Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] would [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She began to think of whom , what , where she would photograph first . |
| 2 | Where she would lie still , huddled close to fur scarred and torn , half dead with cold and hunger . |
| 3 | As well as challenging the justification for piecemeal projects at a local level , especially where they would affect designated landscapes , we believe we need to develop a strategic overview of transport policy in Wales , questioning the present approach and proposing less environmentally damaging alternatives . |
| 4 | Briefly , this trade consisted of large factory ships or latterly , freezer trawlers , lying in the more sheltered anchorages around the coasts of the UK where they would load fresh herring and mackerel from British fishing vessels directly arrived from their fishing grounds . |
| 5 | The dacha was owned by a doctor who , Vasili reasoned , would be able to snap Lena out of her trance ; then the two of them could set off for Tula on the banks of the River Don where they would lie low until , with time , the investigation wound down . |
| 6 | If the water did enter a person 's house they were usually able to move all of the furniture and possessions upstairs where they would keep safe and dry , but this was not possible for all the residents . |
| 7 | However , a move to Besiktas , where he would earn big money , would prolong his Liverpool connection , for they are coached by ex-Reds midfielder Gordon Milne , who has been highly successful since joining the club . |
| 8 | Passing Scalpay , Johnson suggested to Boswell that they buy the island , ‘ found a good school ’ on it , and an episcopal church , ‘ and have a printing-press where he would print all the Erse that could be found ’ . |
| 9 | The track 's existence came under threat — there was talk of it becoming a gravel pit and it was , after all , a prime industrial area — but in 1982 tobacco giant Gallagher purchased the site and handed the important sections over to the Brooklands Museum Trust , erecting its new headquarters building where it would create least damage . |
| 10 | Overall , it appeared by the middle of March that the Gulf environment was proving more resilient than had been feared , but environmentalists cautioned that the full extent of the damage would not be apparent for some time , particularly as the oil sank to the bed of the shallow Gulf , where it would damage vital food plants . |
| 11 | The chief officer pointed out : ‘ In circumstances where it would prove uneconomic to apply the full rigours of building regulations , it is reasonable for the council to grant relaxations . ’ |
| 12 | Chris Goodenough , 19 , student ( above ) : ‘ I prefer the Seventies style , although I would wear this top . ’ |
| 13 | And th they will they will have dealt with more incidents up here than I would imagine any other erm place of employment that they 'll go to . |
| 14 | I has taken me a while to figure out that ‘ we ai n't got Windows , we got DOS ’ so I would appreciate any advice in your columns on the basics — what sorts of programs are suitable for a simple soul like me who needs to knock out the odd poster , magazine or newsletter and something that will look more professional , from time to time . |
| 15 | But then I would read it , so if I was in the theatre I would read that so I would know that |
| 16 | William Bowles , ( 1705–1780 ) an Irishman who became superintendent of mines in Spain , was dismayed by the lack of unusual plants in the area and wrote to Peter Collinson from Bilbao in 1733 asking for packets of seeds and bulbous plants and continued : ‘ There is a Miller 's Dictionary in Town , so I would take some pains to give the Spaniards a taste … you know what best to send ’ . |
| 17 | Certainly , she decided , she would take her into Chollerton and maybe even Alnwick — although she would make sure they kept well away from the antique shop . |
| 18 | Outputs from 4 , 6 , 8 , 12 , 15 and now 20kW , according to selection and complete with remote start , acoustic capsule , water and fuel pumps , all Panda generators are smaller than you would think possible — Panda 4 measures only 51×37×51cm and even the mighty Panda 20 is just 94×45×66cm . |
| 19 | Do you get more recognition or coverage than you would have working by yourselves ? |
| 20 | Even when played clean , the notes ring on for longer than you would believe possible . |
| 21 | But her remarks in America would subsequently be picked up by the papers here — so she would have two platforms . |
| 22 | Okay , so you would make sure he knew that . |
| 23 | " So you would have good reason for calling in your loan . " |
| 24 | Seven foot six by seven kitchen , plus units so you would get two metres it 's not very much at all |
| 25 | We are less sanguine about the prospects for simplifying the current range of protective designations , since each has validity and specific requirements , although we would support careful experimentation . |
| 26 | For this reason the range of offices was in some ways wider than we would think normal in a modern bureaucracy ; and , since the winning of support was quite as important as the conduct of business , influential men were able to accumulate posts . |
| 27 | We would not be likely to teach these in an ordered way any more than we would teach idiosyncratic features of individuals ' speech patterns which are not typical of the speech community as a whole . |
| 28 | Strongly stereotypical Creole features should be salient and positively valued as a symbol of identity , so we would expect these particular features of Creole to be accommodated to by everyone who attempts to engage in " chattin' Patois " . |
| 29 | Our fourth child had been born 10 years previously and I do n't expect anyone believed there would be any more , but my wife and I thought we were getting too old too quickly , so we would have another two ; and on November 5 that year my wife went down to the bonfire which was already alight and saw on top of it a dropside cot she had been keeping , and which had served the four children , a relatively new carricot , and other items of that sort . |
| 30 | ‘ Our attitude was very much one of reacting against people , so we would get constant impetus to behave as we did because there was so much around us that was lacking . |