Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] i would [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I grumbled because I would have to remain several days more without Pinard . |
| 2 | After my marriage I realised that I would have to use it , put it on whenever I went out . |
| 3 | When I saw the potential ability of so many of my opponents and how young so many of them were , I realised that I would have to devote more time to practice than there was in a day just to become a moderate professional . |
| 4 | I descended the stairs half-naked to one of the yelling bedrooms and announced that I would have to leave . |
| 5 | My plan assumed that I would have to work for these by actively seeking ideas . |
| 6 | I greeted the first man to approach the car in my broken French and to my surprise , he asked if I would prefer to continue the conversation in English . |
| 7 | I went to a meeting and they asked if I would try to get them contacts from the West , ’ said Mrs Charlton . |
| 8 | With that she lifted the latch , but before opening the door she turned to me and asked if I would like to go shopping with her . |
| 9 | I did n't understand what she meant by this but she smiled and asked if I would like to go to the ‘ flicks ’ the following Saturday . |
| 10 | When I was in a fit state she asked if I would like to talk to her . |
| 11 | I decided that I would have to get to the Butcher 's office first or at least early on in the queue so that I would be barefoot for as short a time as possible . |
| 12 | This distrust of the social scientist is so deeply ingrained that when I was reading anthropology as an undergraduate and I was asked by my colleagues what subject I was reading , I knew that I would have to prevaricate or face problems . |
| 13 | I now knew that I would have to put the wheelbarrow back on the road next morning , despite a relative abundance of settlements . |
| 14 | I immediately knew that I would have to write about the whole experience , and that what I would write would be illuminated with sentimentality . |
| 15 | And then I was thirty , and I thought that I would have to start specialising or it would be too late … ’ . |
| 16 | I never thought that I would live to see such an important person write such a shameful letter , which is usually the behaviour of people in countries under dictatorship . |
| 17 | I said that I would like to influence what was taught in schools but that this was always frowned upon . |
| 18 | He also said that I would have to become dedicated , my lifestyle would have to change and , most importantly , that I must set my sights high . |
| 19 | When I wrote that I would need to know more about you , I was n't thinking in terms of your physical appearance . |
| 20 | I wondered whether I would have to teach Joe from the beginning , so I asked , ‘ How do you write Gargery , Joe ? ’ |