Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] i would [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They were afraid I was going to do a hatchet job , being from the City , but I have n't found an instance where I would want to get rid of anyone . ’ |
| 2 | Anyway , there was less blood than I would have imagined . ’ |
| 3 | But you really ‘ should n't have ’ — I know you have so many other things on your mind that I would hate to think I was adding to them . |
| 4 | ‘ You 're so good at reading my mind that I would have thought you 'd know . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Ah , but I need to know for sure , you see , because I have some doubts , and before you ask me why I should be so concerned I will assure you that this time it is partly for my own self-esteem that I would like to know . ’ |
| 6 | Garry must be a much better lover than I would have thought him , or is it the legacy his godfather has left him that tempts you ? ’ |
| 7 | Yeah I genuinely look all I can say about this new album is if I 'd have continued recording for the last twenty odd years and had a sustained recording career like Cliff continued singing , this would have been the album that I would 've ended up doing anyway . |
| 8 | ‘ The ideal thing would have been for them to keep to their offer of a two-year deal and I would have signed it before the final . |
| 9 | I , I 'm a general practitioner and I would like to back up initially what the convenor has said about the study pack that has come on child abuse but I have a question . |
| 10 | I I 've been coming here for forty years so far and and provocative statement I think in your programme this Autumn is the best that you 've had for years it 's a very good combination of classical and and modern plays and I really congratulate you on this programme and I would like to see that standard maintained . |
| 11 | For these reasons , Scottish Office management of a wider road system would not be in the interests of cycling and I would wish to object to this particular proposal . |
| 12 | Waterlife Research Industries have kindly replaced the test kit , even though they were not at fault and I would like to thank them for this . |
| 13 | I have been given a large quantity of fabric and I would like to know if it would be suitable for painting in oils or acrylic . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've got an open mind on my future but I would love to stay on , ’ confessed Butcher , who has conquered fears that he may be forced into premature retirement through knee trouble . |
| 15 | what I 'm concerned about is put things down like that , er like that it encourages erm an appreciation of language skills that are bitty , partial , they can be pulled apart and it 's not the model of language teaching that I would like to promote . |
| 16 | something I am reading or thinking about at present that I would like to remember . |
| 17 | The most observant reporter of saying things by means of deeds was the late Erving Goffmann , and it is to his work that I would like to dedicate the rest of this lecture . |
| 18 | I also recognised that I was expected to take responsibility for the interpretation of the utterance , exploring a wide range of contextual assumptions ( about hospitals , illness , operations , and convalescence ) and deriving a wide range of contextual implications — not only a wider range than I would have derived had the newsreader just produced [ 14b ] , but a wider range than I would have derived if I had realised that the speaker was talking about the pound . |
| 19 | I also recognised that I was expected to take responsibility for the interpretation of the utterance , exploring a wide range of contextual assumptions ( about hospitals , illness , operations , and convalescence ) and deriving a wide range of contextual implications — not only a wider range than I would have derived had the newsreader just produced [ 14b ] , but a wider range than I would have derived if I had realised that the speaker was talking about the pound . |
| 20 | It 's due to this team spirit and thoughtfulness that I would like to thank everyone . |
| 21 | So the question that I would like to ask the Treasurer , and the statement was made by been allowed . |
| 22 | Amicus has another new editor and I would like to welcome Derek Robertson and thank Sheila Macdonald for her part in changing the face of our staff magazine . |
| 23 | ‘ It was a disgusting and inexcusable act and I would have expected the sentence to reflect this , ’ said Gosport MP Peter Viggers . |
| 24 | Here , here , I second that on H on page thirty one very important one , the county council welcomes the recognition by the joint working party of the importance of meaningful support services to the elected members and the recomme recommendation that the Secretary of State should review and clarify the powers of local authorities to meet costs of services provided to members to enable them to carry out their duties as councillors Now the erm members appointments , appointments of member services sub have been discussing this issue and I would like to point out to members that we are not claiming the amount allowable for the paying members allowances we erm we 're way below the limit that 's allowable by the government Now before anyone say well what have you done about it ? |
| 25 | er er another er er anoth another Committee because I would like to accept the if we could do something then modern conditions . |
| 26 | Can I buy an off the shelf loom ; which side of the engine do I mount an alternator as I would like to raise it above the dynamo position which is too near any deep water ; is it possible to fit halogen headlamps . |
| 27 | ‘ Michael had very short arms and very long pockets , ’ he said ‘ Whenever Winner and I would suggest going out to lunch , Michael would turn up late and leave early . |
| 28 | I would feel very happy that there was an under , under provision if I , if I refer to the agenda item twelve , where it says if I read it right that there is twenty three point six percent industrial floor space unoccupied at present and I would have thought it was crazy to start er erm coming up and building even more cos it will just put that figure up will it not ? |
| 29 | I would enjoy a job where I would have to talk , persuade or advise people |
| 30 | To add to his dismay , both his clothing and parachute were so clogged with peat and mud after an interesting landing that I would have paid money to have witnessed , that packing his gear up and walking out with it was out of the question . |