Example sentences of "they would [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , doing them would make us feel better and re-energize us ! |
| 2 | Reversing the polarity of both thrusters would bring the vessel to a rapid halt ; swapping the polarity of just one of them would let it turn on a sixpence . |
| 3 | Oh aye yeah they 'd make me buy it . |
| 4 | Get the bomb squad out any way , but erm , the British army has got a lot of important that 's they way we would fight the Russians , take over a small hamlet , mortify it and that 's how the only way we would ever up the Russian 's grass nest , they take it very seriously , so what they did if they tell us how to do it , walks us through , show us what to do , let us do it and then they 'd make us do it again , but without any mistakes and that , it was really good and they showed us how to er mortify up a house , go , going through all the sewers and stuff is quite fun |
| 5 | By June they 'd let them go ! |
| 6 | They 'd let them sink down to the bottom and drift there with the long-haired weeds — ; |
| 7 | He 'd thought that it was a nickname , that it meant nothing special , and they 'd let him go on thinking that way until he 'd found out different . |
| 8 | They 'd let him resign , just when they 'd been on the point of sacking him . |
| 9 | ‘ I wish they 'd let me go . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I wish they 'd let me have my telephone , ’ Elinor whispered . |
| 11 | After my first six months as Director of South East Arts , I 've prepared an interim report with five main topics , which I wish to put forward for public consideration , and if anybody has any comments to make perhaps they 'd let me know . |
| 12 | He pushed her again and smothered a deep laugh as he said , ‘ I do n't think they 'd let you go anyway , Lemon . |
| 13 | I wonder if they 'd let you do it … ? |
| 14 | ‘ Perhaps they 'd let you borrow theirs ? ’ |
| 15 | When eating , they would make him look as if he were gobbling . |
| 16 | And to encourage people to work they would make them fill in a job-sheet saying how many forms they had booked in . |
| 17 | She did n't want false teeth ; they would make her look like an old maid . |
| 18 | Later ( Mk 12 : 29 ) they would hear him affirm the oneness of God , but how reconcile that with this ? |
| 19 | Alexander had to argue with the authorities before they would let him compete , but he convinced them that he was descended from the royal house of Argos . |
| 20 | But if they had her there , d' you think they would let him know ? |
| 21 | I was going to send some pictures to Marcus in prison but I do n't suppose they would let him have them . |
| 22 | They would let me know as soon as possible . |
| 23 | I had offered to leave most of my collection , comprising the best part , in the USSR , and had simultaneously asked if they would let me take part of it with me . |
| 24 | ‘ But I do n't think they would let me run it on the company 's machine , ’ he added regretfully . |
| 25 | ‘ When I came round after the operation I asked the doctors if they would let me have the screws . |
| 26 | Perhaps they would let her make herself a sandwich … |
| 27 | Those Q.T. 's who have already received tickets to sell will greatly assist Cicely in the organisation of the event if they would let her know by the first week in February how many tickets they have sold as she will be away from 8th Feb. to 8th March . |
| 28 | They would let them stay on until they married and got farms of their own , because , perhaps , their own home circumstances would not be very good . |
| 29 | Well if they would let us borrow it , that 's a different matter to buying it from then because we then would n't make any money on it . |
| 30 | They would help us sort out other groups , if we had asked . |