Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [pron] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But by the time I was eighteen , I realised that , as much as I loved studying the past , my greatest joy came from — well , I suppose you 'd describe it as planning things and watching them grow . ’ |
| 2 | I ca n't believe he 'd take it if offered . |
| 3 | Gloria was always telling Dot she should try to hold on to things so she 'd have them as keepsakes for ever . |
| 4 | I 'd teach him if wanted but er |
| 5 | The quotation here is based on the edition of Pearl by E. V. Gordon ( Oxford : Clarendon Press , 1953 ) , originally meant to be a co-operative venture with Tolkien ; and I would translate it as follows : |
| 6 | ‘ Few would recognise it as belonging to a noble family disgraced some forty years earlier . |
| 7 | Not that Travis , who was n't interested in her anyway , would do anything but agree — though Naylor was n't to know that . |
| 8 | Although the criteria did not have the status of legal rules , Cox argued nevertheless that he had a legitimate expectation that the Home Secretary would follow them when deciding whether the applicant 's telephone would be intercepted . |
| 9 | A negative response would run something as follows . |
| 10 | Certainly neither the KGB nor the GRU are going to stop spying , for that would leave them as exposed to criticism as if the CIA suddenly stopped spying on Russia . |
| 11 | If you ask me how I would indulge myself if forced to , I suppose I would put some comfortable footwear near the top of the list . |
| 12 | This was quite untenable to Barratt and Taylor and in a letter Taylor complained that there never had been such a requirement in any mining lease and any experienced miner would reject it as attempting to enforce an impossibility . |
| 13 | Before he can contemplate a victory that would establish him as United 's most successful manager since the days of Sir Matt Busby in the 1960's , United must first overcome relegation-threatened Luton at Kenilworth Road tomorrow and Nottingham Forest at Old Trafford on Easter Monday . |
| 14 | I would classify him as suffering from a mental disorder , as distinct from a mental illness , but a very serious one . ’ |