Example sentences of "[verb] [Wh det] [pron] would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In that envelope is a letter explaining what I would like . |
| 2 | To a hushed court Dr Howe described what he would do if the court granted the application . |
| 3 | As she hesitated , Tug found that he desperately wanted to know what she would say . |
| 4 | I ca n't even claim to know what he would want done , because I know almost nothing about him . |
| 5 | Whilst Bunyan might have rejoiced at being used to belabour the inanities and vanities of the Church of England , it is difficult to know what he would have thought of being commemorated by memorial windows in Elstow parish church and Westminster Abbey . |
| 6 | In order to make appeal to this methodology , which is very commonly used in linguistic and philosophical discussion , we need to know what it would mean for the context to be ‘ slightly different ’ . |
| 7 | BELVILLE : [ getting a little bored with PAMELA 's compliance ] You are very obliging , Pamela , but now be so good as to find some fault with me and say what you would wish me to do to appear more agreeable to you . |
| 8 | If anyone took Panos I do n't know what we would do . |
| 9 | I do n't know what they would do under the same circumstances . |
| 10 | She did not know what they would have said if it had been Edmund , but it was the title now which amazed them . |
| 11 | ‘ New Jack City came out about a week before we started shooting , and I did n't even know what it would look like . |
| 12 | Into sales from being what I would call an artisan and er I do n't know what you would call yourself , but somebody who does things erm er on a er manual stroke artisan type work , over to sales . |
| 13 | I thought you might go to the police , and I did n't know what I would do then . ’ |
| 14 | Speaking from her home in Ralphs ' Wifes Lane , she said : ‘ Andrew is very special , I do n't know what I would do without him . |
| 15 | But the harsh reality is that if I had n't been picked by England for the tour to India , I would have struggled to make ends meet this winter — I do n't know what I would have done . |
| 16 | I do not know what I would have done if you had not come . ’ |
| 17 | I do n't know what I would have done without her , ’ he added . |
| 18 | " I do n't know what I would have done without you , " Sue said . |
| 19 | I just started to hate the man , I do n't know what I would have done if I had walked out of the interview room and met him in the corridor . ’ |
| 20 | I do n't know what I would have done without you both ! |
| 21 | After that , he did n't know what he would do , for Nails would have to decide . |
| 22 | They gave him a bit of consultancy work for the first year , but after that he did n't know what he would do . |
| 23 | If she did , he did n't know what he would do ; he had not a shred of evidence . |
| 24 | But if it came to the point where he thought he had nothing to lose , I do n't know what he would do . ’ |
| 25 | She was good as gold ; I do n't know what he would 've done without her ! ’ |
| 26 | No one can know what he would have written because he was a direct witness and he had an exceptional personality — a deep artistic sensibility and great erudition . |
| 27 | She had n't told John about the colour scheme because she did n't quite know what he would say . |
| 28 | If she had to leave him again she did n't know what she would do . |
| 29 | I would n't discuss what we would do , but the commanders are quite clear what their instructions are , er they 've acted extremely efficiently today , and er obviously I 've kept in close touch with the incident while it was happening , er I 'm very pleased with the way in which it 's been handled , and in fact both incidents . |
| 30 | He had considered what he would say long and hard , he had had discussions with a wide variety of architects , planners and journalists , eighteen of whom had attended a meeting at Highgrove in September . |