Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [pron] [pron] would " in BNC.
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| 1 | This writing was discovered by her ; she read some material before her visit , which prepared her a little for what she would see . |
| 2 | ‘ Even if anyone came in for me I would n't want to go before the end of the season . |
| 3 | The next morning brought more early arrivals ; namely , the two ladies from Germany — who had travelled together despite what one would have imagined to have been the great contrast in their backgrounds — bringing with them a large team of ladies-in-waiting and footmen , as well as a great many trunks . |
| 4 | I 'm just like my mum , when it comes down to it , That 's why I quite admired Auntie Muriel , in a guarded sort of way I 'd think , I really should try to be like her , she was so content , nothing ever fazed her , I did n't want to be a farmer , understand , but I did n't want to be like mum either , tied to a feckless man , trying to keep him and me , having to hustle all the time to stop from sinking I fancied myself on a corporate asteroid , settling down with someone who would cherish me and buy me everything I wanted Carmen and her crew had the same ideas , even if they acted like they were going to be bad girls for ever , |
| 5 | There was a feeling that the Town Boys were an arrogant elite and to actually get in with them you would probably have to do a lot of serious drinking in the Marlborough Arms . |
| 6 | We are just as much annoyed as the ordinary racegoer because our entries are well down on what we would normally expect . ’ |
| 7 | But I have to say that they 've been the major percent of them er we think if only they would knuckle down to it they would do it . |
| 8 | She gulped hard , struggling to suppress the impulse to laugh , knowing that if she gave in to it she would not be able to stop . |
| 9 | If it were not for them he would not be free , he said . |
| 10 | not for me I would n't . |
| 11 | Just like what they would do . |
| 12 | Does , does it call into question the fact that that was really what the peasants did think and believe , or were the peasants opportunists , and if they felt they could get away with anything they would get away with anything ? |
| 13 | The porter was tipped , Alain was in the driving seat , and she was being swept away by a complete stranger to a house she did n't know at all , far away from anyone who would help her . |
| 14 | If he came over to them she would have to introduce him , and that thought was enough to bring on near hysteria . |
| 15 | ‘ Not to me it would n't , ’ said Scarlet . |
| 16 | Not to everybody it would n't |
| 17 | Perhaps Locke did not recognise the difference because he used the same word , ‘ idea ’ , both for what we would ordinarily call an idea and for what is imprinted in , or on , the mind , the ‘ sensation ’ . |
| 18 | If I did n't order and stand up for her you would n't . |
| 19 | And they are quite happy to put up with what I would term the inconvenience of going there and back each day |
| 20 | I told Debbie about the house because they 'd quarrelled , she and her father , and I was afraid that if she did n't try and make it up with him he would change his mind . |
| 21 | If you walked round the bishop 's wood shortly before you left Cuddesdon , you were likely to become aware of an elfin prelate hunting you through the shrubbery like a gaitered satyr ; and when he caught up with you he would say breathlessly , ‘ If you ever need a bed … ( panting ) … do n't forget I have fifteen spare bedrooms ’ . |
| 22 | If you bought straight from him we would n't be paying money to the galleries , but I can see you 're frightened to go , I said , so there 's an end to it . |
| 23 | Glenda and Dee would be pleased to hear from anyone who might like to join the club and also from anyone who would be willing to give talks or demonstrations at club meetings . |
| 24 | At 78 he still refused to stop work : ‘ My advice to parents is not to give up to the rising generation the place you have occupied in the world so long , because there are some who are very near to you who would turn round and put you out homeless and penniless . ’ |
| 25 | My mum used to dress me up for church , but if it was up to me I would have wanted to wear something tatty . |
| 26 | He looked at his watch and said , " If it was up to me I would leave in ten minutes . " |
| 27 | The Rokermen still need a point to be mathematically safe from relegation and Rogan said : ‘ If it was up to me I would rather be here helping make certain we are safe . |
| 28 | Yes , at fifty instead of sixty , they said you retire at age fifty and we will make your pension up to what you would have got at age sixty and we will also do the same with you lump sum and so now you know , this and they did that with thirty thousand I think went in one year , it does n't take long to get rid of one point seven billion pounds when you 're doing for that er that number of people erm and |
| 29 | I imagined he had been up to something I would rather not know about . |
| 30 | Mark Wright , restored to the captaincy , squared up to anyone who would listen but the Spartak player was booked , as was Burrows as the melee died . |