Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [pron] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we came out of the Clerecia , after dipping hands in the holy water stoup and placing a drop on each other 's brows , as we had seen the novios and novias do ( the boy on entering a church would dip his hand in the water and transfer a drop to his fiancée 's fingertip so that they could cross themselves in unison ) , we would go into La Casa de las Conchas next to the Clerecia , with elaborate wrought-iron window-grilles and its tranquil courtyard , and sit there quietly for a while , thinking of the next poem , or of the one we were working on . |
| 2 | In fact it immortalised them and ensured that all future anti-apartheid movements would vow their allegiance to the heroes of Rivonia . |
| 3 | Shortly after the breakfast party , perhaps the same evening , perhaps the next morning , the bridegroom 's mother would make her way to the home of the bride carrying the first load of treasure . |
| 4 | First thing in the morning , she would make her way to the big house where she intended to relay everything she had learned . |
| 5 | The failure of Danie Craven 's South Africa Rugby Board and the mainly-black South Africa Rugby Union to get their act together forestalled grandiose plans by the Hong Kong Seven organisers to use their world-famous event as the door through which the Springboks would make their re-entry into the rugby world . |
| 6 | The KDPI , on the other hand , would make their way across the frontier into the Suleimaniyah area . |
| 7 | Some of them would make their way to the railway station , but a few , having no horse and trap and unable to afford even the train fare , would travel on foot the whole week , often sleeping rough in the fields or in barns or farmhouses . |
| 8 | We would make our way past The Three Crowns Inn where people sat on forms by wooden tables to enjoy a summer 's evening drink . |
| 9 | He knew that he would make his way towards the tannery , and hoped that the woman — he had never asked her name — would be there at this hour . |
| 10 | Edwards has emphasised , ever since the annual meeting two weeks ago when he used his majority shareholding to secure Knighton a place on the United board that he would make his decision at the end of this season . |
| 11 | Edwards has emphasised , ever since the annual meeting two weeks ago when he used his majority shareholding to secure Knighton a place on the board , that he would make his decision at the end of this season . |
| 12 | If boss Lennie Lawrence decides Pears is unfit to play against Brighton tomorrow , Ironside , 28 , would make his debut for the club . |
| 13 | If boss Lennie Lawrence decides Pears is unfit to play against Brighton tomorrow , Ironside , 28 , would make his debut for the club . |
| 14 | And all the time he knew Cadalora would make his move on the last lap . |
| 15 | This would explain it prevalence among the more promiscuous gay communities , and its apparent transmissibility through blood products such as factor VIII used by haemophiliacs . |
| 16 | Indeed , in so far as knowing the ‘ cause ’ would restrict our reading of the poems , it is the one piece of information we can probably do without . ’ |
| 17 | Most of the time I worked in the bunkers , trying to keep the stoker supplied with enough coal to fire the furnaces ; he would rattle his shovel in the hatch if I fell behind . |
| 18 | Dear old Martha had much of the milk of human kindness about her ; she had pensioners who shared with her such things as she had : one was a lame robin redbreast , who came and sat on a bush opposite the door till he was fed ; another was a pigeon whose cot was quite a mile away : she too looked for a meal on every visit , and after gathering her crop-full , would wing her flight over the fields and houses home to her cot . |
| 19 | CHELMSFORD Ladies Hockey Club are unlikely to disband the A team , whose existence many first team players feel would hinder their prospects for the 1993/94 season . |
| 20 | These tournaments were also not being played on clay , and she obviously felt that participation in the Olympics would damage her chances on the tournament circuit , where failure to defend her points would mean that she might drop out of the top 100 in world rankings . |
| 21 | You would compensate your neighbour for the loss of his marginal benefit . |
| 22 | Swiftly , she swallowed her ire and , taking a steadying breath , ‘ Well , ’ she began , ‘ so far as I know — and I could be wrong — I believe it has something to do with years back when a tradesman was dismissed , he would pack his tools in the sack he carried them in , and walk off the job . ’ |
| 23 | I understand Wednesday manager Trevor Francis , who rebuffed Ferguson on the phone , has made it clear to his board that should they be seduced by a new United bid , he would consider his future at the club . |
| 24 | The scent of human food was very strong in the Gruncher 's nostrils , and he must have been thinking that so long as he kept going flat out , he would catch his meal in the end . |
| 25 | More important , trade would tie their economies into the global market , allowing them to specialise in the things they do best , and helping governments to consolidate their economic reforms . |
| 26 | Nansen , an excellent scientist , had realised that the polar ice drifted from east to west and reasoned that if he chose his entry point correctly the ice would tow his ship over the pole and release it near Canada . |
| 27 | As he and Du Camp tramped along , he would introduce his friend to the trees and the bushes with mock gravity : ‘ May I present the young phenomenon ? ’ |
| 28 | When Shearman was appointed National Education Officer for the WEA , questions were raised by the LEA over the continued appointment of a full-time resident tutor in the county and agreement was reached only on the understanding that the new resident tutor would concentrate his activities in the undeveloped rural areas in the south of the county . |
| 29 | Then she too would bury her head in the pillow and weep . |
| 30 | The force of it lifted Golden Girl 's stern and for a moment Trent feared that she would bury her bows in the sea and pitch-pole . |