Example sentences of "[modal v] you [vb infin] [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | I wonder could you agree that I signed appendix two ? |
2 | How would you feel if I told you there was a girl going to have a child of mine — some other girl , some stranger ? |
3 | Similarly , if I treat someone 's urgent need of money solely as an opportunity to buy cheap from him , you may well doubt whether I am aware of more than the fact that he is in trouble , and try to rouse me from my callousness : ‘ How would you feel if I did that to you ? ’ |
4 | What would you do if I set fire to the new , to the shirt ? |
5 | What would you do if I gave you the jade ? |
6 | Here ref , what would you do if I called you a plonker ? |
7 | ‘ What would you do if I did that to you again ? ’ |
8 | Would you credit and I got the bastard . |
9 | Do you want to explain it — or would you prefer that I pack my bag ? |
10 | ‘ Would you prefer that I do what some man should have done years ago ? |
11 | A voice from the wall beside him said : ‘ Would you understand if I told you about molecular breakdown and reassembly from a wide range of raw materials ? ’ |
12 | ‘ What would you say if I told you I was pregnant ? ’ |
13 | ‘ What would you say if I told you I could make your contract disappear ? ’ |
14 | ‘ What would you say if I told you I must go away for a week ? |
15 | I wanted to join the army would you believe but I thought |
16 | ‘ Dad , would you object if I tried to find Elaine ? |
17 | Would you mind if I ordered one cos I am |
18 | Would you mind if I looked down the list ? |
19 | ‘ As you just pointed out so succinctly , I am early , so would you mind if I come in and wait ? ’ |
20 | Would you mind if I come back on to that later ? |
21 | ‘ Would you mind if I go over to Kilburn ? |
22 | Would you mind if I made a few housing enquiries for you ? |
23 | And er she said , I I have occasional requests , I 'm full at the moment , erm would you mind if I passed some of my enquiries on to you as and when they occur . |
24 | ‘ Mummy , ’ Matilda said , ‘ would you mind if I ate my supper in the dining-room so I could read my book ? ’ |
25 | I paused for a moment , then added , ‘ Would you mind if I had some pudding ? ’ |
26 | ‘ Would you mind if I had a turn to talk ? ’ |
27 | Oh m what I was going to ask you is would you mind if I had a party while you were in Dieppe ? |
28 | ‘ Would you mind if I followed you back — just to try and see if anybody else is trying to ? |
29 | Would you mind if I asked what 's for supper , only I 'm starvin' . ’ |
30 | ‘ Would you mind if I taped this conversation , Mrs Darcy ? ’ |