Example sentences of "[vb past] it would [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They also maintained it would harm pub businesses and severely dent the services offered to tourists . |
| 2 | One retail analyst said he believed it would make customers more likely to spend on food and gifts . |
| 3 | A planning inspector rejected plans to build a £3m private clinic because he believed it would create traffic chaos and disturb NHS hospital patients . |
| 4 | I never imagined it would leave room for feelings of resentment and indifference . |
| 5 | They proposed that Harward create such a super-track tuned to human elasticity , and predicted it would increase speeds by 2 or 3 per cent . |
| 6 | He claimed it would allow Heseltine to avoid mentioning that Britain was lagging behind Europe in curbing carbon emissions in the run up to the general election . |
| 7 | The council 's ruling Labour group split on the issue , after leading opponents of the scheme claimed it would increase violence with drinkers spilling on to the streets at exactly the same time . |
| 8 | The Wheelers live in a modest terraced house on the edge of the village … no one ever guessed it would become millionaires row . |
| 9 | Shadow Health Secretary David Blunkett said the move by West Midlands Regional Health Authority is a ‘ fruitless exercise , ’ and warned it would confuse patients . |
| 10 | The civil servants ' reluctance would be resolved by a ministerial directive that the project must be supported — some action was always better than none , the project would have an impact in several regions , if it worked it would boost exports and create employment . |
| 11 | She knew where it would lead her and she also knew it would bring grief . |
| 12 | There was n't a spare bed , for a start — but the main thing was that she knew it would annoy Alan . |
| 13 | That hand of mine wo n't go the right shape although I 've tried , I knew it would deform joints and so I put all my efforts into spreading them the opposite way , but I have n't won on that one , can you see ? |
| 14 | She wanted to know who as well , but he refused her and she knew it would become part of his bargain with the police when and if he were caught . |
| 15 | I always knew it would take time . |
| 16 | He wanted her to relax into happiness — physically , mentally , spiritually — but he knew it would take time . |
| 17 | She knew it would take courage to ring that number . |
| 18 | Indeed , although she is now nearly ninety , one senses that Lady Amory would do almost anything in her power if she thought it would benefit Knightshayes , the garden she created with her husband , Sir John Heathcoat Amory , after the Second World War . |
| 19 | But I thought it would do Roy a power of good to give him a few games at the back as part of his education . ’ |
| 20 | Geraldine , who works for Classic Leisure , owners of The Institute , said : ’ Because I 'm on site all day I thought it would make sense to join the club . ’ |
| 21 | He thought it would give Mrs Popple more time to calm down . |
| 22 | They thought it would draw people in from a wider |
| 23 | and that was my Barclaycard number in case you want it although I ordered it through the thr phone I made out that so that I could read it off on the telephone I did n't even erm I did n't even assemble it I just looked and I saw it does n't chop I thought it would chop things but does n't , it only grates Looks as though it had been out before , you know , you look at this ! |
| 24 | I thought it would get things off to a good start . ’ |
| 25 | It seems I , oh I seemed to feel that it , it was , if we wanted to see three it was gon na upset , well they seemed that , I thought it would save money if they |
| 26 | Frankenstein was encouraged by his other teacher , Waldman , to pursue his studies because Waldman thought it would help mankind . |
| 27 | The association announced it would start work early next year on a purpose built home for 30 homeless youngsters . |
| 28 | The opening shots were fired yesterday when Sainsbury 's announced it would cut prices on hundreds of popular brands by at least 25 per cent from Sunday — with many at half price . |
| 29 | THE prospects for British membership of the Exchange Rate Mechanism ( ERM ) appeared to improve yesterday when the French government announced it would abolish exchange controls on January 1 , clearing away one of the key obstacles Mrs Thatcher has cited in her opposition to entry . |
| 30 | The mark also edged higher against the dollar after the Bundesbank announced it would allow market forces to set the rate for the weekly cash injection today , signalling a potential rise in the ‘ repo ’ rate . |