Example sentences of "would [adv] [vb infin] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crumple-faced star — known for his love of the good life — once said : ‘ I 'd rather stay in the second line . |
| 2 | It also enhanced the national rivalries that would eventually touch off the First World War . |
| 3 | She could almost see him searching for another string of quips if Jessica would not thaw to the first attempt . |
| 4 | Although the royalty may apply to any ‘ resale ’ , it is anticipated that it would not apply to the first sale by a gallery of a contemporary artist . |
| 5 | George VI , a shy man , was terrified of his new position and many feared that the monarchy would not survive into the next decade . |
| 6 | On the evidence in the present case I am satisfied that one reason why the plaintiff did so much for the deceased was her belief that , although she was not a blood relative of his , he would leave his estate to her on his death ; but , on the authority of Greasley v Cooke [ 1980 ] 1 WLR 1306 , if the evidence was not sufficient to establish this positively , the plaintiff would still succeed on the fourth element in the absence of proof that she did not rely on the deceased 's statements . |
| 7 | It would probably come in the next shipment from Toronto . |
| 8 | A true visionary would n't crumple at the first sign of opposition , would take all this in her stride . |
| 9 | In the main , I would n't disagree with the first point . |
| 10 | They were saying what a stupid series it was , how ridiculous the character was , and it would n't get beyond the first episode . |
| 11 | The pleasure smoking brings is simply the satisfaction of a craving that , if one did n't smoke , one would n't have in the first place . |
| 12 | Much energy-intensive industry would then decamp to the third world . |
| 13 | The turbulent fluctuations are always three-dimensional , but if the imposed conditions are two-dimensional , there is no variation of mean quantities in the third direction and terms such as ( that would otherwise appear in the next equation ) are zero . |
| 14 | I presume he believed they would never hear of the second marriage . |
| 15 | There remained doubt about the length of the exclusion , but it would certainly go past the next election and so allow a Unionist government to make it permanent . |