Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] would [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm so sorry I would n't listen to you , ’ she said at last . |
| 2 | As space is very tight it would probably have to be limited to one page . |
| 3 | You wo n't forget your husband — and I 'm sure you would n't want to — but you will manage to rebuild a life without him . |
| 4 | Similarly , for the teenage girl from a strongly Catholic family it might be particularly important that she avoid pregnancy in a relationship with a boy to whom she felt sure she would not like to be married . |
| 5 | Exactly as had happened in Normandy forty years before , I was quite sure it would n't happen to me . |
| 6 | I do n't I do n't know that you need to do all this I mean , we would like ac I mean as far as I 'm concerned we would like access to this information but I I do n't particularly need some pieces of |
| 7 | We made the cut , but he was so bad-tempered he would n't speak to me , and sometimes I just did n't know what to do for the best . |
| 8 | But he does n't remain despairing for long : anger soon reasserts itself , and I 'm certain I would n't like to be on the receiving end of a truly hostile glare from those eyes . |
| 9 | If he knew it was a matter of international security I 'm certain he would n't object to having the crate opened . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Creative I would n't claim to be , but I 've known them — lots of them . ’ |
| 11 | Sometimes when I 've come home from the pictures and I let myself in , it 's so quiet I 'd nearly talk to the statues for company . ’ |