Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] would [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Which university would that be ? ’ |
| 2 | He 'd worried , often enough , that he had n't got the measure of Mrs Ames , that their friendship would one day founder on a simple misunderstanding . |
| 3 | ‘ Which platform would that have been on ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Now which station would that be ? ’ |
| 5 | Which victory would that be ? ’ |
| 6 | In the end Dinah came to me , believing , as I did , that if we spent a night together her father would relent . |
| 7 | Within within which area would that be ? |
| 8 | Ann thought her daughter would one day emerge from all this . |
| 9 | Spruce consulted his list , failing to make any sort of connection and asked , not for the first time in the enquiry , ‘ Which Yaxlee would that be ? ’ |
| 10 | Even he did n't consider such deeds heroic ( heroes are usually frightened men who rise to the occasion ) , but saw himself as just a reckless fool whose luck would one day run out . |
| 11 | ‘ Whose firm would that be ? ’ he interrupted . |
| 12 | If not I 'll remain immobilized at my place , tied hand and foot … and in whose interest would that be ? |
| 13 | None of them seemed anxious to comply and Trent doubted his strength would last long enough to haul Gomez against the weight of the Zodiac . |
| 14 | What ghost would this summon ? she wondered . |
| 15 | And what advantage would that be for you then ? |
| 16 | There has been a lot of debate about the reasons for producing complicated patterns on the suture line ; what advantage would this have given the ammonoids over their nautiloid ancestors , that allowed for the explosive bursts of ammonoid evolution ? |
| 17 | What faith would these people have in our system of administration of justice ? |
| 18 | What effect would that have on employment in the United Kingdom ? |
| 19 | What effect would that policy have on the unemployment figures ? |
| 20 | They can increase their plan further , what effect would that actually have to the plan though ? |
| 21 | Erm what effect would that have . |
| 22 | The computer is fed with all the relevant data , and ecological theory , and is then asked , ‘ if we did such and such , to this lake ( or river , or bay , or whatever ) , what effect would this have on such and such a pollutant ? ’ |
| 23 | What effect would this have on the reading system as a whole ? |
| 24 | Suppose the government imposes a profits tax on a monopolist : what effect would this have on the monopolist 's output decision ? |
| 25 | This is all very well , you might say , but what effect would this have on Western living standards ? |
| 26 | What effect would last night 's regrettable occurrence have upon the morning 's debate on immigration , to which Mr Clarke was expected to reply ? |
| 27 | ‘ What good would that do ? |
| 28 | If one of those bombs went off prematurely we would all have been blown off the roof , and what good would that have done anyone ? |
| 29 | But what good would that do ? |
| 30 | ‘ And what good would that do either of us ? ’ he asked calmly . |