Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] you would " in BNC.
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| 1 | The newspaper published an article alleging that material distributed from St Botolph 's has included ‘ the kind of stuff you would expect to find in a San Francisco bath-house , not a Church of England ’ , and , more broadly , that ‘ militant clerical homosexuality has now spread to a point where many of the ancient City churches are open pick-up joints . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Is it the kind of machinery you would expect to be ordered for the factory ? ’ |
| 3 | In addition to the aerodrome forecast , the Met 's other principal offering is a regional forecast which again follows the kind of format you would expect to find in the various sources at the airfield . |
| 4 | Yes , that 's , that 's the kind of place you would find it . |
| 5 | Erm , that is the kind of place you would |
| 6 | Killing Elinor was the kind of thing you would need years of study to accomplish . |
| 7 | A large gloomy bedroom had been the setting of it , hung with draperies , not the kind of thing you would expect a child to sleep in , but it was a little child that lay on the bed , white and still , the elderly man , evidently a doctor , who had seemingly just lifted a looking glass from the parted lips , turning to the young father and imparting the news of death , while the mother in a transport of grief clung to her husband , her head buried in his shoulder . |
| 8 | It is the type of attitude you would expect from a man who cites Buck Shelford as his role model and who learned his trade in the best of all academies . |
| 9 | Is this the type of filtration you would recommend ? |
| 10 | Constable Coupland is the type of fellow you would want handling these matters . |
| 11 | a bit more about the the range of employment you would envisage on the sort of fifty hectare site that you 've talked about . |
| 12 | Notwithstanding an iffy technique against spin you would still back him to take the attack to Pakistan ahead of the brat pack snapping at his heels . |
| 13 | Not the sort of mistake you would expect from a mammal or a man . |
| 14 | Exactly the sort of man you would not suspect . |
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| 16 | Maybe British Rail should start to reserve seats according to what sort of conversation you would like to have . |
| 17 | He certainly did n't look like the sort of friend you would have , Chris . ’ |
| 18 | He was the largest and hairiest and pimpliest and dirtiest of them all , not at all the sort of person you would wish to meet up an alley on a dark night . |
| 19 | When you know what the job is and what sort of person you would like to employ your next step is to look in the ideal place for applicants of the right calibre . |
| 20 | She looked little , and soft , and altogether charming , not at all the sort of person you would n't want to come and stay as Feargal had once intimated . |
| 21 | Item No. 1 : this winged lion of St Mark in a gondola is the typical sort of item you would expect to find attached to the top of expensive furniture . |
| 22 | If you have a set amount to spend and a glance through the adverts shows that the sort of horse you would like carries a rather bigger asking price , you 'll be wasting your and someone else 's time by going to look . |
| 23 | But there are a number of crime novels that make use of the immediate past to excellent effect ( Gladys Mitchell 's Late , Late in the Evening is one ) , and if the root causes of today 's events are something that set your imagination bubbling then perhaps this is the sort of book you would be best to write . |
| 24 | It was not the sort of place you would choose to be born in if you had such a choice , but Kylie Ann Minogue was born there anyway . |
| 25 | His terracotta-tiled house with salmon pink shutters is hardly the sort of place you would expect a wealthy actor to buy . |
| 26 | ‘ That 's just the sort of thing you would do — to make yourself look big — to make me look a fool . |
| 27 | The great thing about library music is that it is fairly non-commital : you can go in all kinds of directions and you 're asked to provide music in a certain style , which may not be the sort of thing you would do naturally , but it 's still enjoyable to do . |
| 28 | Scamp maybe said something to himself then , like ‘ Damn ’ or even ‘ Blast ’ , the sort of thing you would say to yourself when you 'd just missed blowing a policeman 's goolies off with an illegal weapon . |
| 29 | ‘ It was not the sort of thing you would normally say but you can maybe understand his point of view . |
| 30 | not this sort of thing you would n't as I say |