Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] would [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He claimed that Iran badly needed TOW anti-tank missiles and in return for them would get the American hostages being held in Beirut released . |
| 2 | Ivan was the real threat , and if only Adolf had the sense he 'd do a deal with Churchill , they 'd kick Neville into touch , and the pair of them would whip the Reds from here to Kingdom Come , or from arsehole to breakfast-time , whichever was the shorter route . |
| 3 | Then , unerringly , he found his way to Modigliani , wherever he was , and the two of them would drink the night away until they were unconscious , taken to the police station and beaten up . |
| 4 | Anyway , neither of them would inform the police about him . |
| 5 | Ruddock , already talking of retirement as he was led , still numb with disbelief , into the night , knew one of them would pay the ultimate price . |
| 6 | ‘ Each of them would blame the other . |
| 7 | The feeling in the dressing rooms after the first round was that one of them would collect the Cup . |
| 8 | Occasionally one of them would glance the youth 's way as if expressing some general unease about him . |
| 9 | It would be the amount of I would anticipate the managed fund . |
| 10 | What was more , it was in the highest degree unlikely that any protest of his would have the slightest effect in any matter relating to Hilary Frome . |
| 11 | I would be grateful of you would sign the attached copy of this letter and return it to me with the payment and contract as an indication that you agree to these restrictions . |
| 12 | Well it 's and how many of you would want the break ? |
| 13 | The mechanics of it would capture the young imagination . |
| 14 | ( If our motives had to be completely pure , which of us would pass the test ? ) |
| 15 | Many melodies of the last hundred years could not possibly be made to fit into such a restrictive rule — in fact many of us would avoid the feeling of regularity and ‘ squareness ’ that such a classical scheme produces . |
| 16 | We all had the right to do this , but the rest of us would acknowledge the others ' right to know what was going on and why . |
| 17 | sort of like what happened is that Robert was sort of like , the three of us sort of chipped in and bought it between us and stuff like that you know , so that all three of us would get the benefit of it |
| 18 | In the terms of the old philosophical dilemma , most of us would save the endangered baby from the house before we 'd save the Mona Lisa — even if the baby were far more likely to grow up an art thief than another Michelangelo or Da Vinci ! |
| 19 | It was highly likely that only half of us would complete the training , he said , and that many of us would try to desert . |
| 20 | We were on a beach , and someone — probably me in my cheerleader mode — suggested we engrave our names in big letters upon the sand , then one of us would mount the promenade and photograph inscription plus inscriber . |
| 21 | I wonder how many other senior citizens like me would welcome the return of shops selling tripe and onions , faggots and peas and pock hocks ( ready cooked — lovely grub ! ) |
| 22 | One view is that the rising indebtedness might suddenly trigger a loss of confidence , with the consequential withdrawal of funds from the USA and massive sale of US dollars ; the exchange rate for the dollar would collapse , and with it would collapse the value of dollar-denominated assets held by non-US residents . |
| 23 | But more severely mentally handicapped children would not derive sufficient benefit from the normal schools , and their presence within them would present the teachers with a disruptively broad range of intellectual ability . |
| 24 | It was clear , too , that Kanhai , who had taken over the leadership from Sobers , was coming to the end of his career and that whoever took over from him would have the opportunity for an extended run in the job if he were successful . |
| 25 | ‘ The idea was once word got round it would get the men to go there , ’ said Lynne , now back home . |
| 26 | He would chase down green horses and harness-break them , then Mr. Mendez would buy what he wanted and Russell and two White Mountain Apaches who rode for him would deliver the horses to Delgado 's or one of the other relay stations on the way south to Benson . |
| 27 | Les , finally reunited with his beloved dog , was especially moved that no one who had helped to care for him would accept the £50 award . |
| 28 | Viola 's right leg ( stockinged ) and a frizz of her pubic hair next to his would show the discerning viewer what was going on . |
| 29 | As the tyre rolled , each point on it would enter the contact zone . |
| 30 | Every half-minute or so , he peered over at the Loran navigation indicator — as if looking at it would make the numbers showing their position change more rapidly — then glanced up at the sky as if there was something to be divined in the matted darkness that could warn him of approaching doom . |