Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [pron] would " in BNC.
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| 1 | Birdwatchers had always worried terribly about what would happen to Brownsea after the owner , Mrs Bonham-Christie , died . |
| 2 | They had not worried for themselves , only about what would happen to Emily . |
| 3 | They were worried only about what would happen to the monetary value of the paintings and their business as dealers . |
| 4 | Then he dressed and went down for what would now be a vulture 's breakfast . |
| 5 | Cos if it was as long as three hours , then I 'd expect Julie would have had to program them in for it would n't she . |
| 6 | I should think that Mr Staton would put it in for you would n't he ? |
| 7 | Anyone who tried to set up in between us would find it hard going . |
| 8 | The B film was a Western starring Randolph Scott , and when that was over he would watch Jane Russell again , and somewhere in between he would eat his boiled egg and perhaps sleep for a while . |
| 9 | P.B. All of this , which would go I think contrary … much of it would go contrary to the basic Catholic belief . |
| 10 | no gently with her would you ? |
| 11 | ‘ The gentleman who 'd been in with her would naturally have gone back to his room well before people started stirring . ’ |
| 12 | He had no official status and no powers of arrest , but once he 'd identified Alina then the two officers along with him would have been able to detain her on immigration charges . |
| 13 | Moran was neither rich nor poor but his hatred and fear of poverty was as fierce as his fear of illness which meant that he would never be poor but that he and all around him would live as if they were paupers . |
| 14 | Paralysed though she was , not for anything was Dolly going to drop Sergeant Joe in the cart , not for anything would she even admit he was in the house . |
| 15 | Not for anything would she have informed him how much this worried her . |
| 16 | Not for anything would she give him the satisfaction of knowing his opinion could have such a devastating effect on her . |
| 17 | Any spillages on the skin should immediately be washed with lots of water just like one would do with bleach . |
| 18 | Well I suppose she 'd get away with it would n't she ? |
| 19 | Perhaps the time spent away from him would help her regain some control over the wild emotions roiling inside her . |
| 20 | It was clear , too , that Kanhai , who had taken over the leadership from Sobers , was coming to the end of his career and that whoever took over from him would have the opportunity for an extended run in the job if he were successful . |
| 21 | ‘ Because if it were not on you would not be able to see . ’ |
| 22 | You 'd get off with her would n't ya ? |
| 23 | Before doing any deal , Hewlett-Packard would have to weigh whether it would gain more from what would effectively be privileged access to Siemens ' customers than it would lose in self-impact on its already strong position in western Germany . |
| 24 | In education the party conformed more to what would be expected : 196 MPs had been to public schools ( 68 per cent of the party , twice the proportion of Liberals ) and eighty-six of these had been at Eton , almost a third of the party . |
| 25 | Not many teams beat the City on their own ground … and early on you would n't have given much of a price on United … |
| 26 | if that had 've been Cath , that would have been a real turn up for me would n't it ? |
| 27 | Oh yeah I I both of us would would be always recording and singing what we like ourselves you know . |
| 28 | A strange circle — not all of one tribe or one nation , but ever-present , as though rubbing up against him would give them some strength . |
| 29 | But as we 're completely in the dark about what sort of intelligence service — if any — we 're up against it would do no harm to take precautions . |
| 30 | I 'd be made up with you would you ? |