Example sentences of "[vb past] if they would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He felt like telling the old folk it was not New Year 's Eve , but he doubted if they would believe him . |
| 2 | which I asked if they would stay , but they altogether refused , and seeing that they refused I did not hinder them to go , for I will press no man . |
| 3 | finished , so I asked if they would help me to sort out the erm |
| 4 | One morning a carter and his son were delivering a load of firewood and Grandmother asked if they would like a slice of pudding before they left . |
| 5 | He stood up slowly , asked if they would like coffee , made his way out of the room when they accepted the offer . |
| 6 | Women on the way to FAMILY 'S housework classes would be stopped by feminists and asked if they would like to do karate or woodwork instead ; new fiancées would receive congratulatory cards in the post , enclosing leaflets outlining the legal rights of wives , while their startled boyfriends got anonymous warnings to behave . |
| 7 | He had changed into a clean white shirt and tie , and his dark pants just fitted him , though Dorothy wondered if they would stand the strain of his sitting down . |
| 8 | Melanie wondered if they would go to church , to Midnight Mass , because she , in a muddled way , thought they must be religious if they believed so firmly in Hell . |
| 9 | I wondered if they would go in there . |
| 10 | Maxim wondered if they would serve Amsandwiches . |
| 11 | She and her husband were shocked and appalled and wondered if they would become prisoners in their own home . |