Example sentences of "they [verb] [pron] would [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We knew that despite what they promised we would n't get any real control , ’ comments Gilbert Hernandez . |
| 2 | If things were as they seemed it would n't matter . |
| 3 | They know he would n't rest until he had seen them hanged . |
| 4 | In this way , people lose their virginity , experiment with drink or drugs , run up debts , consider divorce and even vote for political parties they swore they would never support . |
| 5 | They believe they would not have achieved so much had they tried to score points by claiming victory every time an amendment was made or a change was accepted . |
| 6 | Our doctors were delighted for they knew they would soon need expert surgical help , but secretly they enjoyed showing the ‘ greats ’ who had little rooms adjoining each other on that top floor , the good work that had been done in ‘ the acute exanthemata . ’ |
| 7 | Although they knew they would never forget Jennie , the Girls wanted her to have a permanent memorial so they had a collection and made a most practical and fitting choice : a marble floor for the church of St Stephen on the Cliffs , Blackpool . |
| 8 | So convinced were the farmers that in July they delayed the trebbiatura , the threshing of the grain , hoping that they could do it under Allied administration ; they thought they would probably get 700 lire more for each sack . |
| 9 | The garden gradually got all tangled and interesting and took a little longer to patrol since the other cats took advantage and tried to be clever , creeping in when they thought I would n't notice . |
| 10 | I suppose in some ways they thought I would not buckle , so they put even heavier pressure on some of the new MPs . |
| 11 | Because there are worries that it 's going to er , effect the outcome of this mad ref , referendum , you know they the farmers are sort of desperate and they think they need government help and they think they would n't get it because of the black government so |
| 12 | ‘ We are actually annoyed that they think we would even consider selling one of our top players . |
| 13 | They said they would rather have the cash . |
| 14 | They said they would not let my back into the village until I got them a ration card and some wheat . |
| 15 | ‘ They said they would not allow him to come otherwise so here I am , ’ says Marci . |
| 16 | He hung onto me and started crying , so they said they would only take Antonio to make a statement . |
| 17 | They said we would n't have got |
| 18 | They said it would n't matter if he were gay . |
| 19 | They said it would n't take long . ’ |
| 20 | and the they th , th , th , it nearly , they said it would nearly bankrupt two or three these are |
| 21 | Now I began to wonder if my friends had not been right when they said I would never see him again . |
| 22 | They said he would then have to take his family to Switzerland . |
| 23 | The Police have so far adopted a watching waiting game … vastly outnumbered … they hoped they would gradually leave of their own accord … earlier this month … |
| 24 | Yeah it says , I read the thing and it says I have n't got ta let them in unless they 've got a warrant so the first time they come they would n't have a warrant , surely , so they 're gon na have to go away and get a warrant and in that time then I 'd have to get a licence would n't I ? |
| 25 | ‘ Did they say they would n't come ? ’ |
| 26 | Labour leaders were delighted with Major 's accession , because they suspected he would not have the nerve to ‘ cut and run ’ early . |