Example sentences of "[adj] thing you would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other interesting thing you would find about vocabulary and treatment between the tabloids and the Independent is the Independent has a policy of very little coverage of the Royal Family and I suspect that other than a paragraph or a sentence or two of introduction , that those four paragraphs at the foot of the page are simply the text of her speech courtiers and media blamed as the Princess retreats from public life , I suspect that you will find that that is not a story , it is simply a statement of fact and an actual reprint of the text of her speech . |
| 2 | The pursuit of good living is not the innocent thing you would like it to be , my dear ; you were n't born in time to watch my compatriots during the war , the energies they put into it , the boys dying Pour La Patrie while the family at home fought about L'Héritage and assured the survival of La Bonne Cuisine . |
| 3 | On the other hand , if you were Andrus and for some reason you decided to start a campaign of your own , and you were , like him , a Copt , the first thing you would do would be to go to a bank and make proper financial arrangements . |
| 4 | The first thing you would notice about the landscape if you were to travel back in time was how wet it was . |
| 5 | He is proposing , which is the last thing you would find the United States , statutory works councils , statutory minimum wage , compulsory working week , it 's about time he dropped those proposals which would cost millions of jobs . |