Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [pers pn] would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But if you were arrested for murder they would have to be very careful not to blow their cover . |
| 6 | There are fears that as President he would sting them with stiffer tax bills . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Cod separated the pair for fear they would reproduce , and eventually forced them to do battle with each other . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | Yet Carrie dared not speak out for fear they would question her reasons , and she was not clear about them herself . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | She appealed against the defendants being given bail for fear they would interfere with witnesses who could help police inquiries . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It was at this point that I left to seek medical help for fear I would split my sides . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ I was never allowed to do anything for fear it would spoil my hands . |
| 19 | Seven of our Section were detached for a fortnight to make our creche , so each day after parade they would go off with a Corporal to hump sand , fill wheelbarrows with moss and look for things to add to the project . |
| 20 | Shortly after midnight we would answer the phone to hear Helen in her Hampstead drawing room leading a massed choir of bemused MPs , writers and journalists whom she had coached in the proper rendering of ‘ A guid new year tae een an ’ a' . ' |
| 21 | After supper he would try to do his homework . |
| 22 | Sometimes after school we would visit their house and she would show me all her nice clothes . |
| 23 | Each day after school he would wend his way to the synagogue for instruction in the sacred scriptures , the stories and history of his people , which reached its climax in 1946 , when Leonard was made ‘ A son of the law ’ . |
| 24 | Every day after school I would rush round to her house to see how he was getting on and take a turn at feeding him . |
| 25 | After dinner we would sit looking out over the three arms of the lake and talk until , drowsy with sun , swimming , food and wine , we went off to bed . |
| 26 | After dinner we would gossip , play cards or perhaps walk along the Dee , idly picking up a piece of driftwood here and there along the way . |
| 27 | If there was any extra request for assistance we would look on it favourably . ’ |
| 28 | Mrs Johnson said : ‘ We left the bottle on a table in the communal lounge and whenever a resident had a pocketful of change they would put it in . |
| 29 | He has great potential to be a world champion , and he will be the kind of driver we would like to retain his services through the next possible two , three years , so it 's a longer term situation with him . |
| 30 | I had n't put any lights on , so with a bit of luck she would stay there . |