Example sentences of "would [verb] them [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said I 'd wrap them round his damn neck |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd smash them with my bare hands if I could . |
| 3 | At first they had no idea that the stretch of pale , shallow water beyond the Cape would present them with anything more than another disappointment . |
| 4 | Also well worth a visit is the Casa do Turista , located behind the municipal theatre , where , laid out in rooms typical of a Madeiran quinta , you will see embroidery , table decorations , flower arrangements and ceramics , as you would use them in your own home . |
| 5 | As despair grew and self respect diminished we would take them at their unspoken word and go and buy a bottle of anaesthetic and uncork the genie who would play merry hell with the last vestige of hope of recovery . |
| 6 | Tina had felt let down , but knowing Bobby , he would tell them in his own good time what had happened . |
| 7 | The police would channel traffic from Deal , Canterbury and Ramsgate by different routes which would lead them to their allotted car parks . |
| 8 | They moved from cover to cover within the compound , advancing towards the rear of the battle , following the sounds that would lead them to their own side and to news of the day 's progress . |
| 9 | We had never imagined we would put them to their intended use . |
| 10 | On the whole socialist feminists were suspicious of allowances on the grounds that they would undermine male wage-bargaining and preferred to argue , like Ada Nield Chew , for services in kind to support mothers in the ‘ drudgery ’ of child care ; Fabian women preferred direct payment to mothers in order to maintain their economic independence from their husbands and free them from the need to take on paid work which would distract them from their primary task of mothering ( Alexander , 1979 ) . |
| 11 | Will any of those disappointed Berlin front-runners stand a chance , and who would replace them in their respective jobs if they go ? |