should keep Canada or should choose the large French sugar islands like Martinique and Guadeloupe ; very few politicians close to the centre of power thought of giving Canada back to France , but the issue underlined the fact that Canada was unlikely to provide much revenue for the British treasury directly , and certainly would not provide the amount of revenue that sugar for re-export would give at a time when Britain used for consumption or for manufacture all that her West Indian islands could produce . |
| 5 | When this was unsuccessful it would look around the cage where there was a long stick and suddenly it would decide to use it to rake in the fruit . |
| 6 | This did not however imply that recovery would follow in every case where a mistake had been shown to exist : ‘ If the defendant can show that the payment was made in settlement of an honest claim , or that he has changed his position as a result of the enrichment , then restitution will be denied . ’ |
| 7 | In a perfect world the course should have lasted not one year but three — but there were neither the time or resources ; nor can one train trainers as well as one would like in a field where there are as yet no models to emulate and no specific literature . |
| 8 | The treaty anticipated that by 1966 the Council would move to a situation where a simple majority would suffice , as an important step towards a stronger supranational and political EEC . |
| 9 | That would lead to a situation where more assistance passes between women than between men even in situations where their ‘ needs ’ are more similar than in the examples I quoted above . |
| 10 | As I have explained , in such a case the adoption of the literal meaning of the statutory words would lead to a result whereby the taxpayer is assessed at an amount greater than that charged by the employer to the public for the same service . |
| 11 | The most of would go for a house where people were out , not in . |
| 12 | They would go to a hospital where they would throw a dice . |
| 13 | A few minutes later ‘ David ’ said that they would go to the bedroom where they could talk in privacy . |
| 14 | A dolphin caller would go into a dream where his spirit went out of his body and sought the dolphin folk in their home under the western horizon and invited them to a dance , with feasting , in the village . |
| 15 | The move , expected to form part of the imminent white paper on the coal industry , would come at a time when the US , Japan and Germany are pumping greater resources into clean coal research . |
| 16 | Later , exhausted by the morning 's expedition , he would retire to the poolside where he read yesterday 's Daily Telegraph , of which Signor Fixit had found him a source . |
| 17 | The forward contract would mature at the time when it was proposed to change back into sterling from lire . |
| 18 | The other divers would follow suit : the ship would burn , or sink , or both ; the crew , taken by surprise , would leap into the water where the waiting canoeists would finish them off . |
| 19 | In practice a question to the defendant on the lines of ‘ Is there any reason why you are n't wearing your seat belt ? would cater for the cases where he or the vehicle is exempt . |
| 20 | Unfortunately the rules inspector would come in next and the rules inspector would say to the guy how many rules policies are and you say oh G A inspector and to every one he actually gained in fact it was n't there was no commitment there at all get rid of people . |
| 21 | I would say from the point where I was told on the radio that the officers were entering the premises to the point where I was told everybody was secured , could not be more than four five minutes . |
| 22 | Write briefly how you , as a receptionist , would deal with the situation where guests complain that their room has not been cleaned and they have had to wait over a half an hour for room service . |