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 | When eating , they would make him look as if he were gobbling . |
| 4 | And to encourage people to work they would make them fill in a job-sheet saying how many forms they had booked in . |
| 5 | She did n't want false teeth ; they would make her look like an old maid . |
| 6 | Later ( Mk 12 : 29 ) they would hear him affirm the oneness of God , but how reconcile that with this ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But if they had her there , d' you think they would let him know ? |
| 9 | I was going to send some pictures to Marcus in prison but I do n't suppose they would let him have them . |
| 10 | They would let me know as soon as possible . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ But I do n't think they would let me run it on the company 's machine , ’ he added regretfully . |
| 13 | ‘ When I came round after the operation I asked the doctors if they would let me have the screws . |
| 14 | Perhaps they would let her make herself a sandwich … |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | They would help us sort out other groups , if we had asked . |