Example sentences of "would [verb] [verb] the whole " in BNC.
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| 1 | Think how Miss X [ an author whom , in jest , we feared as our editress ] would like to edit the whole correspondence if we predecease her . |
| 2 | There are a few like myself , who look as if they wished they were n't there , and would like to get the whole thing over as quickly as possible . |
| 3 | ‘ Indeed , but for my brother 's tears , his reproaches that I had not drawn my sword , I would have dismissed the whole affair as a nightmare . ’ |
| 4 | If Mrs Thatcher had been on the programme she would have blown the whole idea of fairness out of the water . |
| 5 | The most open arrangement was to inform a rich suitor that if he wanted a date , he would have to take the whole troupe out . |
| 6 | Or or you would have to take the whole thing off again . |
| 7 | But once it was understood that Europeans might hope to reach the fabled East by travelling West , then explorers could reasonably hope that before very long they would have mapped the whole surface of the globe . |
| 8 | Her husband would have spent the whole day cooking for the steady stream of customers in the small , steamy back kitchen below and she felt that he needed a break . |
| 9 | If no preliminary issue had been ordered , the trial judge would have tried the whole action and decided the compromise issue , the cancellation issue and the misconduct issue . |
| 10 | Er if it had gone over would have thrown the whole lot out of er out of gear . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , she knew , but she wanted things hushed up , so when Mam said she was marrying Henry she did n't protest over much , because Mam was in such a state then she would have brought the whole thing to light . |
| 12 | Knowing Esther , she would have executed the whole devious scheme with the utmost care . |
| 13 | Had Red Reg turned up here , one felt certain they would have set the whole menagerie on him . |
| 14 | This would have excluded the whole ecclesiastical section of landholding society from the ordinary complex of feudal relationships , and in doing this , it would have threatened the cohesion of a kingdom in a way that no earlier reforming decree had done . |
| 15 | was w would not go down very well , i it , it would mean overturning the whole emphasis of policy and it would mean going against So you , A you would have to change your policy , B you would have to force the process . |
| 16 | Which would seem to reduce the whole matter of authenticity to the level of farce . |
| 17 | Miller , now a financial consultant , confirmed the deal would involve buying the whole club . |