Example sentences of "would [adv] [vb infin] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They hold their feelings in , their grief , anger , frustration and would rarely weep in front of others . |
| 2 | I would gladly die in defence of that statement . ’ |
| 3 | we 'll have a vote who would rather go on top of the bonfire you or me . |
| 4 | And a Manchester mother vowed she would rather go to prison for life than pay a £4,000 bill run up by her son . |
| 5 | ‘ But , because I am relatively young , I still have the option of aiming for line management , though I would have to decide whether I would rather stay in contact with the patients . ’ |
| 6 | This view , if it could be adequately defended , would successfully stave off individualism by denying it a significant part in social explanation ; but to establish the point is far from easy . |
| 7 | However , it was agreed at the outset of this appeal by Mr. Leonard that these two latter matters would only arise for consideration in the event that his contentions upon his first and principal ground of appeal were upheld in this court ; and in the circumstances we heard argument from both sides upon that ground separately and distinct from the remainder of the matters raised in this appeal . |
| 8 | She thought it was limited to securing £60,000 and would only continue in force for a few weeks . |
| 9 | While the exclusion does not specifically refer to damage to underground pipes or cables , the above exclusions would be deemed to refer to such circumstances and therefore cover would only operate for damage to underground pipes and services when these exclusions are deleted . |
| 10 | Unless a turnover system were to be introduced , such as the optional arrangements in Germany , the royalty would only operate in relation to works which are still in copyright works of art either produced by living artists or those who have died within the last fifty years . |
| 11 | There were other cases where the name of the rape survivor was not disclosed in the first press report but a few weeks later , the name would suddenly appear in front of several million readers . |
| 12 | She was a clever woman with obscure sources of energy who would suddenly start to garden by torchlight late at night , or walk wilfully all the way to Soho to buy vegetables at the times when the pin in her hipbone was especially painful . |
| 13 | Well that 's something we would obviously have to sort of , I mean maybe it 's something where you know I mean with the |
| 14 | Crocodiles can lose water at a rate of up to half of that of amphibians ( which have a much more permeable skin , and would greatly suffer from desiccation on land were it not for the safety valve of a reduced urine flow , which passes much of its water content back into the body ) . |
| 15 | Then , in a light haze of vodka in a Toronto hotel room , came the moment that would finally lead to recognition for Nicholson as an actor . |
| 16 | On the other hand , a variable , service-orientated transaction ( such as that provided by an international hotel concierge ) would best respond to recruitment of the right person in the first place . |
| 17 | They would soon go to sleep in the back of the car . |
| 18 | He would usually appear in answer to the signal within a few minutes , for each sereno has a certain section to patrol . |
| 19 | In fact , it is unlikely that you would ever need to side-slip without full airbrake unless the airbrakes became frozen or jammed . |
| 20 | If a flat sailed ( for descriptive convenience ) ship were to be constantly sailed anti-clockwise around an island with the wind blowing from the north , the sail would always lie in line with a point due east on the sailed circle ( due west if sailed clockwise ) . |
| 21 | Most users of search believe that , on the whole , headhunters do a good job , and that the industry is effectively self-regulating because , given the grapevine spread of information , poor work would quickly result in loss of business . |
| 22 | The more productive country would still benefit from specialisation in those goods it produces best , and should then import those goods it is comparatively worse at producing . |
| 23 | ‘ Yes , but perhaps he thought I might meet some wealthy man who would instantly fall in love with me and so relieve him of some of the responsibility , ’ she retorted , too angry to even think what she was saying , and then gave a derisive smile when she saw that he was half tempted to believe it . |
| 24 | It would also protect against septicaemia in which bacteria multiply unchecked in the blood , possibly causing death without prompt treatment . |
| 25 | Ideally , the salary of the disabled employee should be ‘ red-circled ’ or maintained at its present level , but only if red-circling would also occur upon reassignment for other reasons . |
| 26 | A characteristically political perspective would argue for a more articulated view of the complexity of centre-periphery relationships than either pluralism or Marxism can provide but would also warn against imposition of a single political model such as corporatism . |
| 27 | Speaking on Radio 4 's World This Weekend he added : ‘ Their action would also call into doubt in children 's minds just what authority figures are there for . ’ |
| 28 | If they suspect satanic influence amongst any group of people , they would also look with suspicion on anyone associated with that group , whether politically , socially , or on religious grounds . |
| 29 | This specialisation of function would also apply to ownership of aircraft . |
| 30 | And when , at the beginning of 1950 , US Secretary of State Acheson conceded that the United States would now vote in favour of the return of UN members ' Ambassadors to Spain , Franco knew that the thaw had begun . |