Example sentences of "they [vb past] they would [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ If they knew they 'd never leave me in peace . |
| 5 | If they knew they 'd never try to find out why , but would drive her out there and then . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But , they , they thought they 'd probably struggle . |
| 8 | And as they marched they 'd joyously sing , |
| 9 | They said they would rather have the cash . |
| 10 | They said they would not let my back into the village until I got them a ration card and some wheat . |
| 11 | ‘ They said they would not allow him to come otherwise so here I am , ’ says Marci . |
| 12 | He hung onto me and started crying , so they said they would only take Antonio to make a statement . |
| 13 | He offered to buy them a tin of beer each , but they said they 'd rather have Coca-Cola . |
| 14 | They said they 'd never go away and leave her again . |
| 15 | 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 … |