Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyone would think you got that job at the Queen 's Theatre . ’ |
| 2 | I sent the cheque back , saying that although it had been immensely good of them to bring me up , I must have been a great burden and was now a disappointment , so I would prefer them to keep this money as some repayment for all they had done . |
| 3 | " In the circumstances I felt that you would prefer me to make some money . " |
| 4 | At the same time , the worker has at his command tools and machinery that would make him feel enormous strength but he feels impotent because he is involved in only one part of the pattern of mass production ; never experiencing involvement with a total process from the raw material stage through to a finished product . |
| 5 | Gravity attracts objects towards each other ; antigravity would make them repel each other . |
| 6 | I offered to talk of a duty superior to that she mentioned , which would oblige her to help distressed innocence , and not permit her to go to the lengths enjoined by lawless tyranny ; but she plainly bid me be silent on that head ; for it was vain to attempt to persuade her to betray her trust . |
| 7 | But where could social workers obtain skills which would qualify them to teach social work ? |
| 8 | Rightly , the central bank argues that cheapening the peso would do nothing to enhance Mexican competitiveness , since it would feed through swiftly into inflation . |
| 9 | The exercise would tire him — that always helped : he would seek out Joanna once more and that , too , would do something to unlock this pain of want which would rise up in him from nowhere , and beat against the walls of his mind until he thought he would never be able to bear it . |
| 10 | Democratic party chairman Ron Brown added : ‘ George Bush has already said he would do anything to win this election . |
| 11 | Family grief : ‘ We talk about Danny a lot and would do anything to prevent another child dying in the same way ’ |
| 12 | Anyway , the bank WERE NT exerting any pressure … despite some things said on TV over the weekend … hence Silvers comments just after the announcement of the sale , that the money would ensure we have some flexibilty should we need to enter the transfer market again . |
| 13 | Ethics do have a place in the boardroom , and our employees , er employees in I B M , would expect them to have that place . |
| 14 | ’ In return for that amount , ’ y'Pripio went on , ’ we would expect you to maintain total discretion and loyalty for the duration if the contract . |
| 15 | Other measures would involve more combined heat and power ( CHP ) stations , which , instead of discharging into the atmosphere the 60–70 per cent of the primary energy input which ends up as waste heat , would use it to provide hot water and heating in homes and commercial and industrial buildings ; and , of course , a switch from coal — which produces more carbon dioxide per ton than any other fuel — to nuclear , gas , oil and ‘ renewables ’ such as windfalls and tidal barrages . |
| 16 | When the time came , they would elevate him to become another Stoneley . |
| 17 | And you would like me to provide that management ? ’ |
| 18 | Now you tell us how you would like us to adapt this model to meet your specific requirements . ’ |
| 19 | In the meantime , to keep you occupied — and to ensure that some part of the considerable sum of money invested in keeping you alive is repaid — we would like you to do some work for us . ’ |
| 20 | Can EMI please explain how they justify this , and say how much extra it would cost them to provide proper documentation ? |
| 21 | Well if you 're able to get a salaried position at fifty three in financial services I would suggest you know good luck to you fine . |
| 22 | I would suggest you to ask that question in fact you 'll ask Gordon afterwards . |
| 23 | Most of those whom the king preserved in office were men of the middle nobility , men whose experience would enable them to take effective charge of those placed under them . |
| 24 | Although they have yet to resume ivory trading , the wildlife authorities in these states argue that a carefully-controlled trade based on the substantial " elephant surplus " in their parks would enable them to fund conservation work , including anti-poaching activities . |
| 25 | the important lessons they learnt cos at first they thought land reform would enable them to achieve mass mobilization |
| 26 | From childhood he had been fascinated by natural history , and at Cambridge he decided on a career which would enable him to combine medical research with his interest in comparative biology . |
| 27 | Er the other fire fighters would enable us to hit that target on a regular basis and in fact we will also the target during those periods when . |
| 28 | A youth training fund would enable us to continue this scheme , not only with a view to employment , but enabling us to provide training and development of personal skills , which would benefit them in future employment or future education . |
| 29 | North Korea was also believed to be constructing a nuclear reprocessing plant which would enable it to extract unused plutonium and uranium by-products from spent nuclear fuel rods . |
| 30 | At the summit meeting last month between Bill Clinton and Japan 's prime minister , Kiichi Miyazawa , America insisted that Japan should come up with specific measures that would enable it to meet new import targets . |