Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [verb] [pers pn] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is possible actually , that he would want to keep it from his neighbourhood . |
| 2 | The Elves hid themselves in caves , woods and mountainsides and prayed to their gods that they would not be found , and that a hero would emerge to deliver them from this evil . |
| 3 | I then told him that I was collecting her works and would like to buy them from him . |
| 4 | These districts were not very fruitful in peat , and they would have to carry them from a distance of many miles ; in some cases a pavement of large stones led from the main road to the door of the dwelling . |
| 5 | He too is a newcomer to Portrush , but who would have guessed it from a three-under card that showed 16 pars , one eagle and one birdie . |
| 6 | Her stepfather , who had been there since he left home , drinking coffee and mineral water and reading the papers , turned his chair slightly , so that she would not be able to see his face , supposing that one adult male back would look much like another to those of Camille 's generation : his wife , he thought , would have recognized him from any angle . |
| 7 | He would have recognized her from her strong resemblance to her brother , although she looked the elder by some years . |
| 8 | Things which , to my mind have been totally illogical — and yet nothing on this earth would have stopped me from doing them . ’ |
| 9 | It did n't take much to persuade her to come and nothing would have prevented me from seeing precisely what it was that had turned my schoolfriend into what the Daily Express called ‘ a phenomena ’ . |
| 10 | Stephen Scobie , in emphasising the motif of sainthood in Leonard 's writing , completely omits reference to this key Jewish emphasis , which would have prevented him from some of his more questionable comments , such as the reference to them as ‘ social outcasts ’ . |
| 11 | Even a slight awareness of A. S. Neill 's compassionate philosophy would have prevented him from making the inept link with the Nazis and racism . |
| 12 | Peter Brown , the Eastbourne co-promoter , said : ‘ It is particularly unfair on our rider , Andrew Silver , because only a bizarre combination of circumstances would have prevented him from qualifying . |
| 13 | If after the plaintiff has been harmed his damages are increased by his failure to have proper medical attention , this failure by him to mitigate his damage would have prevented him from recovering that portion of his loss which is attributable to his omission , and it is doubtful whether section 13(6) of the 1965 Act has a different effect . |
| 14 | The onus of proving that sufficient disclosure was made rests on the firm and it is not a defence to show that a legal or financial impediment on the part of the customer would have prevented him from proceeding with the relevant transaction , or that disclosure would not have affected the customer 's decision whether or not to proceed . |
| 15 | Uniformity of policy throughout Europe would have prevented us from building up the strength of the City of London . |
| 16 | You know nobody would have prevented you from going . |
| 17 | If he had been young , nothing would have kept him from joining the Tuscan troops but as it was , he felt an old man and useless . |
| 18 | If I 'd not blocked or she 'd not blocked out that time in that way , what would have happened is on the thirteenth , er , of the month , erm , Red would have called me from the Health and Safety Executive would have called me and said , Ricky we 've got er , a remedial leadership weekend on the top of Snowden , and er , on that , on the last weekend of the month , and we 've got a one hour slot for you , that 's just a golden opportunity . |
| 19 | There seems nothing at all strange about the Church , which paid the salaries of these men and expected them to serve it , considering the question of whether or not they should be able to engage in an activity which , no matter how acceptable , would have diverted them from their main task . |
| 20 | CHINA 'S hardline vice-president Wang Zhen died yesterday , just days before a meeting of parliament that would have retired him from his post . |
| 21 | He was one of the most accomplished debaters in the Government but nothing would have saved him from the mauling . |
| 22 | Thomas was sure the other androids would have rescued her from the burning ship but , discovering she was not part of their mission , would then have executed her . |
| 23 | If I were pedantic I would have to exclude it from my description of the Basque country , because Sauveterre is definitely a Béarnais and not a Basque town ; but it is close to the edge of Basse-Navarre , and worth a visit , so I shall rope it in here . |
| 24 | But before we could lift the bomb out we would have to free it from its clamps and this is where the great difficulty lies . |
| 25 | He would have put her from his mind . |
| 26 | While the exhibition certainly illustrated ways in which fashion and furniture designers could create new products which were exciting , the tastes they displayed and , in the case of many items , the cost of the production would have removed them from the custom and purses of many older people . |