Example sentences of "what you would [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 According to John Graham , who knew Glasgow well , Sim was ‘ the only man of our town 's set of lawyers that he can think proper to trust it with , ye know the naturall temper of those lawyers of a low class is to be sharpers , and that s what ye would avoid … ’
2 A bush tree is exactly what you would expect it to be ( bushy ) , but at the right height for picking and pruning comfortably .
3 At the end of the debriefing we are all still on speaking terms , and no one disagrees violently with the criticism of his performance , which is What you would expect from anyone Who aspires to take their profession seriously .
4 ‘ The corrosion rate is not out of line with what you would expect of a steel hull lying in quiet sea water , ’ claimed John Bernie , head of the National Physical Laboratory 's National Corrosion Service .
5 ‘ Economical , refined , clean but also powerful , BMW 's diesel is what you would expect of BMW but no less remarkable for that ’
6 A gradual shift towards a broadly social democratic position is just what you would expect to accompany a move towards a mass system .
7 All it covers is the basic treatment in line with the minimum requirement in the country where you are staying — and that can be very different from what you would expect from the NHS .
8 These details are really what you would expect .
9 A spokesman for Littlewoods says : ‘ They were perfectly happy modelling the clothes , but that 's what you would expect from these highly professional girls — they are adaptable . ’
10 They 're just what you would expect to encounter on safari — except that the backdrop for these elephants is not the wilderness of Africa 's vast plains but the flower-bedecked veranda of a neat house .
11 And that 's a hundred and seventy , which is what you would expect for your age .
12 Better yet , it also includes a VxD ( virtual device driver ) for use with Windows in Enhanced ( 386 ) mode , which actually speeds transfers up — which is not what you would expect , really .
13 Aside from the Bishop , it was what you would expect .
14 Well that 's it , it ca n't be right , it ca n't be right , because what you would expect in there , is another sort of perspex piece that comes at an angle like that .
15 ‘ Contrary to what you would think , it is rather a solemn occasion . ’
16 Think what you would think of it nowadays .
17 And what you will have to do , you will have to tell each other what you would like to buy or what you would think of .
18 Fig 2 shows what you would end up with if you applied the formula to the chord voicings that were shown in fig 1 .
19 Assuming that your machine has a standard sized case and existing motherboard the important calculation to do is the value of what you would keep and what you would throw away .
20 I wonder what you would make of this one .
21 Surely you would want one or the other , which is why this rackmount Ampeg looks like a good match for the Yamaha bass ; it has straightforward controls which are still exactly what you would want , and you can then modify the sound with the bass itself .
22 I knew that was what you would want me to do , sir .
23 A discussion developed around the issue of training and it was felt that the foregoing discussion calls into question what you would want training for .
24 What you need now , not what you would want you want ,
25 I have been asked by my chief to ask you to let me have for him without further delay , the short note which he called ‘ on what you would advise should be done to concentrate and coordinate the work you are doing ’ .
26 And you do n't need any special clothing : ‘ Just wear what you would wear to work , ’ says Chris .
27 All the time during each turn it is essential to have a plan for the worst contingency and to know exactly what you would do if you suddenly lost 200 feet .
28 Just a trick to find out what you would do ?
29 ‘ That 's just what you would do . ’
30 What you would do for her , so would I. ’
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