Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [pers pn] would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a sophisticated pragmatist might nevertheless be tempted , for reasons he would believe fully respectable , to disguise these attenuations . |
| 2 | If this is the case , check what materials there are — you might be able to make suggestions to your students about programmes they would find interesting to watch . |
| 3 | For hours he would sit by the window , and look out on the empty , Sunday street , as the church bells tolled dismally from different points in the town . |
| 4 | For hours he would brood over the significance of the case brought against Captain Bligh . |
| 5 | If she could get there before the long closure for lunch-hour he would make her up a preparation , and Peony could get it back to her mother and possibly get back again to the harbour for the Swimming Gala . |
| 6 | For instance it would enable broadcasters to offer interactive services — such as the ability for viewers to call up statistics while watching a baseball game . |
| 7 | If you wanted to make a banner for instance you would highlight banner on the main menu , then choose ‘ font ’ , and choose one of the nine fancy fonts provided . |
| 8 | For instance he would have to pay the equivalent of the rent during the period of his occupation between the date of the order and the date of giving up possession . |
| 9 | For Bultmann , the resurrection is not an event in our world ( for resurrections he would hold , as I , do not occur in our world ) , but something of far greater magnitude , an eschatological event which represents the breaking in of another world order . |
| 10 | When we asked buyers on your behalf , about products you would like Sainsbury 's to sell , we discovered all sorts of interesting things . |
| 11 | Should be very good for schools I would think , would n't it ? |
| 12 | But if you were arrested for murder they would have to be very careful not to blow their cover . |
| 13 | Even when he knew she was speaking the truth about Dana he would continue to think she was out for all she could get , and she had only herself to blame . |
| 14 | In exchange for funds he would get the Ping Tiao to do his dirty work — to burn the East European Plantations and create havoc with City Europe 's food supplies , thus de-stabilising Li Shai Tung 's City . |
| 15 | I certainly still dream about cichlids I would like to own , and I wondered briefly if I could blue the lot on fish . |
| 16 | Well I would , I would , I would just comment that there er in profits have er have it does n't mean to say that we wo n't have some profits from our estate at Thurrock because there are other areas of land involved , but they wo n't be so substantial and for B-Sky-B I would turn to Frank . |
| 17 | There are fears that as President he would sting them with stiffer tax bills . |
| 18 | Sometimes , if they knew he behaved in that way , people would be unwilling to talk about him at all — for fear they would embarrass themselves by saying something sympathetic about a man they knew could just as easily assassinate their characters . |
| 19 | Cod separated the pair for fear they would reproduce , and eventually forced them to do battle with each other . |
| 20 | ‘ And another thing that 's changed is that I used to be wary of getting into certain types of music , for fear they would show up in my playing ; these days , though , I figure that listening to just about anything is cool . |
| 21 | Yet Carrie dared not speak out for fear they would question her reasons , and she was not clear about them herself . |
| 22 | On the streets , in meetings and in work , I began to dread women 's perceptiveness and intuition for fear they would penetrate my three-dimensional protection , silence , an accepted assumed heterosexuality and aloofness . |
| 23 | She appealed against the defendants being given bail for fear they would interfere with witnesses who could help police inquiries . |
| 24 | But she never dared ask him , for fear he would tell her ) — the grocer treated her to infrequent smiles and would give occasional chocolates to Victoria , who would go back to the toyshop with a heavy brown moustache and sideburns . |
| 25 | It was at this point that I left to seek medical help for fear I would split my sides . |
| 26 | He had n't admitted this for fear it would disqualify him from this part of the mission , and anyway he had thought he would feel safe behind the comforting protection of a pump-action . |
| 27 | He needed a drink before he spoke to McGann , and Dowd , ever the anticipator , had already mixed him a whisky and soda , but he forsook it for fear it would loosen his tongue . |
| 28 | President Gorbachev and other Politburo members have angrily , and at times desperately , appealed against such a move , for fear it would lead to a breakup of the Soviet Communist Party and , ultimately , of the Soviet Union . |
| 29 | ‘ I was never allowed to do anything for fear it would spoil my hands . |
| 30 | I think perhaps if you go over the field after Ben she would make |