Example sentences of "[noun] they would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your speed they would say was in excess of 600 miles per hour , 611 to be precise ! |
| 2 | Some sufferers have been known to jog themselves literally to death , despite being told by doctors of the specific risks they would incur by taking further exercise . |
| 3 | They were both part of Bob Dylan 's backing band in the disastrous film Hearts Of Fire : Fred had to teach the songs they would mime to that day to Dylan each morning . |
| 4 | On the other side they would lay out a little town , using the river as a division . |
| 5 | If they were after foxes they would have either had several nets to cover all the holes or a dog such as a lurcher to chase after and catch the fox . |
| 6 | Young girls would come to her to have their fortunes read , to see what sort of husbands they would get , the number of children they would have and so forth , all of which circumstance she would signify by movements of her hands and fingers . |
| 7 | There is no natural flint in Islay so from where did the inhabitants obtain the great quantity of nodules they would require from which to make their tools ? |
| 8 | That is not correct in as much as every individual officer was tasked to an individual action and therefore there was no need to come into that bedroom the area er if they 'd have heard shouting or whatever in that bedroom they would have known not to come into that area because there was obviously a threat in there . |
| 9 | As a result they would accord the lower orders some respect and the arrogance which high status tends to encourage would be tempered with a degree of humility . |
| 10 | If you had asked cosmetic companies ten years ago to stop experimenting on animals they would have replied , ‘ No alternative . ’ |
| 11 | I personally do n't like to eat them while I 'm drinking because I get too full , but if I put a plate of pie and peas down in the club they would go like lightning . ’ |
| 12 | In the new programme they would focus heavily on what determines productivity . |
| 13 | Once safely through the fire of this opposition they would move into a future that was free of the dead past , lovely as cowslips and silent like a miracle . |
| 14 | Oh that every member of the new church would be filled with boldness : that when in collision with opposition they would respond — not by hitting each other — but by clearly telling their neighbours and community about Jesus ! |
| 15 | ‘ And another thing that 's changed is that I used to be wary of getting into certain types of music , for fear they would show up in my playing ; these days , though , I figure that listening to just about anything is cool . |
| 16 | Sometimes , if they knew he behaved in that way , people would be unwilling to talk about him at all — for fear they would embarrass themselves by saying something sympathetic about a man they knew could just as easily assassinate their characters . |
| 17 | Cod separated the pair for fear they would reproduce , and eventually forced them to do battle with each other . |
| 18 | On the streets , in meetings and in work , I began to dread women 's perceptiveness and intuition for fear they would penetrate my three-dimensional protection , silence , an accepted assumed heterosexuality and aloofness . |
| 19 | She appealed against the defendants being given bail for fear they would interfere with witnesses who could help police inquiries . |
| 20 | Yet Carrie dared not speak out for fear they would question her reasons , and she was not clear about them herself . |
| 21 | But just think if the family had not been in touch with the Bengali Action Group or with any community workers , what sort of state of fear they 'd live in . |
| 22 | Moreover , if they were to break through within the established system then they just might be a little less enthusiastic about introducing proportional representation as " a first priority " since it could let one of the parties they would have displaced back into the game . |
| 23 | As these plateaus are more buoyant than normal oceanic crust they would tend to resist subduction and therefore be accreted to continents lying along plate margins . |
| 24 | And anybody here with the technical services department they would confirm that . |
| 25 | ‘ It used to be a tradition that when you drove past a gang of kids they would wave and you would wave back , ’ says Lt Watts . |
| 26 | When people had drunk their tea they would pass the trays to the end of the row . |
| 27 | ‘ Even in the dark they would know that . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I was never less than fifty feet from the wall and at that distance , with a small pistol in the dark they 'd have had a job to hit a double-decker bus . ’ |
| 29 | When they both protested , seemingly in vain , at having lines cut , they came up with their own solutions they would accept the cuts , but make do with them badly . |
| 30 | But if you were arrested for murder they would have to be very careful not to blow their cover . |