Example sentences of "they would [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | A High Court judge said they would earn nothing from the book , if convicted . |
2 | Suddenly , it was the men who were reacting — usually with disgust , and they would ignore her for the rest of the journey . |
3 | They would prefer someone in the age range 25 — 45 . |
4 | They would aim it to the right of Tock 's cottage . |
5 | They would scorn you in the condition you 're in . |
6 | And erm erm the tailors would come when they wanted to do any pressing of seams , or anything , and they would take the goose iron , and put it in on of the , what we call press cloths , that we pressed the And then they would douse it in the bucket of water , to get it the right heat , to start , so a cloud of steam went up . |
7 | They would possess none of the inherent tactile and balancing powers of hers , or that creature outside . |
8 | One suspects that the writers were not altogether clear in their own minds ; the monk of Croyland , for all his extravagant remarks about the northerners , also spoke in terms of the ‘ sovereignty of England ’ , when describing a prophecy among the Welsh , whom he certainly regarded as different , that they would recover it from the English , although they failed to do so in 1469 ( 14 , p.543 ) . |
9 | It 's only if there 's a sort of niggling problem that would tell the coordinator about and they would pass it to the police officers . |
10 | Frequently they would meet us at the Sunday-school gate , and we would go for a walk before tea . |
11 | Although they would regard it as the highlight of their year , many would make their way back with a sore head and a light pocket . |
12 | Well er they would rest it in the parapet of a bridge I think . |
13 | They would ally themselves with the united Labour forces and afford the possibilities of developing a mighty Peoples Front which will bring down the National Government . " |
14 | They would ask me for the pass I did n't have , then they would want to know what I was doing there . |
15 | They would sell it at the best price they could get for it . |
16 | Neither of them knew her well , but they would recognise her as the secretary of someone important in the administration . |
17 | Picking up their phones , they would thrust themselves on the punters , ramming stock , which was often of little value , down their throats . |
18 | Nor was there any reason to believe they would get it over the next thirty years , either . |
19 | And they would force themselves to the front all the time . |
20 | They would apply it to the mucus membrane of their vagina using a broomstick . |
21 | When I left school at 14 , I was beginning to feel strange urges within me — an awakening of manhood , a desire to assert myself as an adult , a different feeling towards girls , especially when they would touch me on the body . |
22 | Hopefully , they would provide him with the opportunity to make contact with the pilot Vologsky . |
23 | Much therefore depended on which brand of them would be returned and whether , as in the past , they would align themselves with the Conservative Party and accept its whip . |
24 | ‘ They kept putting our talks off , saying they would discuss it after the final . |
25 | If we could see the lines of current flow for the rectangular inversion layer we have considered , on a microscopic scale they would look something like the sketch in Figure 4 . |
26 | They would repay me for the dowry I wasted on you , but I have no wish to be reminded of you . |
27 | And they would see themselves as the Babes in the Wood , or Cinderella , or young princes more lovely than the morning , turned adrift on the world to seek their fortunes , while vulgar and ugly cuckoos slept in their beds and drank the top of the milk . |
28 | They told him to ignore it and to remain at home where they would join him for the evening . |