Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [verb] [subord] " in BNC.
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1 | We walked to the boy 's mother 's house where I would stay while we worked on the bride house . |
2 | ‘ I said from day one that I would stay until I detected a change in attitude from the people in Ireland . |
3 | The issue has not been discussed with me during my time as Secretary of State at any conference under the Anglo-Irish Agreement , and I am perfectly clear about what response I would give if it were raised . |
4 | ‘ I would laugh if I saw pepper coming out of a fishtank . ’ |
5 | I am staying to finish what I had promised Lord Derby I would do before I went away , & shall , I imagine , be home by the end of November , when I shall be most happy to set about anything that you please … |
6 | What I would do if school were at home |
7 | I 'm looking out at the moodily lit bathroom and wondering what I would do if I suddenly saw William appear out there , flight bags in hand , a Surprise , honey , I 'm home ! look on his face . |
8 | I would do if I had any change , you could go and |
9 | But I should say that if I had to buy them , I would do as I did with the ones I have — buy from a breeder . |
10 | When Elfed returned with Richard , I told them I would do as they all wished , and the room seemed to be filled with the happiness of relief . |
11 | I would do as I do now probably and go |
12 | I did n't really think at all , not about where I was going , nor about what I would do when I got there . |
13 | Of the rest , twenty mentioned various kinds of community-level effects which I would classify as affecting the local way of life . |
14 | It 's the sort of ’ You stupid boy , stop trying to drown yourself ’ speech I can imagine I would deliver if I were dragging a recalcitrant lad back to land . |
15 | I would comment as follows : — |
16 | ‘ 84 for 2 , Mr Beesley , ’ I would shout as I passed him snoozing in the sun beneath the gangling wisteria . |
17 | I may well know how I would react if I could remain consistently aware of what I know in the abstract , yet yield to the opposite reaction , so that ‘ I see , and approve , the better : I follow the worse ’ ( Ovid 's Video meliora proboque , deteriora sequor ) . |
18 | I do not criticise , I merely observe ; and I 'm not sure what I would think if everyone lined the rail to admire the play of light on the water and started discussing Boudin . |
19 | I would think if you looked carefully you would find that most people are . ’ |
20 | I would think if you were n't , you must have been very nearly . |
21 | I would think if you were felt the area of the houses on that side , the area of the houses on the Thorny side you would think that one 's |
22 | I would think if she think 's she 's gon na be a bit nervous then I 'll get . |
23 | I would think if everything went right , it would be something like seven hours |
24 | well I would think if it could lodged during the course of the next ten days or so |
25 | Cos you can only use them up to about four I would think cos other , other than that they get a bit too big for them do n't they ? he could do with a little slide in the garden |
26 | Going to be a long journey I would think cos it 's an hour and a half from here to Scarborough on the bus . |
27 | Oh , it was , that would be the late sixties I would think when they were in the erm third division . |
28 | Now all I wanted was for James to ask me out and I would 've when out with him you know . |
29 | We which I would hope when will itemise the qualities and strengths of the child that you want to cover , like when we do personal statements or joint statements in the tenth and eleventh year that if the form teacher just ca n't write well Fred 's worked very well , he 's done extremely well in English we 'll actually start to talk about him as an individual and his strengths and weaknesses . |
30 | ‘ I would hope if sufficient parents support me they will either postpone the tests until Easter , by which time the children will have some idea of what it is like , or go back to the previous system . |