Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [pers pn] would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She thought it unlikely that he would marry again , but nothing between them would change , however many wives entered , or attempted to enter , his life . |
| 2 | When trying to guess where someone went when I missed him at the airport I do not imagine his thoughts , I try to imagine his situation as someone like him would see it , and think ; if he tells me he has just learned he has cancer I may hear in imagination the doctor 's grave voice , but I do not imagine the fear , I feel the chill of it ; if I see him cut his finger I do not imagine the pain as something objective before my ‘ mind 's eye ’ , either I look on as though the knife were cutting through cheese or I incipiently wince . |
| 3 | ‘ Yes , and you proved to be a warm and funny companion , gentle and sweet , and I was intrigued to discover why someone like you would pursue a man . |
| 4 | A resumé by Secretary General Ian Martin of the momentous world events that have occurred during the past five years set the work of AI in context and also set the scene for the working parties , which between them would report back to the plenary with recommendations that would change the AI mandate dramatically . |
| 5 | Naked women cycled energetically round an indoor track as spectators placed bets on which of them would reach orgasm first from the rubbing of clitoris on saddle . |
| 6 | The open and public part of the contest between the two companies for the monopoly of the Indian trade ( apart from the normal process of lobbying , in which it was said very large sums were spent on bribery ) was devoted to finding which of them would lend more money to the government . |
| 7 | There was no question , of course , as to which of them would have to put the proposal for ‘ protection ’ to Cowley . |
| 8 | Consider the variety of ways in which humans spend their time and ask which of them would have value if they occurred , miraculously , in a kind of vacuum . |
| 9 | Which of you would like coffee and what kind ? |
| 10 | ( If our motives had to be completely pure , which of us would pass the test ? ) |
| 11 | ‘ I can well imagine that somebody like you would strike a woman . |
| 12 | If he never said it again , the way he had just expressed himself to her would last for the rest of her life . |
| 13 | the privilege of , of them like you would have a shed in your garden |
| 14 | The things he could tell you about her would make your hair curl . |
| 15 | Funnily enough , none of them would drink and drive or not wear a seatbelt . ’ |
| 16 | I mean , I did , but I also had ‘ up ’ and ‘ down ’ , and none of them would do . |
| 17 | But none of them would do for today . |
| 18 | This was now attempted , but I got nowhere near finding out , because none of them would estimate over the phone . |
| 19 | ‘ I bet my friend , who commands the 4th Battalion of the Presidential Guard , that he could deploy 50 men and that none of them would lay hands on you . |
| 20 | in a trot but er I might just have this and none of them would win , I 've only , I would only praise them guessed up or that way or |
| 21 | As three men slowly looked away McLeish received the uncompromising message that if any of them had been so lucky as to have dinner with Catherine Crane , none of them would have let her pay for herself . |
| 22 | Without the traffic-free tranquillity of the town centre , none of them would have been noticeable . |
| 23 | There were fewer than seven under-strength German divisions in Yugoslavia , none of them would have been suitable for service in France or North Italy , as has been maintained . |
| 24 | None of them would have any formal local attachment other than to the large constituency as a whole . |
| 25 | I knew perfectly well that if ever that crowd got hold of them none of them would have been left to tell the tale and took immediate steps for them to escape by the windows at the rear of the premises . |
| 26 | ‘ None of them would have provided any kind of challenge to your tightly guarded female bastion . ’ |
| 27 | They were trapped in each other 's company , each one wanting to break away , to do anything rather than stay there together , but none of them would risk being thought unfeeling , or odd . |
| 28 | That was something none of them would like . |
| 29 | If she were in bed , none of them would happen . |
| 30 | ‘ That I had many acquaintances named Svend and that none of them would run off with a teenager . ’ |