Example sentences of "way they would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's no way they would fit my record player . |
| 2 | He knew that he was now powerless to influence the way they would vote . |
| 3 | Moreover , some 70% of the public disapproved of the tax , with 50% considering it the decisive issue in determining the way they would vote . |
| 4 | One of the things I did n't like too much was the terrific hullabaloo the women made about menstruation , the way they would sit sighing in a corner and all the other women would make a fuss over them . |
| 5 | I think the way we behave tells the other residents how we react when someone dies ; and so it 's almost like they 're watching us to see if we behave in a way they would want us to . ’ |
| 6 | If the wind blew to the South-East they would be mostly in the U.S.S.R. … if the wind blew the other way they would extend well back up into Western Europe . ’ |
| 7 | That way they would disappear without trace . |
| 8 | It was , they assessed , about forty-five miles to Gilsland by the way they would go . |
| 9 | He was watching them to see which way they would go . |
| 10 | But the , I ring up local government offices , and that 's the way they would speak to me , and immediately I say to myself , ‘ Christ , that would be the worst person to be interviewed on local radio . ’ |
| 11 | Only when they dropped or rattled something , the startled way they would look towards Moran , did the nervous tension of what it took to glide about so silently show . |
| 12 | Someone who had worked closely with Ian Paisley in the 1950s claimed that he had once joked that the only way they would get anywhere would be if they went to gaol for the Protestant cause . |
| 13 | That way they would get excellent pictures of Mrs Thatcher as she moved through the crowd . |
| 14 | The scheme did not operate entirely as anticipated : the main departure was that there were some clients for whom the development officers provided no support , either because they were admitted immediately to institutional care ( and the development officers could not always influence this decision in the way they would have liked ) or because the clients did not need or want the services of the project . |
| 15 | But I suppose in a way they would have then been contemplating selling their own house and getting somewhere else before in fact |
| 16 | There 's no way they would touch it at all . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , let's look at the way they would see it . |
| 18 | They were n't sure if they would find Rose there at all or what way they would find her if they did . |
| 19 | This way they would find out if there were any quirks in the aircraft that could be ironed out before Dick strapped-in for the ride that would be his first solo . |
| 20 | He came closer , and she felt herself begin to melt , anticipating the tenderness of his lips , the way they would harden as excitement took hold of them both , the way she would step into his arms and surrender to his embrace . |
| 21 | And that 's er that 's all normal people who do n't understand any of it that 's the way they 'd go about it is n't it ? |
| 22 | If they rowed all the way they 'd arrive exhausted . |
| 23 | There was no way they 'd give up their best friends . |
| 24 | They turned on their heels and started back the way they 'd come . |
| 25 | At the time of weddings , a group of women and children came across the fields with baskets and scarves full of sweets and rice which they touched down under the holy tree to be blessed , before going back the same way they 'd come . |
| 26 | He drove quickly and dangerously back the way they 'd come . |
| 27 | He ran back the way they 'd come . |
| 28 | Before she could pull away from him he jerked loose his grip and started back the way they 'd come . |
| 29 | They bumped over the potholes and stones and then Volkov reversed the car , facing the way they 'd come . |
| 30 | Accepting her decision without question , Michele nodded and left it at that , then , taking her elbow , he began to lead her back the way they 'd come . |