Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [pron] [pron] would " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Even if anyone came in for me I would n't want to go before the end of the season . |
| 2 | I 'm just like my mum , when it comes down to it , That 's why I quite admired Auntie Muriel , in a guarded sort of way I 'd think , I really should try to be like her , she was so content , nothing ever fazed her , I did n't want to be a farmer , understand , but I did n't want to be like mum either , tied to a feckless man , trying to keep him and me , having to hustle all the time to stop from sinking I fancied myself on a corporate asteroid , settling down with someone who would cherish me and buy me everything I wanted Carmen and her crew had the same ideas , even if they acted like they were going to be bad girls for ever , |
| 3 | There was a feeling that the Town Boys were an arrogant elite and to actually get in with them you would probably have to do a lot of serious drinking in the Marlborough Arms . |
| 4 | We are just as much annoyed as the ordinary racegoer because our entries are well down on what we would normally expect . ’ |
| 5 | But I have to say that they 've been the major percent of them er we think if only they would knuckle down to it they would do it . |
| 6 | She gulped hard , struggling to suppress the impulse to laugh , knowing that if she gave in to it she would not be able to stop . |
| 7 | If he came over to them she would have to introduce him , and that thought was enough to bring on near hysteria . |
| 8 | If I did n't order and stand up for her you would n't . |
| 9 | And they are quite happy to put up with what I would term the inconvenience of going there and back each day |
| 10 | I told Debbie about the house because they 'd quarrelled , she and her father , and I was afraid that if she did n't try and make it up with him he would change his mind . |
| 11 | If you walked round the bishop 's wood shortly before you left Cuddesdon , you were likely to become aware of an elfin prelate hunting you through the shrubbery like a gaitered satyr ; and when he caught up with you he would say breathlessly , ‘ If you ever need a bed … ( panting ) … do n't forget I have fifteen spare bedrooms ’ . |
| 12 | My mum used to dress me up for church , but if it was up to me I would have wanted to wear something tatty . |
| 13 | He looked at his watch and said , " If it was up to me I would leave in ten minutes . " |
| 14 | The Rokermen still need a point to be mathematically safe from relegation and Rogan said : ‘ If it was up to me I would rather be here helping make certain we are safe . |
| 15 | Yes , at fifty instead of sixty , they said you retire at age fifty and we will make your pension up to what you would have got at age sixty and we will also do the same with you lump sum and so now you know , this and they did that with thirty thousand I think went in one year , it does n't take long to get rid of one point seven billion pounds when you 're doing for that er that number of people erm and |
| 16 | I imagined he had been up to something I would rather not know about . |
| 17 | Mark Wright , restored to the captaincy , squared up to anyone who would listen but the Spartak player was booked , as was Burrows as the melee died . |
| 18 | However , he knew that if he failed to live up to it they would not take his word again . |
| 19 | If you put a pint of beer out for him he would n't drink it . |
| 20 | ‘ He said if I did n't go out with him he would run me over , ’ she said . |
| 21 | The compartment was fitted out with everything they would need to live there for ever . |
| 22 | Mr Rampton asked : ‘ Suppose you had somebody in your hands who had behaved badly … is it in those circumstances right to hand him back to somebody who would treat him with equal brutality ? ’ |
| 23 | Maybe it would do Isobel good to be dragged out by someone she would feel at home with , and a man of her own age would cause much more of a stir in the neighbourhood . |
| 24 | The perfect line on to which you would tack to make the mark is called the layline . |
| 25 | Mm but I , I mean I can use it as it is now but anything else on to it I would find it difficult . |
| 26 | He looked around for someone who would fill him in on the gossip . |