Example sentences of "would [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ With one bound I would throw myself on the large white bearskin , which I adored , and cover its great head with kisses . ’ |
| 2 | It was suggested that Library staff could take over this function , since they are scanning the journals in any case , and the work would lend itself to the eventual creation of an image database , but Library staff shortages have made it impossible to undertake this work systematically . |
| 3 | Hopes that a woman would make it to the last hurdle are receding as the Soviets have made it clear they would like the two candidates to be of the same sex . |
| 4 | Lesley 's family , colleagues and friends were praying she would make it through the first critical hours . |
| 5 | His forecast looked like being correct , which meant that Steve Richardson would make it after a 72 for a total of 143 . |
| 6 | Later on , his mother hoped , when William married and set up a household in his turn , he would make it like the royal one , a model of harmonious order . |
| 7 | Mariscotti is a professor of physics at the University of Buenos Aires where he had become intrigued by the fact that the university had an old cyclotron , a primitive atom smasher built in the early 1950s , which would make it among the first half-dozen to have been built in the world . |
| 8 | Well you would treat them as a separate entity . |
| 9 | As for Miguel , he would treat her to a long stare with those soulful eyes and mutter something she did not understand . |
| 10 | Her main fear was that the court would regard her as an unfit mother because of her sexuality . |
| 11 | For example , followers of Islam would regard it as a blatant affront to the omnipotence of Allah/ God that He should be confined within a mortal frame , yet they accord Jesus an important role as a prophet . |
| 12 | More than half say they would n't be put off a woman if they knew she carried condoms ; only 17% would regard it as a turn-off . |
| 13 | Thus , although we are wary of claiming too much for statistical analysis , we would regard it as an essential and important tool in stylistic description . |
| 14 | Such a ban on Hateley would debar him from the European Cup final in May , should Rangers overcome Marseille and then do well enough in their last Group A match , against CSKA Moscow at Ibrox . |
| 15 | In this case the mother submitted to the judge that to order the removal of the child from the United Kingdom back to Canada would expose him to a grave risk of being placed in an intolerable situation . |
| 16 | Mr. Wall argued that the exercise of the discretion which arises as a result of the finding of ‘ acquiescence ’ made by the Court of Appeal , is limited to considering the nature and quality of the acquiescence itself and would not entitle the court to take into account ‘ welfare ’ considerations relating specifically to the children unless the court were able to find that there had been established a grave risk that the return of the children would expose them to an intolerable situation under article 13 ( b ) . |
| 17 | I 'll would outgrown it within a few months . |
| 18 | Whenever he spoke , it would compose itself into a ghoulish grin . |
| 19 | The first was whether a reasonable buyer who was acquainted with the condition of the goods would buy them without a substantial abatement of the price . |
| 20 | Others would buy it for a fancy dress party or a dare . |
| 21 | ‘ I would describe myself as a Communist but other Socialist traditions are also important . ’ |
| 22 | Amitha : I suppose , if asked , I would describe myself as a Black Gujarati lesbian . |
| 23 | He would describe himself as a keen engineer rather than ‘ train spotter . ’ |
| 24 | Quite clearly , to the shame of local and central government , the homelessness crisis has been allowed to get to such a level that I would describe it as a national disgrace . ’ |
| 25 | It was quite common for an affluent client to insist : " I 'm only interested in BES schemes , although a skilful dealer would tempt him into a short-term punt in a stock outside the BES . |
| 26 | No one would come forward to claim the body and Athelstan knew the parish watch would bury it like the decaying corpse of a dog . |
| 27 | She would confine herself to the final phase of Marie 's life . |
| 28 | We devised a system whereby three dealers would be asked to give an independent appraisal , and we would average them for an official evaluation . |
| 29 | He 'd notice and would n't mention it because mentioning would bring everything into the open again . |
| 30 | Kings led them into battle for the land ( e.g. 2 Kings 8 ) and prophets pointed them to a righteousness that would bring them to a new highway , a land where mountains would be levelled , rough places smoothed ( Is. 40.4 ) , and the Prince of Peace would establish his kingdom . |