Example sentences of "they [verb] [pers pn] would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When consulted on the alterations , the ladies considered that it was wiser to spend on greens and approaches but ‘ if on the clubhouse then for the caretaker ’ — i.e. a larger kitchen and scullery ’ , although they admitted they would like more basins and another w.c . |
| 2 | The plan backfired when they realised they would need mountains of paper to earn just a few pence . |
| 3 | They realised they would have to race the tide . |
| 4 | Did they think I would loosen Ralemberg 's tongue or stir his memory ? |
| 5 | Had they won it would have been a ‘ great day for Britain . ’ |
| 6 | So it 'd got this eggshell in the bottom and they used they would work a a mast a sail on it . |
| 7 | The people did not see the two youths — but if they saw them now they say they would lynch them . |
| 8 | They say it would make journeys too uncomfortable for passengers and slow their journey times , making services uneconomical . |
| 9 | They say it would allow them to provide the extra accomodation needed to house all their 300 undergraduates and are prepared to spend £5million buying and converting the building . |
| 10 | As they say it would have been all over the village the smell and everything it is wrong . |
| 11 | They say it would have been nice to have had discussions with the contractors before any action was taken.An officer will be on the site , first thing tomorrow . |
| 12 | ‘ They say he would beat up the devil himself for a shilling , ’ replied Barney . |
| 13 | I knew MPs who could n't sleep at night because they were going through lobbies voting against their consciences for the Gulf war — to kill 100,000 people — because they believed it would help a Labour victory . |
| 14 | They believed he would grow by six inches — but Steven added another two for good measure . |
| 15 | They assumed he would provide a technical input but underestimated the degree of creative guidance he would proffer . |
| 16 | And if they thought that she was going to invite Colin and Yvonne in for a drink when they arrived they would get a shock . |
| 17 | Isabel needed his protection as far as Winchester , and if he did n't have those answers before they arrived he would keep her under restraint until he unlocked every secret she possessed . |
| 18 | As they arrived he would take them up to her in bed . |
| 19 | If the plans were to be implemented as they stand it would mean a significant deterioration in Maternity services . |
| 20 | If I had refused … they threatened they would take our parents ’ lives . ’ |
| 21 | We will never know how that would develop because community charge has been abolished but anyway You will note of course as well that last year in nineteen ninety one , the Conservative Party managers looked at the local election result and decided not to go in June ninety one , cos they figured they would get beaten . |
| 22 | They must have realized that had they stayed he would have had to kill them as well . |
| 23 | Behind Psychic TV exists an occult , disparate breed of hipsters heavily into Gary Glitter , early Sabbath , Arthur Brown , Grateful Dead just because they know it would scandalize the prevailing arbiters of taste . |
| 24 | Those who would like to be considered for the 1992 placement should send their curriculum vitae , together with a covering letter explaining why they feel they would benefit from the scheme , and enclosing samples of written work , to Chemistry in Britain at the RSC , Burlington House , Piccadilly , London W1V 0BN . |
| 25 | As they worked he would disappear every fifteen minutes and return with some food , usually slices of bread , which he finished almost before he sat down again . |
| 26 | They established it would take five derelict wrecks to build up one flyable aircraft and its reliability would no doubt be poor . |
| 27 | And on our way to the crocodile farm erm we past some beautiful countryside , and on the way back one of the two jeeps broke down and after an hour they decided we would have to leave it . |
| 28 | Peter and Jean Revers were so excited by the project they decided they would try living in America for a while as the new venture would clearly need a business manager . |
| 29 | Lord — was a harmless man , with hardly any land , so they decided it would have to be him . |
| 30 | Jack found a piece of driftwood , its gnarled form worn totally smooth by the action of the waves , and they decided it would look wonderful in his barn hung on the brickwork chimney-breast , so he carried it for the rest of the morning until they returned to their little camp at lunchtime . |