Example sentences of "would [adv] [adv] [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He joked : ‘ I would rather just do the run — but I 'm told I 've got to go through with the ceremony as well . ’ |
| 2 | Were he to be called in the immigration debate Joshua would most certainly abandon the bookshop where he planned to spend at least part of the morning . |
| 3 | Lily might worm the reason out of her , and then Uncle Vernon would most likely telephone the theatre and accuse anyone who would listen of being nothing less than a slave-driver . |
| 4 | If it can be proved that the pillion passenger knew the driver was only a learner the passenger would most likely commit the offence of aiding and abetting the learner to carry an unlicensed passenger . |
| 5 | Everyone knows his feelings for Rangers , And I would most readily do a swop for a number of our players — Gary Stevens , Trevor Steven , Alexi Mikhailechenko , Ally Maxwell , Chris Vinnicome . |
| 6 | In such cases the English court now has power to make an award in that currency if such an award would most fairly compensate the plaintiff for his loss ( The Despina R [ 1978 ] 3 WLR 804 , HL ) . |
| 7 | If the net loss was incurred in a currency other than pounds sterling and if an award in the currency would most fairly compensate the plaintiff for his loss , the court will award the damages in that currency ( The Despina R [ 1978 ] 3 WLR 804 , HL ) . |
| 8 | Such a movement , if continued , would presumably quickly deplete the feature and lead to its destruction , unless the bar is being built up by onshore movement of material at its western end as Hardy suggests . |
| 9 | In expressing that objection , other contemporaries were undoubtedly swayed by the realization that Lyell 's axiom would so greatly increase the age of the earth that it might threaten even a generous reading of Genesis . |
| 10 | Will he please ensure that there is no slippage whatever in the time scale for the resignalling from Bethnal Green to Chelmsford which would obviously substantially enhance the service ? |
| 11 | I would much rather see a return to the carefree approach by the like of Ballesteros and Lyle . |
| 12 | But suppose that the creditor accepts the debtor 's old car in satisfaction of a debt of £2,000 , protesting that he would much rather have the cash and eventually taking the car only because there seems to be no hope of anything better . |
| 13 | And it would just completely throw the lesson , and then I would find myself repeating it for them , and in one lesson I must have done that about three times , and I did n't make enough fuss to get those kids to the lesson on time . |
| 14 | I would just about have the strength to make it through the gates — to the rest and smoke which I badly needed because my legs were beginning to seize up . |
| 15 | One more win would just about see the cherry and whites safe for another season in the first division . |
| 16 | I can see them getting 90 at least , and it will take quite a collapse from them to not get the 85 which would just about guarantee the title . |
| 17 | This is not to say that such courses would not also encourage an awareness of wider theoretical implications or the kind of appraisal I have associated with education , but this would be more in the manner of a long-term investment rather than something expected to yield immediate returns , something which might influence attitude rather than instigate action . |
| 18 | Moreover , the likely rental would not even match the interest Mr and Mrs P would save if the house were sold and they were credited with the net proceeds of sale . |
| 19 | The child would be cared for ; would not even miss a mother she had never really known … |
| 20 | They could go into land without asking permission and farmers would not even say a word , but that has been upset now . |
| 21 | White feminist friends would not even accept the fact that I was Black ! |
| 22 | ‘ He would not even acknowledge the success ! ’ |
| 23 | Rickie would not even try a sandwich , but instead pushed his plate away and lit a cigarette . |
| 24 | My father would not even allow a radio in the house , and when I suggested getting a TV set for him and my mother he adamantly refused , saying that the wireless had been the death of good conversation , and that TV would be the death of the family . |
| 25 | Mrs Crumwallis 's medical ministrations were so notorious for their vagaries that even Toby , a healthy young man with no great tolerance of the sick , would not willingly subject a boy to them . |
| 26 | This would help ensure that the design of one component would not unduly influence the design of another . |
| 27 | Firstly , where are the political , legal , and material guarantees that German unity would not eventually create a threat to the national security of other states ? |
| 28 | Mr Shevardnadze told members of the European Parliament that while the German people had the right to self-determination there would have to be ‘ political , legal and material guarantees that German unity would not eventually create a threat to the national security of other states and to peace in Europe ’ . |
| 29 | If this were not the case , then the collocation dictionaries would not adequately represent the test data . |
| 30 | Metal combs with sharpened handles were another example of how weapons could be made from objects which would not immediately attract the attention of the police . |