Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the most experienced grown-up , I had calculated I would hold my edge till the second day . |
| 2 | For the reasons I have given I would grant the application . |
| 3 | My Lords , for the reasons which I have given I would answer branch ( a ) of the certified question in the affirmative and branch ( b ) in the negative , and allow the appeal . |
| 4 | In all other respects , I agree with the opinion of my Lord , Lord Lowry ; but for the reason I have given I would dismiss this appeal . |
| 5 | For the reasons I have given I would dismiss this appeal . |
| 6 | And if , if they do they do things at half measure it 's more likely to be crushed I would 've thought . |
| 7 | Interestingly , both versions feature that talented Baroque specialist tenor Christoph Pregardien , superb in both , although if pressed I would have to say that he sounds in fresher voice on Capriccio . |
| 8 | Nothing against him ( MUCH ! ) but if a brawl had developed and he ( Accidently ) got his legs broken I would have been full of sorrow ( NOT ! ) |
| 9 | Even if our marriage had n't been arranged I would have wanted to marry Anna . |
| 10 | But Birmingham must have won today cos they had equal top must have won I would have thought . |
| 11 | If I were took I would talk whatever |
| 12 | ‘ If you had n't come I would have been up all night . ’ |
| 13 | If the telephones had rung you would have taken fright . |
| 14 | When everyone was occupied she would waft into the room and over to the cradle , to peer quietly into it and then , satisfied that the baby was safe and well , to slip in behind the door . |
| 15 | We arranged that if we were attacked we would break away and form a defensive circle . ’ |
| 16 | If an order was cancelled we would have difficulty finding another buyer . |
| 17 | Had they won it would have been a ‘ great day for Britain . ’ |
| 18 | Because of this , it was felt , it presented Anish Kapoor in a position of such seniority alongside all the other three that if he had n't won it would have been more embarrassing that if he did . |
| 19 | ‘ I had expected it would take a little while just to organise your thoughts . ’ |
| 20 | If Wandsworth Council had succeeded it would have set a precedent for councils to take the NASUWT to court . |
| 21 | A couple more feet and even if the toe had caught he would have gone over backwards . |
| 22 | There is no doubt if he had ever been caught he would have hanged , ’ said Mr Stephenson , who left the police as an inspector in 1977 . |
| 23 | If there were difficult legal points to be resolved he would get legal aid . |
| 24 | She 'd half expected he would want to make love with her again , had felt her own body liquefy with musky desire for him . |
| 25 | Stephen had rather expected he would do that . |
| 26 | Doctor Sloan of Ayr who conducted a post mortem examination on John was approached later by a group of old miners with the question , The doctor confessed that he had not paid particular attention to the man 's feet , whereat the miners went off with knowing expressions on their faces ; superstition had convinced them that if the doctor had looked he would have seen cloven hoofs , proving that the devil had appeared in the guise of John Brown for some evil purpose of his own . |
| 27 | McMahon hardly considered it would do anything else : ‘ I sit here in my cell writing this , having served almost nine years of a life sentence for a murder I did not commit … |
| 28 | The King had decided I would stay in the largest available building , just outside the city gates . |
| 29 | I had decided I would try to murder Esmerelda before she and her parents even arrived for their holiday . |
| 30 | If your wife had answered I would have given her a load of old cods . |