Example sentences of "[vb past] you would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do not send you copies of every letter we write , minutes of every meeting we attend , etc because we assumed you would realise we were getting on with the job . |
| 2 | Some lay eggs among the stones , so camouflaged you would mistake them for the rocks themselves . |
| 3 | Imagine your response if , when you were depositing funds in a building society account , your attention was drawn to the fact that if you died only the original investment would be returned , but if you lived you would keep all of the interest . |
| 4 | As each train arrived you would see the reservation stickers on the coaches . |
| 5 | ‘ I checked with Betty this morning as to whether you 'd be in and she said you were making one of your special cakes , so I guessed you would ask the girls up to tea . |
| 6 | I was always afraid that once Maria Luisa returned you would choose her rather than me . ’ |
| 7 | What w ho wh was the reaction when you decided you would work to rule ? |
| 8 | My life is here , and I have no intention of sharing it with you , not if you offered me an Empire , let alone a castle in Scotland and the fortune of a man whom I despised and who I warned you would treat you badly . |
| 9 | But if you asked me how a motor car worked you would think me somewhat pompous if I answered in terms of Newton 's laws and the laws of thermodynamics , and downright obscurantist if I answered in terms of fundamental particles . |
| 10 | Her comments alongside her weekly measuring sessions said so much that I felt you would enjoy reading them too : |
| 11 | I knew you would want to see them , Captain — Mr Andropulos seems very anxious to see you — and I know you do n't like unauthorized people on the bridge so I took the liberty of putting the four gentlemen and the two young ladies in the wardroom . |
| 12 | ‘ I knew you would want to set all to rights , ’ Rose said softly , smiling warmly at her . |
| 13 | So I knew you would eat it like that in an omelette . |
| 14 | She reddened , said : ‘ I knew you would think I had taken too much responsibility on myself . ’ |
| 15 | As I believe that you both did , when you were my age — if you can remember so far back — but I knew you would prevent me from doing so if I told you the truth . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You do n't think , ’ Tremayne said painfully , ‘ I mean , it had to be someone who knew you would fetch Gareth 's camera , who shot you . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I love you in a very special way and I knew you would understand . |
| 18 | Ben said , ‘ I knew you would keep her . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I knew you would say that , ’ he said . |
| 20 | When Jack and Alick , after being shipwrecked and narrowly escaping murder , starvation and sundry other perils , are reunited with Terence on board a brig-of-war , he declares it is worth being lost when reunion is so pleasant and ends with a flourish : ‘ Old fellows , I knew you would come back somehow or other ; I always said so ; astride of a dolphin , if in no other way … ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I knew you would come . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I knew you would come . |
| 23 | This time I knew you would come . ’ |
| 24 | The note read ‘ I knew you would come back into the house , so please take some food . |
| 25 | " I knew you would try to find me . |
| 26 | ‘ I knew you would read it sooner or later . |
| 27 | ‘ I knew you would find a way , ’ she said . |
| 28 | ‘ I knew you would see reason in the end . |
| 29 | We knew you would like us to help ourselves , and it does keep the crop growing , of course . |
| 30 | used to publish what areas were going to have power cuts , d' ya remember ? , you were in Bristol at the time , er Stuart was the same , they used to publish what area would be cut off and for what time and for how long and you knew you would get cut off , sort of ten o'clock in the morning till three in the afternoon , usu , four or five hours at a time was n't it ? |