Example sentences of "[noun pl] would [vb infin] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the away fans would make it down in time for the game and little else . |
| 2 | The terrified Frankie skidded round the corner wall of the end house and raced as fast as his legs would carry him down towards the walkway gate . |
| 3 | More opportunities for individual and small group Work in the infant schools would make it more likely that children will achieve fluency in reading early enough to prevent the rejection of learning which so often accompa-nies failure as children move on into the older primary classes . |
| 4 | Gulliver 's Travels went back to telling fantastic tales , but Swift wrote the book in the same realistic style as Defoe , and took it for granted that his readers would find it quite natural that at the ends of the earth men were just the same as in England — petty , trivial , grasping , and generally unpleasant . |
| 5 | Jack Clarke knew that sooner or later the brothers would show up in London and , as soon as they did , his network of spies would ferret them out . |
| 6 | ‘ I work in sales and am sure none of my clients would take me seriously if I did n't turn up in a sharp suit . |
| 7 | And if he did n't yell too loudly , the ones with ears would miss him too . |
| 8 | ‘ I knew most of the drivers would take it easy so I put in an attack , ’ he said . |
| 9 | He intended to press for a re-vote and one member less of old Throgmorton 's supporters would suit him nicely . |
| 10 | Supermarket trolleys have to be fairly cheap and brakes would make them less economical to produce . |
| 11 | Most industry regulators would regard it as fundamental that a member may be called to account for the conduct of its registered traders . |
| 12 | Commentators make the point that most small companies would find it either impossible or relatively costly to provide their auditors with evidence that is sufficiently robust to support their view that the company is a going concern . |
| 13 | I failed to arrange any stereotypical symbol of masculinity in the porch where all visitors would see it instantly : a pair of size ten wellingtons , a cricket fixture list , a rifle perhaps . |
| 14 | Why , he 's even doing the crossword , bit by bit , but I think visitors would tire him too much . |
| 15 | The size and weight of the larger models would suit them only for a fairly hefty boat . |
| 16 | Nora composed a tart reply for John to sign , pointing out that these were difficult times for everyone and that sound firms and sound bankers would survive them best by staying calm . |
| 17 | The other divers would follow suit : the ship would burn , or sink , or both ; the crew , taken by surprise , would leap into the water where the waiting canoeists would finish them off . |
| 18 | But people in this group , often unemployed or single parents on low incomes , had not even been trying to get most forms of credit because of their own feeling that their personal circumstances would rule them out as applicants . |
| 19 | I do n't think anyone in full possession of their five senses would find it so . |
| 20 | So we have the nine daughters of Benjamin James Titford : three died young , one remained a spinster , three were Edwardian brides , two married during the early years of the reign of King George V. Their lives would take them far apart from each other and from Curry Rivel itself — yet they would remain a close-knit family , for all the physical distance which separated them . |
| 21 | She stood up , ready to inform Nicole that her pressing appointments would leave her very little time here , when her eyes widened first in surprise , then in horror . |
| 22 | Whereas some sensitive clergy might feel that they could not but take account of recent scientific thinking , men of science who were churchmen would find it even harder to avoid : Faraday 's way of keeping a serene faith and active science apart was not so easy in 1870 . |
| 23 | Foreign investors would see us not as the launch pad to Europe but as some backwater . |
| 24 | He was in good shape and in good heart , and although it was known that he did not run up to his best at Cheltenham , the conditions would suit him much more than those of a year ago and few opposed him . |
| 25 | Large dimensions would make it progressively more difficult to stand and move about . |
| 26 | Officials at the University of California estimate that a ban on buying animals from animal shelters or pounds would cost them up to $3 million a year . |
| 27 | Grown-ups would evoke them discreetly , so as not to make you envious , not to corrupt you with impossible desires . |
| 28 | ‘ Third , ’ the Doctor said , as Bernice whirled to see an open doorway where only seconds earlier there had been a flat wall , ‘ I imagine those androids would prefer us not to attempt to escape , in the TARDIS or in any other way . |
| 29 | He had no doubts that the androids would kill him once his crime had been discovered . |
| 30 | One of the ways she visualized life was as a swirling , unpredictable tide of confusion which swept you along helpless , bumping against rocks , trying to snatch at branches , bits of wreckage , anything that might help to keep you afloat for , if you did n't watch out , the waters would suck you down and close over your head . |