Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [noun prp] would " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took a stick and poked the leaves till they glowed , orange flames flickered around the strap and the helmet began to shrivel , slowly becoming unrecognisable , so that Barnes would n't pull it out later and bring it back to the house . |
| 2 | So that Dunbar would be in no position to hand it over to the enemy . |
| 3 | She looked away so that Trent would n't see her misery : ‘ He told me not to tell anyone . ’ |
| 4 | More often Hanka Zborowska switched the lights off and they pretended to be out so that Modigliani would not come up and ask for an advance on the next day 's work . |
| 5 | She said in a quiet whisper so that Marc would n't overhear , ‘ I ca n't stand much more of your brother , Peter . |
| 6 | He even put his hands in Oliver 's pockets so that Oliver would not have to empty them himself when he went to bed . |
| 7 | Furthermore , as soon as he did turn up , Maradona unwisely told the expectant press corps that he thought the World Cup draw had been fixed so that Italy would find itself in an easy group . |
| 8 | So that Simon would n't come looking for her . ’ |
| 9 | Once outside , she breathed a sigh of relief , and strolled with Theda around the left of the house , next to Switham Thicket , so that Araminta would not see them from the window of her parlour . |
| 10 | But when she looked at the mirror again the stain of spectacles was still there and she had to wipe it off with a cloth so that Larry would not see . |
| 11 | Robyn pressed her lips together and half turned so that Anne would n't see the tears that were welling up in her eyes again . |
| 12 | He had stuck labels in various places so that Willie would associate an object with a word , until after a time Willie labelled them himself . |
| 13 | So that John would not be alone in England , Herbert suggested that Grace should take him there , her daughter Peg also accompanying them . |
| 14 | Furthermore , as soon as he did turn up , Maradona unwisely told the expectant press corps that he thought the World Cup draw had been fixed so that Argentina would be in a difficult group and Italy in an easy group . |
| 15 | Arrangements were carefully made so that Lunia would not be compromised and Modigliani came to paint her portrait the following day in the Sunny Hotel on the Boulevard de Port-Royal , the little lodging house where Zborowski was living with his handsome and somewhat forbidding common-law wife , Anna ( Hanka ) Zborowska . |
| 16 | That brought tears to my eyes and I turned away so that Jeff would n't be able to see them , then fought them back . |
| 17 | I put a suitcase on the bed and began to throw clothes into it , half my dresses so that Richard would n't notice when he hung his trousers up in the wardrobe , but all my underwear , since he would not look in my drawer . |
| 18 | ‘ Pool needs to get out more , ’ he said , trying hard to slow his speech so that Lacuna would grasp his meaning . |
| 19 | He and Stefan had worked out a performance programme so that Ingrid would n't have to sing two big roles on consecutive nights . |
| 20 | God knows they have trouble enough so IBM would appreciate it if we were perfectly clear on a couple of points that came up a fortnight ago ( UX No 418 ) . |
| 21 | He paused , then with what Robbie considered to be an unutterably complacent smile , ‘ And I doubt very much whether Petula would approve of your presence either . ’ |
| 22 | MUCH as Dallas would like to wipe the assassination of John Kennedy from its memory , it can not . |
| 23 | I had expressed concern that after the long journey , probably spent standing in the corridor , I might look rather haggard , so the wearing of a yashmak was suggested , especially as Leslie would be used to seeing this item of female camouflage in the souks and cafés of North Africa from Alexandria to Algiers . |
| 24 | I want his mates to hear the gospel and besides that Billy would not want a sad funeral , so I think you should preach , Dad . ’ |
| 25 | Rangers assistant manager Archie Knox said tonight that Maxwell would definitely be in goal against Hearts tomorrow . |
| 26 | He was going to be leaving soon anyway so Owen would have to make up his mind about Jane . |
| 27 | Again and again Cheryl signalled the message , hoping desperately that Angela would read it . |
| 28 | It was no good pretending , his father said , it was no good having birthday celebrations in the Queen Victoria Hotel just so Stephen would n't know . |
| 29 | Evgeny Onegin would have been written even if Pushkin had never existed , claims Brik , just as America would have been discovered without Columbus . |
| 30 | The change-manager will no doubt contemplate the required strategy before releasing his ( or her ) proposals , just as Quinn would suggest , but he will still need to be adept at riding the waves of change . |