Example sentences of "would [adv] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some invitations would discreetly hint at the minimum subscription but the best Guest Teas never did . |
| 2 | but he he would never stay except , you know , it always had to be in respectable kind of a barn or something he would live in , least And in fact instead of that he would ra if it was good days he would rather lie at the dyke side . |
| 3 | He leads his country out for a world-record 36th time and would only continue at the top if the Springboks win . |
| 4 | First they happen in June that 's that 's a good starter for one , and they 're really not that big a problem and I guess people in London would just laugh at the prospect of the noise which which May Balls cause and not worry about it in one way and would not have telephone calls to the local council and lots of stories in my newspaper every year . |
| 5 | For just as the latter are then not receiving as much employment as they would normally like at the prevailing real wage rate , so the former are not providing as much as they would normally like . |
| 6 | I predicted that a dramatic event would soon strike at the heart of the Royal Family . |
| 7 | In restaurants — his tastes were no more sophisticated now than before , but occasionally he would do better than the Corner House — he would still order at the top of his voice , still hoping to be recognized . |
| 8 | Most would probably cower at the thought , but some may be prepared to co-operate . |
| 9 | It was completed in nineteen hundred and twelve , turned down by three publishing houses , including the Nouvelle Revue Française , and finally accepted by Grasset on the understanding that , while it would appear under Grasset 's imprint , it would also appear at the author 's expense . |
| 10 | The main feature of this joint is the recessed shoulder to avoid the feather edge that would inevitably occur at the top of the arm . |
| 11 | The three of them , she recalled , would often sit at the balcony of the little pavilion and watch the confident arrival of the night . |
| 12 | ‘ I used to find with Nina and Sonia they would often menstruate at the same time ; and various telepathic events and coincidences would occur . ’ |
| 13 | He would have Christmas Day off and he would surely call at the vicarage on some pretext or other . |
| 14 | The Government has promised to lift its protective golden share in the business , which would otherwise expire at the end of 1990 , if 75 per cent of Jaguar shareholders vote in favour of this change . |
| 15 | The grown-up version , now chancellor himself , would doubtless cringe at the Macmillan rhetoric of 34 years ago — ‘ we must all be expansionists … |
| 16 | I would never cry at the sight of a battered Rover , nor shiver in the sad vacancy of a council estate . |
| 17 | I would certainly jump at the chance of a career in football . |
| 18 | Although he had n't sold a book in weeks he would happily sit at the counter engrossed in his beloved William Blake until it was time to turn the sign on the front door from ‘ Open ’ to ‘ Closed ’ . |